We're an Advertising, Design, Strategy and Idea school. And it's our job to get you a job.
Chicago Portfolio School is a one year program preparing students for jobs at advertising agencies, design studios and digital shops. Students can specialize in Copywriting, Art Direction or Design with classes covering everything from concepting ideas to mastering technical skills. All instructors are working professionals and come from award winning agencies throughout the Chicago area. Leo Burn
09/14/2021
Congrats to our Best of Quarter winners! 👏👏👏
Brandon Mitchell and Sam Baca "Best Concept" for Jot Coffee
Chloe Lancella "Best Design" for Burt's Bees
Joseph McGinley "Best Headline" for Uniball Pens
Nour Khalifa "Best Art Direction" for Lyre's Cocktails
Get in touch with us if you want more info to get in touch with them.
Maybe you read Malcolm Gladwell or listen to Freakonomics. Marketing fascinates you. Writing term papers didn't scare you.
Chicago Portfolio has started a Portfolio program for you; people who want to be Creative Strategists. Students can start any quarter and will finish nine months later, with a Strategists' portfolio.
We're proud to call some of the smartest, most senior strategists in the country our instructors, and your instructors. SVP's, Creative Strategists, Creative Directors at companies like Digitas North America, Ogilvy, Pinterest and Kraft Heinz Careers.
Start October 4th, remote or in-person. Look in our bio for tuition costs and application information. We still have a few spots left!.
Hats are not a requirement to be a creative; an Art Director, Copywriter, Designer, Strategist. But you will need a portfolio.
At our next Open House, tonight, August 17th, at 5 PM, we'll show you how to make a portfolio, what kind of work to show, and how to get a job.
Bring questions; lots of them! We'll have answers, examples, samples, mentoring. And pizza, of course.
RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-portfolio-school-summer-2021-open-house-tickets-163396075059?ltclid=eb21fe6c-9981-4334-85f6-7e5a5deda29d
08/04/2021
Come for the pizza stay, for the career and portfolio advice from our alumni at top agencies like Cramer Krasselt and Digitas North America.
Our house is open Tuesday, August 17th. We'll save you a seat and slice at the table if you're interested in careers in advertising, design or strategy.
Chicago Portfolio School Summer 2021 Open House We're back in-person! Come check out how to build a portfolio, and how we can help you land your dream job. Alumni Q&A about the program!
06/28/2021
Our Summer 2021 Portfolios have earned a total of ✨3 Young One Pencils, a D&AD New Blood Pencil, a Cannes Future Lions shortlist, a Young Sh*ts award, a Crowdiate win, and several CPS Best of Quarters✨😱🥇🏆We are proud to debut our most awarded grad class ever! Check them out at https://www.chicagoportfolio.com/debut, and scoop them up for your agency before they’re all taken! 🙌
06/11/2021
Check out the Burger King Find Your Flame campaign done solo by AD Sydney Cohen! It landed a merit in the Young Ones competition and we couldn't be prouder!
Burger King / FLAME Burger King / FLAME, Annual ID: YO21B_113M, Award: Merit Award, Category: Young Ones Brief - Client Brief: Burger King / Mobile
06/09/2021
The second Chicago Portfolio School Campaign to win at The One Club Young Ones Awards scored a Silver Pencil! Here's Bud Buyback, by Art Director Kelly Scollard and Copywriter Ken Pedro Bates.
Budweiser / Bud Buyback Budweiser / Bud Buyback, Annual ID: YO21B_054S, Award: Silver Pencil, Category: Young Ones Brief - Client Brief: Budweiser / Experiential
06/08/2021
Coming in HOT with TWO Young Ones Gold Pencils is The Bud Band, by Art Director Milo Krimstein & Art Director Sydney Cohen
Budweiser / The Bud Band Budweiser / The Bud Band, Annual ID: YO21B_051G, Award: Gold Pencil, Category: Young Ones Brief - Client Brief: Budweiser / Digital / Online
06/08/2021
We are so proud to announce that Chicago Portfolio School students Sydney Cohen, Milo Krimstein, Ken Bates, and Kelly Scollard have won Young Ones pencils!!!
On top of that, Chicago Portfolio School ranked in the top 10 ad programs in the WORLD!!
Today is a good day. These guys are going to do BIG things in the agency world. We will post links to the winning case studies next!
Credits:
AD Milo Krimstein & AD Sydney Cohen
Budweiser - The Bud Band
Gold - Digital/Online
Gold - Experiential
CW Ken Bates & AD Kelly Scollard
Budweiser - Bud Buyback
Silver - Experiential
AD Sydney Cohen
Burger King - Find Your Flame
Merit - Mobile
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