Join us on Thursday, 5th November, at 3PM, for the launch of the world’s first national advertising portfolio. Ireland: Where Creative is Native

A curated selection of Ireland’s finest work chosen by Ireland’s leading Creative Directors.

What makes this unique is that all of the work submitted and selected is not accredited to any particular agency or contributor. A genuinely national portfolio and a world first for Ireland.

The project was a collaborative approach involving the entire creative community and driven by the Creative Council of IAPI.

Ireland has always been a place of change, ideas and creativity. Ireland is a country where being creative is second nature; world-renowned for its writers, artists, poets, musicians and all-round change-makers.

Join us on the 5th November to celebrate that creativity.

Jen Speirs, Executive Creative Director, Rothco | Accenture Interactive

Jen Speirs is the Executive Creative Director at Rothco | Accenture Interactive. Jen has created award-winning work for brands like Carefree, Arnott’s, McDonald’s, Berlei, TAL, Bonds, UN Women and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. She has been on several award juries, both national and international – including Cannes, Spikes and The Immortals, and been invited to speak at events, such as the inaugural Australian 3% Conference. Her work has been awarded at shows including NY Festivals, ADMA, AWARD, Cannes, Effies, Media Federation, John Caples and Spikes.

Throughout her career, Jen has had the privilege of working with some amazing people and has pitched for, won and run some much-loved brands. Whether it’s for bras, booze, banks, beauty or burgers, her passion is to create award-winning, culturally-relevant communications, in any media – and to do so in a diverse creative department.

Shane O'Brien, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Dublin

Shane is Executive Creative Director of BBDO Dublin. Prior to that he was a Creative Director at Rothco | Accenture Interactive, Creative Director of their sister agency Guns or Knives; and before that again, a senior writer in Rothco. Over the last 14 years Shane has become one of Ireland’s most awarded creatives. His work has been recognised at the Cannes Lions, EPICAs, Eurobest, London International Awards, One Show, Kinsale Sharks, ICAD, ADFX, the Webbies to name a few.

In his spare time Shane is an established screen writer and best-selling children’s author. He has written for shows on RTÉ2, BBC3, Channel 4 and his second feature script was recently granted production funding by Screen Ireland. His first children’s book ‘How Will Santa Find Us?’ was published last year in support of Focus Ireland.