Ignacio Oreamuno named Executive Director of the Art Directors Club

Ignacio Oreamuno named Executive Director of the Art Directors Club

 

Benjamin Palmer, President of the Art Directors Club (ADC) today announced that Ignacio Oreamuno, President and Founder of IHAVEANIDEA, Portfolio Night and the Tomorrow Awards, has joined the organization as Executive Director. Oreamuno’s appointment marks the integration of two of the most esteemed industry advocate organizations. 

 

 “We look at this as an alliance of sorts - while Ignacio is our youngest director ever, he's been incredibly busy in the last decade,” said Palmer, also Co-Founder and CEO of the Barbarian Group.  “The properties he brings to the table will be crucial to the club in promoting our mission to a global audience.  We’re lucky to have him for his endless enthusiasm and worldwide network of the most amazing people working in the industry today, and his extraordinary ability to find young talent and nurture it.”

 

“The Art Directors Club has been a critical meeting point and centerpiece of our industry for over 90 years,” said Oreamuno. “Everything I have built in my career has had one goal: to dramatically change, for the better, the industry I love so much. Being at the helm of ADC will give me the resources I need to make a major positive impact on our industry.”

 

Oreamuno’s impressive portfolio of achievements include the launch and development of one of the most respected advertising publications in the industry, IHAVEANIDEA <http://www.ihaveanidea.com>  and Portfolio Night <http://www.portfolionight.com> , which has been attributed as “the doors to the advertising industry” for junior talent. Most recently, Oreamuno launched the Tomorrow Awards <http://www.tomorrowawards.com> , the first international award show to abolish all categories and invoke a public judging structure, helping the industry embrace and understand change in advertising and communications.

 

The Executive Director role at the ADC has been open since November 2009.  Since then, Olga Grisaitis, Director of Operations for the ADC, has been seamlessly managing the Club’s day-to-day operations.  She and Oreamuno will work in partnership to bring the organization to the next level.

 

Oreamuno’s appointment is a testament to the ADC’s commitment initiated 92 years ago: to Connect, Provoke and Elevate creative professionals around the world. His passion, coupled with the integration of the ADC’s current programs: the ADC Hall of Fame, ADC Young Guns, and the ADC Awards, with Portfolio Night, IHAVEANIDEA and the Tomorrow Awards, will result in a dramatically more active Club.