Adrian Botan

Regional Creative Director for CEE at McCann Erickson, Partner and Executive Creative Director of McCann Erickson Bucharest

Adrian studied Architecture & Design in Bucharest in the early 90’s, trying to find a job that is artistic but also has rational side to it. Later, he found out advertising offers the perfect match and something more: a lot of fun. So it happened that he started the professional career in 1995 as a designer in Romanian design shop. In 1997 was working for DMB&B (later to become D’Arcy) as an art-director where was half of the team that won the first ever-international awards for Romania in Golden Drum

In 1998, Adrian has joined McCann Erickson, and then never left. In the eleven years as a creative director, his team won over 150 awards for creativity and effectiveness, while McCann was six times the Agency of the Year in three national and regional competitions including twice the Golden Drum. Also, McCann Romania had made it in the Gunn Report’s “Top 50” of the best creative agencies in the world.
 
Adrian is Regional Creative Director for Central East Europe at McCann Erickson, Partner and Executive Creative Director of McCann Erickson Bucharest, founder member and President of Romanian Art Directors Club.

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