Adrian Botan - President of Advertising Campaigns Jury
12. June 2009
President of Advertising Campaigns Jury will be Adrian Botan, Chief Creative Director, McCann Erickson CEE
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 a small 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 Gold and Silver award for Romania in Golden Drum, the Festival of the New Europe.
In 1998, Adrian has joined McCann Erickson, and then never left. In eight 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 Golden Drum. In 2007 McCann Romania was mentioned in the Gunn Report’s Top 50 creative agencies in the world.
Adrian is Regional Creative Director for Central East Europe at McCann Erickson since 2006, Deputy Managing Director and Executive Creative Director of McCann Erickson Bucharest, founder member and Vice-president of Romanian Art Directors Club, Vice-president of Romanian Advertising Agencies Association.
In 1998, Adrian has joined McCann Erickson, and then never left. In eight 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 Golden Drum. In 2007 McCann Romania was mentioned in the Gunn Report’s Top 50 creative agencies in the world.
Adrian is Regional Creative Director for Central East Europe at McCann Erickson since 2006, Deputy Managing Director and Executive Creative Director of McCann Erickson Bucharest, founder member and Vice-president of Romanian Art Directors Club, Vice-president of Romanian Advertising Agencies Association.
