16-year ADC veteran to work with board of directors on development and implementation of programming and membership initiatives.
The Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org), the premier organization for creatives in integrated media and the first global creative collective of its kind, today announced the promotion of Olga Grisaitis to its top position as director.
Grisaitis has a long history with ADC, serving in a range of management roles during her 16 years at the club including director of operations, general manager and, most recently, acting director. In her new role, she will work directly with the ADC board of directors to interpret the club’s mission to “connect, provoke, elevate” the creative community, and develop and implement programming and membership initiatives.
“With my operations background, I’m experienced at getting things accomplished,” said Grisaitis. “I look forward to working with the board to enhance our current offering and develop new programs that keep ADC relevant and growing.”
In announcing the promotion, ADC president Doug Jaeger said Grisaitis is ideally suited for the role because of her deep institutional knowledge and executional strength.
“No one knows the ADC and how it works better than Olga,” said Jaeger, cofounder/partner, JaegerSloan, Inc., New York. “The board believes she is the right person for the director position, and expects she will add immediate value by quickly generating and implementing new programs that benefit members and the creative industry overall.”
ADC’s focus for 2011 will be to strengthen its core programming of the international ADC Annual Awards, ADC Young Guns and ADC Hall of Fame, supported by a diverse range of ongoing and one-off events and programs such as the club’s milestone 90th Annual Awards celebration, ADC-YouTube Show & Tell, ADC Grandmasters, ADC Designism, National Student Portfolio Review, Henry Wolf Summer Photography Workshop, Paper Expo and others.
The director position has been open since fall 2009, when ADC underwent organizational changes.
The Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org) is the premier organization for integrated media and the first international creative collective of its kind. Founded in New York in 1920, the ADC is a self-funded, not-for-profit global membership organization serving as a hub for a broad range of creatives including creative directors, art directors, graphic designers, digital designers, environmental designers, copywriters, illustrators, photographers and others. The club’s mission is to connect creative communications professionals around the globe, and to provoke and elevate world-changing ideas. It focuses on the highest standards of excellence in communications for the industry, and encourages students and young professionals entering the field. ADC provides a forum for creatives in Advertising, Design, Interactive Media and Communications to explore the direction of these rapidly converging industries.
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