Omar Quiñones has joined Anomaly as group strategy director. Quiñones, a new member of the leadership team, will be partnering with managing director Giovanni Villamar and creative director Mauricio Galvan, as they integrate total market solutions across all of Anomaly’s clients.
Earlier on this year, the agency declared its public commitment to breaking industry conventions of separate agencies, separate staffing and separate thinking that “relegates” the importance of the critically important Hispanic population. Having spent much of his career focused on the growing demographic and cultural shifts in America, Quiñones brings a unique hybrid perspective developed across global, U.S., and U.S. Hispanic marketing experience.
Hailing from CP+B in Miami, where he led the strategy department on all the agency’s accounts, Quiñones most notably led global work for American Airlines and Infiniti in Latin America. Previously at the Boulder office, he led efforts on the “You Know You Love It” U.S. Hispanic campaign for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese that earned Cannes Lions, Effie Gold and Silver Jay Chiat awards. Before his years at CP+B he was a sr. planner at The Vidal Partnership.
At Anomaly, Quiñones will serve as a part of the strategy department’s leadership team where he will be working closely with chief strategy officer and managing partner in New York, Gareth Goodall, in addition to leading several key pieces of business including brands such as Converse and Campbell’s.
Quiñones noted, “We have reached a critical moment, both for the Hispanic market and for the marketing industry. The cultural influence of diverse voices demands that brands speak to all, equally. I believe this is the right place, with the right progressive vision, to challenge conventions and create a new paradigm for the agency of the future.”
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More