Foundation & Inclusion
Meet The Fellows: Elena Polson
Meet The Fellows: Elena Polson Elena is a art director that has an extensive amount of experience creating 360 campaigns along with social media plans. Currently, she is at the agency gotham where she predominately works on Maybelline and new business. While at gotham, she has created campaigns that have broken the mold within the…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Gaby Ringvald
Meet The Fellows: Gaby Ringvald Gaby Ringvald (she/her), Senior Social Strategist at Pereira O’Dell Gaby uses being a digital native and cultural zeitgeist to her advantage, as she is always keeping a finger on the pulse of social media and trends. Currently, her role is a senior social strategist at Pereira O’Dell, a full-service advertising…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Lex Barberio
Meet The Fellows: Lex Barberio Lex Barberio is a Cuban-American photographer, fine artist, and creative director from Miami Beach who is best known for their whimsical take on life that comes through in every aspect of their work. From creating optical illusion photography to remodeling a Jets fan’s front yard and bringing them a stadium…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Jamilla DeSouza
Meet The Fellows: Jamilla DeSouza “If I had to describe the fellowship in one word, it would be: hope. As the first person in my family to get into college, my background failed to prepare me for the corporate world. I lacked some implicit knowledge others seemed to have, and it was very easy to…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Camila Soliz
Meet The Fellows: Camila Soliz Camila is a Sr. Project Manager at Droga5. In her day-to-day, Camila is responsible for driving project executions forward across a wide array of brands. A team-player at heart, Camila seeks to foster room for collaboration across all departments to ensure the success & delivery of a project. She…
Read MoreThe Foundation: Year In Review
In 2020, the world was rocked by a number of pandemics, the first of which was COVID-19. To adjust to the times- where quarantine became our new normal- the Foundation joined the rest of the world in cultivating a new virtual reality. Throughout the year we persevered, delivering powerful content to the talent pipeline in…
Read MoreThe ADVERTISING CLUB of New York and The International ANDY Awards Announce PJ Pereira, Creative Chairman, Pereira O’Dell, as Jury Chairman
Additionally, The AD Club and ANDYs Launch Multi-Prong Initiative to Accelerate the Growth of a New Generation of Leaders The ADVERTISING Club of New York’s International ANDY Awards, the first advertising award show of the season, has announced PJ Pereira, Creative Chairman and Co-Founder of Pereira & O’Dell as the new Jury Chair. PJ is set…
Read More17th Annual AD Futures Pitch Competition
ICYMI: This November 19th 2020, marked the 17th Annual Ad Futures Competition. Congratulations to our 2020 winners: John Adams High School!! Every year the ACNY Foundation hosts up to 15 NYC high school teams for our Annual AD Future’s Competition. NYC high schools and Virtual Enterprises International (VE), partner to transform students through authentic business experiences – preparing…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Arielle Wiltz
Arielle Wiltz is currently an Interaction (UX) Designer at Morgan Stanley, where she works on the Wealth Management team as a Design lead on one of their products. Before Morgan Stanley, she worked at frog Design, a transformative design agency – designing systems for brands, products, and services. Her previous design work includes clients…
Read MoreMeet The Fellows: Donna Dei-Baning
Donna Dei-Baning is the Associate Director of Insights at Carat where she is responsible for identifying and understanding the individuals most critical to clients’ business goals. She brings the voice of the consumer to all client work and ensures that there is an emotional connection throughout the media planning process through to execution. Prior…
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