Experience
present
Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
past
Creative Director, Instrument [2019-2021]
Associate Creative Director, Droga5 NY [2019]
Creative Director, UNFINISHED Festival [2017-2019]
Senior Art Director, Droga5 NY [2016—2019]
Art Director, Droga5 NY [2015—2016]
Mentor, SCAD Graphic Design Dept. [2018-2019]
Professor, Miami Ad School NY [2017-2018]
Director, Fieldwork performance, McNay Art Museum TX [2017]
Senior Designer, Huge NY [2014 – 2015]
Designer, Pavilion of Chile at the Venice Biennale of Art [2013]
Art Director, Ogilvy & Mather NY [2011 – 2014]
Accolades
Samsung — Join the flip side [2022-2023]
ADCN — Film — Gold
Cannes Lions - Film - Bronze
Clio Awards - Film - Silver
Epica Awards - Film - Silver
Eurobest - Film Craft - Bronze
RTS Culture - Chronique d'un lieu en Partage [2018]
Prix Europa - Digital Audio - finalist
The New York Times - The Daily360 [2017]
Cannes Lions - Mobile - shortlist
Cannes Lions - Entertainment - shortlist
Android Paper Planes [2016]
Cannes Lions - Digital Craft - shortlist
Cannes Lions - Mobile - shortlist
FWA - Site of the Month, November 2016
Golden Drum Slovenia [2016]
Ljubljana Poster Competition - shortlist
Android Leap Second [2015]
Cannes Lions - Cyber - shortlist
AWWWARDS - Site of the Day - August 20, 2015
FWA - Site of the Day - August 2015
IBM Ninjas vs. Superbugs [2013]
Cannes Lions - Pharma - Education & Services - Bronze
One Show - Design - Craft Animation - Merit
AICP - Design - shortlist
LIA - Design - Motion Graphics - Animation - Bronze
Webby's - Online Video: Animation - Nominee
IBM A Boy and His Atom [2012]
Cannes Lions - Best Use of Other Digital Media - Bronze
Cannes Lions - Corporate Image & Information - Shortlist
Cannes Lions - Corporate Communication - Silver
Cannes Lions - Innovation - Shortlist
Cannes Lions - Cyber Video - Bronze
Cannes Lions - Branded Content - Gold
Cannes Lions - Titanium & Integrated - shortlist
D&AD - Online Branded Films - Wood Pencil
One Show - Interactive Short Form - Silver
One Show - Interactive Animation/Motion Graphics - Merit
One Show - Interactive Sound Design - Merit
One Show - Innovation in Video - Gold
One Show - Branded Entertainment - Best Animation - Bronze
One Show - Design - Short Films and Videos - Silver
Webby's - Online Films & Video - Nomination
Art Director’s Club - Interactive: Online Content - Silver
AICP - Next Viral/Web Film - Winner
A-List Hollywood Awards - Best Use of Craft/Technique - Bronze
A-List Hollywood Awards - Moving Image Advertising - Animation - Bronze
Clio Awards - Branded Entertainment & Content - Gold
Clio Awards - Content & Contact - Bronze
Caples - Viral Video Marketing - Gold
Caples - Social Media - Finalist
LIA - The New - Silver
LIA - Digital - Business-to-Business - Finalist
LIA - Digital - Viral - Finalist
LIA - Non-Traditional - Branded Content - Silver
IBM Think Posters [2012]
Cannes Lions - Design Advertising Typography - Gold
Clios - Design / Poster Design - Silver
One Show - Design - Outdoor - Poster Campaign - Silver
DMA Echo Awards - Information Technologies - Bronze
LIA - Poster - Art Direction Campaign - Silver
LIA - Poster - Use of Typography Campaign - Gold
Caples - Best Art Direction - Gold
Caples - Out of Home - Finalist
Forbes 30under30 Romania [2012]
Featured Work
Museum of Modern Art [MoMA] New York Permanent Film Collection
Romanian Design Week [2015]
SUSHI13, Art Directors Club Germany Annual [2011]
Anno Books Annual Australia [2011]
Focus on Materials & Technique in Graphic Design by Dopress Books, China [2011]
Pack Your Life by Artpower International Publishing, China [2011]
Speaking / Judging
RA*W After Cannes at Melkweg [Amsterdam, September 2023]
UNFINISHED Festival: Vulnerability as a creative channel [Bucharest, September 2023]
Harbour Space University MFA: Design in a World of Chaos & Uncertainty [Barcelona, June 2022]
PSU Show & Tell [Portland, 2020]
Webby’s Awards Judge [Online, 2019]
SCAD Savannah workshop — The future is fluent [Savannah, November 2018]
Favorite Websites Awards (FWA) International Judge [Online 2016—2018]
ONE CLUB / Art Director's Club Young Designers Panelist [New York, July 20, 2017]
UNFINISHED Festival — Artist Roundtable Moderator [Bucharest, May 26, 2017]
SCAD NY Alumni Panelist [New York, March 26, 2017]
SCAD NY Portfolio Reviewer [New York, February 2017]
Fibra Awards — Courage and Creativity Workshop [Bucharest, May 8,2016]
Fashion Institute of Technology NY — Becoming a creative [New York, 2013]
Hong Kong International School, HK — Becoming a designer [Hong Kong, 2011]
Education
BFA Graphic Design, SCAD Savannah [2011]