Improver

Adrian Bertumen

Creative Director | Sr. Art Director

Canada

Adrian brings 25+ years of agency experience to his career in advertising. An award-winning Creative Director – he's a passionate advocate for 360-degree advertising leveraging all media. His background includes advertising, digital/social, direct marketing, health/pharma, shopper marketing and fashion at tier one ad agencies such as TBWA/Chiat/Day, Ogilvy, WCJ, BBDO & DDB. His dedication to Advertising has led him to guest lecture to students at several colleges in Ontario.

He spent 7 years at Ogilvy, where he held the position of Creative Group Head. While there he produced award winning campaigns across multiple touch points from DRTV to brand ads for such clients as IBM, Cisco, Blackberry/RIM, Motorola, DuPont, American Express, Jaguar, Heart & Stroke Lottery and AIG Assurance – just to name a few. Adrian also brings a strong financial institution background having worked on Citibank, RBC, Banque du Nationale, CIBC, American Express and Scotiabank International (Latin & Caribbean markets).

Serving as judge for several international and local award shows, he is a fierce advocate for strategically informed creative combined with creative excellence. His passion for his craft, combined with his resourcefulness, results in never failing to find a solution to any creative challenge, regardless of time, budget or other restraints. As Co-Creative Director at Hellin Marketing, he led the creative department with an unrelenting desire to continually exceed past accomplishments for himself and Scotia Bank International.

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Experience:

• Senior Art Director (BBDO Worldwide)
• Creative Director (Ogilvy Health)
• Senior Art Director (Track DDB)
• Creative Group Head (OgilvyOne Worldwide)
• Associate Creative Director (Ogilvy Health)
• Creative Director (Hellin Marketing Group)

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