Setembro 2009

ADDICT has completed the process of recruiting its executive team.

The advertisements attracted 575 candidates. This firstly demonstrates the great interest that this project has attracted in relation to economic, social and cultural issues related to ADDICT, and, secondly, it shows the difficult nature and complexity of the selection process (complicated even more by the high quality of proposals received).

The Board is highly pleased by this level of participation and once again would like to thank all the candidates for their interest in ADDICT.

The completion of this recruitment phase marks the achievement of one of the key areas for the operational tasks facing ADDICT. The profiles of the executive team are described below:

Executive Director - Michael DaCosta Babb

Michael DaCosta Babb is a global marketing strategist who works within the fields of youth and emerging cultural trends. His specialist area is the establishment of sustainable partnerships between commercial and creative entities. Michael has worked with key commercial, institutional and creative brands in the UK, Portugal, France and elsewhere.

Michael was co-chair of the 2003 World Creative Forum conference including one -on one interviews with Gormley and Libeskind. In 2005 he co-hosted the 1st UK Annual National Public Art Conference alongside Lord Smith of Finsbury. His public appointments include board membership of IXIA the UK Public Art Think Tank whose chair is Ian Dove QC, founder membership of the Arts and Business Advisory Council for London chaired by Laurence Newman and membership of the editorial board of Art and Architecture Journal edited and published by Jeremy Hunt.

Before joining ADDICT the creative industries agency as the chief executive Michael was the deputy-director of Induscria the creative industries agency for Lisbon, Portugal and a founder of the Transforma Think Tank based in Torres Vedras, Portugal.

Deputy Executive Director – Luís Humberto Ferreira

Luis Ferreira is an engineer by training - from FEUP – Universidade do Porto. Luis started working at Procter & Gamble, in Surrey, as a Systems Analyst. Later, he moved on to Público Newspaper where he worked as Head of Circulation. Looking for a new challenge, he started at Expresso newspaper where he was responsible for newspaper sales, both online and offline. He has an MBA from ISEE / EGP-UP and has done consultancy work both in Portugal and abroad.

Executive Assistant - Matilde Carolina Barroso

Following a German educational background in the Oporto German School, Matilde continues her studies in Bristol with a degree in Drama & Cultural and Media Studies (2006). In 2009, concludes a MA sponsored by the Gulbenkian Foundation in Cultural and Creative Industries at King’s College London. Among others, she has collaborated with the Frieze Art Fair (2009); has been responsible for Marketing and Promotions at The National Theatre in Porto (TNSJ, 2008); assisted the theatre showcase and debates Portogofone (TNSJ, 2007). She collaborated with the National Theatre, London, in the youth theatre festival Connections (2005). Her interests focus on aspects of contemporary culture: cultural leadership - strategy, management and performance in cultural organisations; experience and intervention in the arts, public spaces and culture

Setembro 2009

New look logo for ADDICT

In the end this challenge was met by 99 participants and the jury decided unanimously to choose the work submitted by Cesaria Martins and Miguel Januario as the winning entry. This was due to the intrinsic quality of their proposal, and the potential demonstrated for itys refinement at a later stage which, could involve more disruptive, daring and provocative elements and establish the use of a tone of voice closer to that of ADDICT.

17 de Julho 2009

Approval of SIAC Applications

The project for the development, animation, co-ordination and management of Creative Industries Cluster by ADDICT was also approved by SIAC. It is hoped that the consequent means now available to ADDICT will facilitate the achievement of its aims and objectives.