Teni Melidonian has stepped down from her full-time government place on the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.
On Monday, CEO Invoice Kramer introduced Melidonian’s transition to a advisor position in a staff-wide e mail as a part of a restructuring, days after the Academy invited 529 movie trade notables to develop into Oscar voters.
“As a part of this transition, Teni Melidonian shall be leaving her full-time position with the Academy and can present steering as a advisor for the subsequent 12 months,” wrote Kramer within the e mail. “We’re deeply grateful for Teni’s exceptional contributions over the previous 20 years. Her dedication and partnership have helped form numerous Academy initiatives, and her influence on this group shall be felt for years to return.” The Ankler was first to interrupt the information.
As a part of the restructuring, Jen Davidson will oversee Awards Manufacturing/Particular Occasions and Expertise Relations with the Advertising and marketing, Communications and Content material workforce, and Meredith Shea will head up Member Screenings and Awards Ticketing with the Membership, Affect and Trade workforce.
A longtime AMPAS government, Melidonian was promoted to the newly created place in January 2024, which required her to guide technique, expertise relations, particular occasions and manufacturing groups for all awards packages and occasions.
As Chief Oscars Officer, Melidonian collaborated intently with the awards present’s producers and hosts, Disney/ABC and Academy management, together with the Board of Governors and its committees, and oversaw the groups concerned in creating and executing the Oscars for a worldwide viewing viewers.
In 2022, underneath Kramer’s management, Melidonian led the newly created Oscars Technique division, efficiently making a unit working year-round on all awards-related packages.
Melidonian, a well-known and well-liked member of the AMPAS Government workforce was beforehand EVP of Oscars Technique. She started her Academy profession in 2005 as a publicist, advancing to move communications and publicity and overseeing model technique and advertising earlier than shifting over to guide the Oscars Technique workforce. Previous to the Academy, Melidonian labored in Washington, D.C., together with for the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia.
