Teni Melidonian has stepped down from her full-time govt place on the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences.
On Monday, CEO Invoice Kramer introduced Melidonian’s transition to a marketing consultant function in a staff-wide electronic mail as a part of a restructuring, days after the Academy invited 529 movie trade notables to change into Oscar voters.
“As a part of this transition, Teni Melidonian will probably be leaving her full-time function with the Academy and can present steerage as a marketing consultant for the following yr,” wrote Kramer within the electronic mail. “We’re deeply grateful for Teni’s outstanding contributions over the previous twenty years. Her dedication and partnership have helped form numerous Academy initiatives, and her influence on this group will probably be felt for years to come back.”
A longtime AMPAS govt, Melidonian was promoted to the newly created place in January 2024, which required her to steer 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 growing and executing the Oscars for a worldwide viewing viewers.
In 2022, beneath 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 Govt 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 and marketing earlier than transferring over to steer the Oscars Technique workforce. Previous to the Academy, Melidonian labored in Washington, D.C., together with for the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia.
