ABnote Announces Jorge Ojeda Joins As Creative Director

American Banknote Corporation (“ABnote”), a leading global provider of secure documents, issuance systems and related services, announced that Jorge Ojeda has joined the company as Creative Director to lead the creative strategies for both customer and organizational initiatives.

Ojeda’s award-winning background in branding, marketing and design concentrating in the payment and ID markets, most recently includes roles as the Art Director at Valid USA (formerly Versatile Card Technology) and previously at Inteligensa.  His expertise includes graphic design, security design, plastic card design and branding, which have earned him numerous honors and awards. Over just the past decade, his talents have earned him 23 accolades with organizations such as International Card Manufacturers Association Élan Award, American Graphic Design Award, Create Awards, Millennium Silver Awards, Peak Award Excellence and Gold Ink Award. In his new role, Jorge Ojeda will lead ABnote’s creative organization in promoting excellence in graphic and plastic card design, security design including Guilloche design, press checks and photo editing in the production of secure paper and plastic documents.

Michael Connors, Vice President of Operations, stated: “We are very pleased to have a professional of the caliber of Jorge joining ABnote’s leadership team.  Jorge contributes invaluable expertise in all areas of creative services from design to prepress to marketing to branding contributing to the abilities of our organization.  I am confident that his creative vision, abilities and leadership will enable us to provide even greater services to both our internal and external customers needing secure issuance products and solutions”.

According to Mr. Ojeda: “ABnote is known as a global leader for card and paper secure solutions and I am pleased to join this growing organization and lead the efforts to enhance the creative capabilities of ABnote.  Using a creative vision to leverage the capabilities and limitations of card and secure document manufacturing for commercial businesses and governments, I look forward to contributing to ABnote’s reputation of providing trust and expertise to our customers.”

About ABnote Global
ABnote, with facilities in North America, Europe and Australasia, is a premier and trusted provider of secure documents and related services. Its primary products include EMV and mag stripe financial cards (debit and credit cards), identification and secure access cards (drivers' licenses, national ID cards for governments worldwide, hotel and facility entry cards), commercial plastic cards (gift, loyalty and membership), secure documents (vital records, savings bonds, stock certificates, passports, and checks), and related services (including NFC mobile payments, TSM, personalization, secure warehousing, distribution and fulfillment). For more information, visit www.ABnoteNA.com.