Jorge Alor

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Jorge Alor is the founding editor of Sputnik, Atomix, and Sonika. He is also the founder of Mexican annual music festival, Manifest. [1]

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Editing career

Sputnik

In 1998, Alor created Sputnik Magazine. [2]

104 editions of the magazine were published between 1996 and 2010.

Thanks to its style, topics, and innovation, Sputnik received many awards, as follows: the International Design Award, the Quorum Award, and the Award from the Chamber of the Mexican Publishing Industry.

Atomix

In 1999, along with Oscar Akira Yasser Noriega, he was the co-founder of Atomix, and also the co-founder of EGS Electronic Game Show. [3]

Arroba

The publishing experience at Sputnik led Jorge to collaborate in Arroba (2000–2004) - a radio show on new digital-era technologies and trends which was broadcast by Mexico City's Radioactivo 98.5 FM.

Sonika

In 2001, founded magazine Sonika. It started as an electronica publication - due to the increasing market trend towards this genre. (Sonika in the Spanish Wikipedia)

It started as an electronic publication. Yet, little by little, comments by the readers and the evolution of the industry gave way to addressing other more-sophisticated genres - to later set in at indie music.

A main feature was the inclusion of a mini CD every month.

Manifest Music Festival

The ever-growing popularity of magazine Sonika led Jorge Alor to create Manifest. A yearly national/international alternative music festival - and one of the first open-air festivals in Mexico.

Manifest was held eight times, on various stages in the main cities in the country: Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara. During those six years, international musicians (e.g., Ian Brown, The Kills, Delorean, The Faint, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Morning Runner, The Horrors, Yo La Tengo, The Rapture, Interpol, and The Whitest Boy Alive) played at the festival.

BNN

In 2008 founded agency BNN (Banana) in the year 2008.

Jorge acted as CEO at BNN. He has led digital campaigns and strategies for various holdings brands, such as: Nestlé, Mondeléz, Mabe, Purina, OCESA, Bacardí, BMW, Grupo Lala, Novartis, Marca Mexico, Roche, Heinz, and Coppel, among others.

He is currently the Vice President of the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) in Mexico.

Awards and recognition

AWARDS
Jorge AlorCNN Latinamerican Leader [ citation needed ]2000
Sputnik Magazinea! International Design Award2000
Sputnik MagazineQuorum Design Award2000
Sputnik Magazine"Mexican Chamber of the Publishing Industry Award"2001
Atomix MagazineBest Website Award2000
Manifest 2005Nominated as best festival at the Lunas del Auditorio Awards"2005
Manifest 2006Nominated as best festival at the Lunas del Auditorio Awards"2006
Manifest 2007Indie-O Award for Best Independent Festival2007
Jorge AlorExcellent Marketing Award2013
BNNReader's Choice Award2009
BNNIAB Mixx Bronze2017
BNNBronze Effie2017
Jorge AlorEY, Entrepreneur of the Year, Runner-up2018
BNNASPID Mexico Awards, Gold Best Social Networking initiative2019
BNNASPID Mexico Awards, Gold Best Comprehensive Rare Disease campaign2019
BNNASPID Mexico Awards, Gold Best Comprehensive Nestle Nutrition Institute campaign2020
BNNASPID Mexico Awards, Gold Best Comprehensive Novartis campaign (Every day counts)2020
BNNASPID Mexico Awards, Gold Best Comprehensive Novartis campaign (Medforum)2020
BNNASPID Mexico Awards, Gold Best Comprehensive Roche campaign2020

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References

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