MIAMI, USA // Fernando Pellizzaro is the Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director at AKQA Bloom. With over 18 years of experience in the US, Brazil, Portugal, and Argentina, he has won recognition from all major festivals, including over 50 Cannes Lions, 58 Clios, 54 One Show Pencils, and 29 D&ADs, including a Black Pencil.

Cannes Global Creative Report ranked him #1 most awarded Creative Director in 2020/2021 and #8 Creative Director in 2019. He was also ranked #1 Group Creative Director at the One Show in 2020 and #1 at the ADC in 2021. According to The Drum Global Creative Ranking, he was the #1 Creative Director in the World in 2022.

In 2018, he was selected by Business Insider as one of the 35 Rising Stars revolutionizing advertising35 under 35). In 2019, he was named to Adweek’s Creative 100 list, and in 2021, he was a Creative Director of The Year nominee by AdAge’s A-list.

In recent years, he worked on 6 Super Bowl ads and global projects for brands such as Burger King, Budweiser, Cutwater, Coca-Cola, Corona, and Mondelez, bringing to life some iconic campaigns in the industry such as Moldy Whopper, Stevenage Challenge, Eat Like Andy, This Coke is a Fanta, Try Not to Hear This, Bigger Picture, and others.

Zaro has created numerous purpose-led and values-oriented assignments during his career. And, since the launch of AKQA Bloom, he has created impact campaigns for NotCo, TEDxAmazônia,re)boot, Humane, Planetary Guardians, Plant Based Food Association, and Coca-Cola.