PROVINCE, NETHERLANDS // A true Brazilian mutt, Emiliano comes from a half Indigenous, half German immigrant family. He was only 12 when he landed a job in the film industry. That is, in his mom’s video rental shop, where he learned from the best and from where he went on to write for advertising and lose all his Latino skills on a 20-year long career across five countries, digging cultural truths and butchering languages in Prague, Berlin,… Read More
BOSTON, USA // Vinicius Fernandes is a Group Copy Supervisor who has had the honor of winning 13 Cannes Lions with cases like “Speaking Exchange” – the most awarded Brazilian campaign at 2014 Cannes Lions Festival, and “The HIV Positive Poster”, that has helped Ogilvy Brazil to become the 3rd most awarded agency and Ogilvy the Network of the year at 2015 Cannes Lions Festival.
Vinicius is also proud of having won the first Glass Lion… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Lenny Mesina is an award-winning film, commercial and music video editor whose collaborations with diverse groups of filmmakers, artists, and musicians has led to editing an eclectic mix of projects over the course of his career.
Originally from New York City, Lenny attended San Francisco’s Academy of Art University before moving back to Los Angeles in 2000. He began editing music videos and commercials under the… Read More
LONDON, UK // Adriana’s work is much respected, particularly in the beauty world where her reputation is unsurpassed, regularly working with major brands including Dior, YSL, Dolce Gabbana and Givenchy.
Adriana knew from a young age that she wanted to be an editor and this was confirmed when, at 14 years old, she saw Jean Baptiste Mondino working on a Vanessa Paradis music video- from there she knew she wanted to be part of that… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // Julie Nichols is a Chicago based composer, pianist, producer and music director who has toured the world playing venues including The Kennedy Center, The Chicago Symphony Center, The Ahmanson and Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. She has appeared live with Phish and Live From Here with Chris Thile and Mike Elizondo. Julie’s TV and movie scores have premiered at festivals including Discover Film Festival in London and Sundance and… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Kelly Mac is a New York based producer, composer, and creative director who prides herself in keeping authenticity and longevity at the heart of her music creation. Mac has led numerous impressive collaborations and held business partnerships with the likes of Cover Girl, Uber, Calvin Klein, Beats, Reebok, and more as well as producing emerging artists from The Voice and The X Factor to name just a few.
She additionally… Read More
MADRID, SPAIN // Chosen by AdWeek as one of most creative people in the world in 2018, Pancho was appointed Partner and Global Chief Creative Officer of DAVID after a successful past with LOLA MullenLowe and only a month of starting his own agency MAD.
In his first year leading the company, DAVID Miami was named Agency of the Year both at the One Show and the D&AD, and the newly opened DAVID Madrid became the most awarded agency in… Read More
BROOKLYN, USA // Nate started his career in 2012 at The Agency Inside Harte-Hanks on the social strategy team, managing the Hyundai Veloster’s launch campaign – or, as he describes it – ‘selling cars on Twitter.’
From there, he rolled his creative degree and marketing experience into a boutique agency based in Philadelphia, building their new business pipeline and scaling their social strategy and creative team. A quick learner, Nate… Read More
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND // Maria is Executive Creative Director at Colenso BBDO, recently named Cannes Lions agency of the decade for the Pacific Region. Having started her career at Colenso as a designer, she’s since worked both locally and internationally across a range of clients including Google, MARS Foods, MARS Pedigree, Air New Zealand, Bank of New Zealand. BMW/MINI, and McCain Foods.
She believes that if it was easy, everyone… Read More
ATLANTA, USA // Sherman Winfield is a creative director based in Atlanta, GA. Currently, he is an Executive Creative Director at VMLY&R, overseeing efforts in both Atlanta and Kansas City offices.
Prior to VMLY&R, he served as VP/Creative Director at Fitzco. During his tenure, helead creative on the world’s largest spice manufacturer McCormick, French’s,Stubb’s, Coca-Cola, amongst others regional and national brands. His most notedwork… Read More
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN // Åsa Riton is one of Sweden’s leading female commercial directors, represented exclusively at Ridley Scott Associates world wide.
She has stayed true to her ethic of merging art and film, having shot for electro pioneers The Knife and Trentemøller, Danish fashion icon Henrik Vibskov, as well as visionary creative David Lynch. Her strong visual concepts, combined with playful musicality set Åsa aside as a uniquely… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Tamika Miller is an award-winning commercial and narrative director living in Los Angeles, California. In 2019, SHOOT Magazine chose Tamika as 1 of 32 NEW directors to watch, and presented her work at the Director’s Guild of America in New York.
Tamika was selected as one of only six directors, from over 400 applicants, to participate in the Commercial Directors Diversity Program – a DGA/AICP initiative created to… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Giselle Guerrero is the Vice President of Creative at Impossible Foods, an industry-leading food-tech startup that makes delicious, nutritious meat and dairy from plants – with a much smaller environmental footprint than meat from animals. The company’s mission is to make the global food system sustainable by eliminating the need for animal agriculture by 2035.
Giselle joined Impossible Foods in 2016 to launch the… Read More
SEATTLE, USA // Danielle believes that a promise is the foundation of every good relationship—which includes the relationships brands have with their people. Danielle is a master at creating experiences that keep the promises brands make, through the power of emotional storytelling and data-enabled creativity.
After an award-winning start at Seattle-based Creature, Danielle joined ZAAZ in 2009. ZAAZ became POSSIBLE where she quickly… Read More
LONDON, UK // Richard Brim is CCO of adam&eveDDB in London and New York, one of the most consistently innovative agencies on the world stage. During his tenure, adam&eveDDB has won Cannes Lions Agency of the year twice, AdAge International Agency of the Year three times and last year it was crowned Cannes Lions European Agency of the Decade. In 2019 Rick was AdAge’s CCO of the Year and this year he was named Campaign’s Creative of the Year…. Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Keith Cartwright is the founder of Cartwright, a new model marketing agency that is built to navigate and guide brands to build authentic connections with consumers. Keith is a highly recognized creative executive Keith who is a co-founder of SATURDAY MORNING and former ECD at 72& Sunny and Butler Shine Stern & Partners. In 2016 Keith was named by Adweek as one of the 50 top Creatives and by Campaign Magazine as top 10… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // A pioneer in strategy, planning and research, as well as a dynamic leader in the advertising world, Vita’sbusiness acumen, passion and strategic thinking have helped transform many high-profile companiesand brands. Her client roster has included such accounts as Walmart, Beiersdorf (NIVEA and Eucerin),American Express, Bank of America, Verizon, AT&T, the U.S. Census Bureau, United Healthcare and Avis,among… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // As the CEO of Havas New York, Laura Maness leads the North America flagship Creative agency of Havas Group, where she drives a culture of creativity and innovation, and creates deeper meaning for some of the most recognized companies in the world including 3M, TD Ameritrade, ADP, Barnes & Noble, IBM, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Reckitt Benckiser, conEdison and Rite Aid.
Since taking the helm in early 2016, Laura has been a… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Rich Greco (he, him) is a New York-born-and-based multidisciplinary design leader. He’s currently Executive Design Director at Droga5. Rich was cited as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Marketing & Advertising as well as Business Insider’s 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30.
His work has been featured in AdAge, Adweek, Communication Arts, Creativity, The New York Times, Fast Company, Bloomberg Business,… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Taj Reid is an energetic Creative Director designing experiences that make a difference in product, culture and community. At Edelman, Taj oversees an awesome team of makers, breakers and thinkers who combine art, code and copy to create innovative experiences for the likes of Scholastic, Foot Locker, Samsung, Unilever, eBay, and others.
Prior to joining Edelman, at Microsoft, Taj led a creative team who crafted digital… Read More
SINGAPORE // Corey Cruz is a creative director at Wunderman Thompson.
She used to be a scientist in a biotech lab, where they were attempting to create edible vaccines. Imagine how useful that could be right now. These days, Corey’s humanity-saving deeds are more along the lines of brainwashing people to wash their hands (buy more soap!), be smarter (drink this milk!), and dance like the entire internet is watching.
She started… Read More
MILANO, ITALY // Lavinia dreamed of becoming a librarian since her childhood, but fell in love with advertising on the way and had to change plans.
She started her career in below the line in a small agency in Bologna, her hometown, then joined the digital team in Publicis and moved to Ogilvy in 2014 as a senior copywriter, where she grew up to Creative Director.
Even being Milan based she had different international experiences… Read More
TORONTO, CA // You’re looking at a creative maverick. A master yarn-spinner. A powerhouse brand builder with communication wizardry as her not-so-secret weapon. And, yes, of course Jordan Doucette is award-winning: Cannes Lions, The One Show, The Clio Awards, etc, etc—if it’s shiny and sets off a metal detector, she’s probably won it.
Jordan’s journey has seen triumphant chief creative officer stints at renowned agencies including Taxi… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Jaime Robinson, named after the fictional main character in The Bionic Woman (Jaime Sommers), can’t leap over tall buildings, but she can drink a ton of coffee and make things happen. She’s the co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of JOAN, a New York City-based creative company founded in 2016 with the launch of an advertising agency, JOAN Creative.
JOAN Creative uses innovation, creativity and emotional resonance to… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Recently named as one of Adweek’s Creative 100, Marcus Wesson’s belief that advertising shouldn’t feel like advertising has fueled and inspired his 20-plus year career.
He’s put this philosophy to the test, developing breakthrough campaigns for some of the world’s most influential brands such as Nissan, Activision, Carl’s Jr. and Honda. His work has been honored by the One Show, Clios, Fast Company, Communication… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Marco is a Group Creative Director at Droga5 in NY. Throughout his career, he’s created compelling work for a wide range of clients like AT&T, Disney, Walmart, Coca-Cola, Discover Card and most recently the 2020 Census. Prior to Droga5, he worked at agencies such as VMLY&R, McCann, The Martin Agency, McgarryBowen, and BBDO. Along the way his work has been recognized by One Show, Communication Arts, AICP, Effies, Graphis, The… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Dana May is an industry vet in agency production, known for her deep passion and leadership in driving creative excellence and integrated media strategy.
Dana was most recently Head of Integrated Production at Johannes Leonardo, where she built and led a team of fully integrated producers, business affairs managers and a nimble in-house production crew. She was a member of the management team that helped JL achieve the… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Whitney Cusack is an Executive Producer, Filmmaker and creative production consultant currently based in New York City. She inspires and empowers you to create content that your customers will love, igniting a connection with your audience and purpose. At the intersection of creativity and strategic leadership, Whitney harnesses order and excellence while producing high-quality and compelling stories. With over 10 years of… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Chris Gee is an experienced agency executive with a deep expertise in corporate storytelling, digital strategy, and crisis management. Chris has held positions as Chief Digital Officer, Managing Director and Creative Director for numerous agencies and organizations.
As General Manager and Head of Digital for Edelman’s U.S. Corporate and Advisory Services practice, he advises clients in a variety of industries including… Read More
A champion of the strangely brilliant, Hsu (it’s pronounced Sue by the way) is all about theidea. As Executive Creative Director for Landor London, she’s a dynamic force in turningstrategic insights into striking creativity, while finding solutions that expand beyond therequired brand assets. Her integrated approach spans 2D, 3D and beyond.
Hsu has worked extensively with clients within the B2B and corporate sectors. She has hadto… Read More
BROOKLYN, USA // Annika Hansteen-Izora is the Creative Director of Somewhere Good, Ethel’s Club, and Form No Form, three companies centered on celebrating joy, wellness, and the experiences of people of color. Beginning her career in UX Strategy and Research, Annika pivoted to creative and has supported art direction and design across product, brand, and UI design for brands such as MTV, Samsung, Intel, HP, Jaguar Land Rover, and… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Paola Rocchetti, Co-Founder and Art Director of Void ‘N Disorder, is a multidisciplinary designer who pursues the unconventional, exploring unusual angles and mediums in her work.
Originally from Rome, Italy, and having spent over a decade working in London, Paola brings old-world sensibilities and her love for cutting-edge technology and design to everything she does. Motion design allowed her to combine her love… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Jon Noorlander is a Swedish multidisciplinary artist working in the creative field for over a decade, at companies such as ManvsMachine, Prime Focus and Method. His artistic journey began at an early age, surrounded by different art forms stemming from his family. His mother a painter and father an architect. He has gained inspiration for his designs through time spent living and working in Sweden, London, Los Angeles and… Read More