Group Creative Director
Group Creative Director
São Paulo · Brasil | Dubai · UAE Jonathan Cruz 2 Grand Prix · 30 Cannes Lions · 200+ Awards
Publicis | R/GA | Havas | FCB | McCann
Adidas®
88% of women in the Middle East
don’t feel comfortable swimming in public.
What if a Billboard could make women feel comfortable swimming again? Adidas built the world’s first swimmable billboard.
don’t feel comfortable swimming in public.
What if a Billboard could make women feel comfortable swimming again? Adidas built the world’s first swimmable billboard.
Spoor®
There’s wildlife data collected around wind farms.
Most of it sits in spreadsheets and goes nowhere.
The Birdwatcher transforms that data into a public platform
that reveals how birds and wind energy coexist.
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Most of it sits in spreadsheets and goes nowhere.
The Birdwatcher transforms that data into a public platform
that reveals how birds and wind energy coexist.
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Puck®
War devastated Lebanon. Thousands of mothers
lost homes and livelihoods. Except their recipes.
Recipe for Change brought those family recipes
to restaurant menus, turning culinary heritage
into income.
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lost homes and livelihoods. Except their recipes.
Recipe for Change brought those family recipes
to restaurant menus, turning culinary heritage
into income.
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CFPA®
W/ Blockchain
Every year in Egypt, thousands of mothers are sent
to prison for debts as small as a few hundred dollars.
Breakchains turned their stories into NFTs,
each priced at the exact amount needed
to pay their debt and free them.
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to prison for debts as small as a few hundred dollars.
Breakchains turned their stories into NFTs,
each priced at the exact amount needed
to pay their debt and free them.
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Heinz®
Ketchup accidents happen more often than people admit.
Nearly half of Heinz fans have experienced one.
So Heinz created the world’s first insurance policy protecting people from ketchup mishaps.
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Nearly half of Heinz fans have experienced one.
So Heinz created the world’s first insurance policy protecting people from ketchup mishaps.
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McDonald's®
Fine dining can leave you with an empty wallet
and an empty stomach.
After Dinner Dinner reframed McDonald's as the place you go after the tasting menu, when the smoke clears, the microgreens are gone, and you're still hungry.
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and an empty stomach.
After Dinner Dinner reframed McDonald's as the place you go after the tasting menu, when the smoke clears, the microgreens are gone, and you're still hungry.
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Mastercard®
After two years of war, Polish support for Ukrainian
refugees fell to 52%, driven by fears of job competition.
Mastercard used its data to pair new Ukrainian businesses with complementary Polish ones, turning rivals into neighbors.
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refugees fell to 52%, driven by fears of job competition.
Mastercard used its data to pair new Ukrainian businesses with complementary Polish ones, turning rivals into neighbors.
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TCS®
Every inch of a football kit is branded. Except one.
So during Testicular Cancer Awareness Month,
CD Leganés put the Testicular Cancer Society's logo right where it mattered, on the testicular region of their shorts. The ultimate white space in sponsorship became the most talked-about ad in football.
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So during Testicular Cancer Awareness Month,
CD Leganés put the Testicular Cancer Society's logo right where it mattered, on the testicular region of their shorts. The ultimate white space in sponsorship became the most talked-about ad in football.
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McDonald's®
Real love isn't built on grand first impressions. It's built in everyday moments, stealing fries, ice cream on noses, easy silences.
McDonald's reframed itself as the place that's not for the first date, but for every other one.
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McDonald's reframed itself as the place that's not for the first date, but for every other one.
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Mastercard®
86% of Germans always carry their bank card.
Only 26% carry their organ donor card.
Now donor consent lives on the back of the one they never leave home without, signed, legally valid, ready in an emergency.
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Only 26% carry their organ donor card.
Now donor consent lives on the back of the one they never leave home without, signed, legally valid, ready in an emergency.
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Mastercard®
In Poland, billions in public funds get spent every
year with almost no citizen input.
We turned 22,000 ATMs into voting booths, letting people
decide where local tax money goes, on the same machine
they use to manage their own.
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year with almost no citizen input.
We turned 22,000 ATMs into voting booths, letting people
decide where local tax money goes, on the same machine
they use to manage their own.
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TCS®
1 in 250 men get testicular cancer, yet most have watched
a thousand defenders protect theirs before a free kick.
We hijacked that moment, slipping a self-check tutorial into YouTube highlights, right as the wall went up.
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a thousand defenders protect theirs before a free kick.
We hijacked that moment, slipping a self-check tutorial into YouTube highlights, right as the wall went up.
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Waterstones®
People aren't reading less,
they're just reading differently.
Read Better turned everyday digital scrolling into a reading metric, a plugin that counts the words you consume online,
then recommends a book that matches your daily word count.
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they're just reading differently.
Read Better turned everyday digital scrolling into a reading metric, a plugin that counts the words you consume online,
then recommends a book that matches your daily word count.
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Bradesco®
Brazil was facing economic crisis and a national
mood of hopelessness.
Bradesco answered with Firefly, the story of a small countryside firefly who moves to the big city, a quiet metaphor for finding your light in a place where it's hard to be seen.
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mood of hopelessness.
Bradesco answered with Firefly, the story of a small countryside firefly who moves to the big city, a quiet metaphor for finding your light in a place where it's hard to be seen.
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Heinz®
Skip culture has trained us to wait for nothing.
But Heinz pours slowly on purpose.
The world's first ad interrupted by a movie played half before
the film, half after the final credit, rewarding the few patient enough to wait, just like the ketchup itself.
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But Heinz pours slowly on purpose.
The world's first ad interrupted by a movie played half before
the film, half after the final credit, rewarding the few patient enough to wait, just like the ketchup itself.
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Harley-Davidson®
What does a man check more often, his bike or his body?
For most Harley riders, it isn't close
We added one line to the warranty, a free prostate screening, bundled in with the oil change. The toughest men on the road, finally checking both.
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For most Harley riders, it isn't close
We added one line to the warranty, a free prostate screening, bundled in with the oil change. The toughest men on the road, finally checking both.
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Adidas®
In the Middle East, 77% of men play football.
Only 23% of women do.
So Adidas elevated Nouf Al Anzi, a young Emirati talent,
into a film that caught the eye of Zinedine Zidane himself,
turning her into the next face of the game, on a global stage.
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Only 23% of women do.
So Adidas elevated Nouf Al Anzi, a young Emirati talent,
into a film that caught the eye of Zinedine Zidane himself,
turning her into the next face of the game, on a global stage.
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More Work
& Art Direction
& Art Direction
I come from Lameirão, Mulungu. You've probably never heard of it, and that's the point.
It's a small village in the hills of Ceará, Brazil, the kind of place where the roads are quiet, stories travel faster than news, and the nearest city feels like another life. Not much arrives there, so you learn to make your own. That's where I understood creativity before I had the word for it.
Today, I'm a group creative director based in Dubai, building ideas with the same belief I learned early: nothing gets attention by default. The work has to carry its own weight, earn its place in culture, and survive beyond the deck.
Strip away the titles, the cities, and the awards, and it still comes back to the same belief: creativity is what you reach for when the obvious answer isn't enough.
Loeries
Media Innovation
New York Festivals
Shortlist Jury
The ANDY Awards
Mena Jury
Adforum
Outdoor
Campaign Brief Asia
The M25 Global Creative Series
Little Black Book
Uprising Interview
Clients
Awards & Recognitions
30 Cannes Lions
30 Cannes Lions
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Grand Prix Outdoor/Cultural Insight; Gold Outdoor/Special Build;
3× Silver; Bronze; 7 Shortlists Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 3× Silver (Digital Craft, Creative Commerce, Media); 5 Shortlists Room for Everyone — Mastercard · Grand Prix Creative Data; Gold Creative Data;
Silver Creative B2B; 4 Shortlists Ketchup Insurance — Heinz · Bronze Audio & Radio; 7 Shortlists Recipe for Change — Puck / Arla Foods · Gold SDGs; Silver Brand Experience; Bronze B2B; 3 Shortlists Life Donor Card — Mastercard · Silver Brand Experience; Bronze Creative Data;
Bronze Direct; Titanium Shortlist Highlight Your Balls — Testicular Cancer Society · Silver Brand Experience; 6 Shortlists After Dinner Dinner — McDonald's · 3× Bronze (Direct, Commerce, Media); 2 Shortlists Sponsored Balls — Testicular Cancer Society · Bronze PR/Events & Stunts; 2 Shortlists The Firefly — Bradesco Bank · Bronze Social & Influencer; 1 Shortlist Public Money ATM — Mastercard · 2× Silver (Direct, Brand Experience); 3 Shortlists Read Better — Waterstones · 2× Bronze (Digital Craft, Film); 3 Shortlists Not For First Dates — McDonald's UAE · Bronze Outdoor/Social Behaviour The Mid-Life Check — Harley-Davidson · Shortlist Audio & Radio/Corporate Purpose The Last Steel of Azovstal — United24 · Shortlist Promotional Item Design Medicines of Taboo — UN Women · Young Lions Health Global Shortlist
3× Silver; Bronze; 7 Shortlists Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 3× Silver (Digital Craft, Creative Commerce, Media); 5 Shortlists Room for Everyone — Mastercard · Grand Prix Creative Data; Gold Creative Data;
Silver Creative B2B; 4 Shortlists Ketchup Insurance — Heinz · Bronze Audio & Radio; 7 Shortlists Recipe for Change — Puck / Arla Foods · Gold SDGs; Silver Brand Experience; Bronze B2B; 3 Shortlists Life Donor Card — Mastercard · Silver Brand Experience; Bronze Creative Data;
Bronze Direct; Titanium Shortlist Highlight Your Balls — Testicular Cancer Society · Silver Brand Experience; 6 Shortlists After Dinner Dinner — McDonald's · 3× Bronze (Direct, Commerce, Media); 2 Shortlists Sponsored Balls — Testicular Cancer Society · Bronze PR/Events & Stunts; 2 Shortlists The Firefly — Bradesco Bank · Bronze Social & Influencer; 1 Shortlist Public Money ATM — Mastercard · 2× Silver (Direct, Brand Experience); 3 Shortlists Read Better — Waterstones · 2× Bronze (Digital Craft, Film); 3 Shortlists Not For First Dates — McDonald's UAE · Bronze Outdoor/Social Behaviour The Mid-Life Check — Harley-Davidson · Shortlist Audio & Radio/Corporate Purpose The Last Steel of Azovstal — United24 · Shortlist Promotional Item Design Medicines of Taboo — UN Women · Young Lions Health Global Shortlist
26 Dubai Lynx
26 Dubai Lynx
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Grand Prix Design; 4× Gold; 3× Silver; 8× Bronze
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 2× Gold; Silver; Bronze; 1 Shortlist
Highlight Your Balls — Testicular Cancer Society · Grand Prix for Good; Gold Social & Influencer; 2× Silver; 2 Shortlists
After Dinner Dinner — McDonald's · Gold Direct; Bronze Brand Experience
Ketchup Insurance — Heinz · Silver Direct; Bronze Media/Audio
Read the Label — Barakat · Bronze In-Store Experience
22 Loeries
22 Loeries
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Grand Prix; 2× Gold; 2× Silver; Bronze
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 3× Silver; Bronze; Certificate
Recipe for Change — Puck / Arla Foods · 3× Gold; Bronze
Ketchup Insurance — Heinz · Silver; 2× Bronze; Craft Certificate
Sponsored Balls — Testicular Cancer Society · 2× Gold; Silver
After Dinner Dinner — McDonald's · 3× Bronze; 2 Shortlists
22 London International Awards
22 London International Awards
Room for Everyone — Mastercard · 4× Gold; 4× Silver; Bronze
Life Donor Card — Mastercard · 2× Gold; 4× Silver; 2× Bronze
Recipe for Change — Puck / Arla Foods · Grand LIA; Gold; Bronze
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Silver; Bronze
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · Silver Metaverse; Bronze NFT
13 The One Show
13 The One Show
Room for Everyone — Mastercard · 2× Gold Pencils; 2× Silver; 4× Bronze; 2 Merits
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · Gold Pencil; Silver Pencil
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · 3× Silver Pencils; 1 Shortlist
Ketchup Insurance — Heinz · Bronze Pencil; 4 Shortlists
Life Donor Card — Mastercard · Bronze Pencil / Direct Marketing for Good
13 Clio Awards
13 Clio Awards
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · 5× Bronze; 1 Shortlist
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · Gold Creative Commerce; 3× Bronze
Ketchup Insurance — Heinz · Silver Audio Craft; Bronze Social
Life Donor Card — Mastercard · Silver Creative Data; Bronze Direct
Room for Everyone — Mastercard · Gold Direct / Use of Data
12 Effie Awards / MENA Effie
12 Effie Awards / MENA Effie
Recipe for Change — Puck / Arla Foods · Grand Prix; 2× Gold; Silver
The Mid-Life Check — Harley-Davidson · 2× Gold; Silver
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Gold Media Innovation; Silver
The Sound of Joy — McDonald's UAE · Bronze
Amateur Anti-Doping Test — Testicular Cancer Society · Bronze
Ketchup Insurance — Heinz · Bronze
10 D&AD
10 D&AD
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Graphite Pencil; 2× Wood Pencil; 2 Shortlists
Room for Everyone — Mastercard · Graphite Pencil; Wood Pencil
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 2× Wood Pencil
Life Donor Card — Mastercard · 2× Wood Pencil
Recipe for Change — Puck / Arla Foods · Wood Pencil
11 Ad Stars
11 Ad Stars
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Grand Prix PR; 4× Gold; Silver; Bronze
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 2× Silver; 2× Bronze; 3× Crystal
11 Cresta
11 Cresta
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 4× Gold; 2× Silver; 2× Bronze
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Grand Prix Design; 2× Gold
7 Lisbon Ad Festival
7 Lisbon Ad Festival
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · 3× Grand Prix; 3× Gold; Silver
6 Clio Sports
6 Clio Sports
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Gold; 4× Silver; Bronze
4 ANDY Awards
4 ANDY Awards
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 2× Gold
Room for Everyone — Mastercard · Gold Creative Data
Not For First Dates — McDonald's UAE · Gold / Idea
4 White Square
4 White Square
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 3× Gold; Bronze; 1 Shortlist
2 Epica Awards
2 Epica Awards
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · 2× Gold
2 Gerety Awards
2 Gerety Awards
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 2× Silver
2 Brazilian Festivals
2 Brazilian Festivals
The Firefly — Bradesco Bank · Bronze Digital (CCSP); Bronze Film Craft (Wave); 2 Shortlists
Top 20 Digital Campaigns of 2024
Campaign Magazine
Top #1 Art Director in the Middle East
The One Show, 2022
Top #2 Most Awarded Campaign — Liquid Billboard
WARC, 2023
Top #10 ACD Middle East & Africa
The One Show, 2023
Top #11 Most-Awarded Art Director
The Drum Global Rankings, 2023
Gold Young Lions UAE - 2023
Within the 100 Most-Awarded Art Directors
The Drum Global Rankings, 2021