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Group Creative Director













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.





Contact

 +971 54 367 5941
 jonathanddcruz@gmail.com
 @jddcruz
 LinkedIn





Jury

Loeries
Media Innovation


New York Festivals
Shortlist Jury


The ANDY Awards
Mena Jury


Adforum
Outdoor







Press

Campaign Brief Asia
The M25 Global Creative Series


Little Black Book
Uprising Interview






Agencies



Clients


Awards & Recognitions 

200+ Awards by Festival

30  Cannes Lions 30 Cannes Lions
30 Lions · 47 shortlists · 77 total
(2 Grand Prix, 3 Gold, 12 Silver, 13 Bronze)
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
26  Dubai Lynx 26 Dubai Lynx
26 metals · 3 shortlists · 29 total
(2 Grand Prix, 6 Gold, 6 Silver, 12 Bronze)
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
22 metals · 4 shortlists/certificates · 26 total
(1 Grand Prix, 8 Gold, 7 Silver, 6 Bronze)
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
22 metals
(1 Grand LIA, 7 Gold, 9 Silver, 5 Bronze)
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
13 Pencils · 2 Merits · 7 shortlists · 22 total
(3 Gold, 5 Silver, 5 Bronze)
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
13 metals · 1 shortlist · 14 total
(2 Gold, 2 Silver, 9 Bronze)
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
12 metals
(1 Grand Prix, 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze)
10  D&AD 10 D&AD
10 Pencils · 2 shortlists · 12 total
(2 Graphite, 8 Wood)
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
11 metals · 3 crystals · 14 total
(1 Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Grand Prix PR; 4× Gold; Silver; Bronze Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 2× Silver; 2× Bronze; 3× Crystal
11  Cresta 11 Cresta
11 metals
(1 Grand Prix, 6 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze)
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
7 metals
(3 Grand Prix, 3 Gold, 1 Silver)
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · 3× Grand Prix; 3× Gold; Silver
6  Clio Sports 6 Clio Sports
6 metals
(1 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Liquid Billboard — Adidas · Gold; 4× Silver; Bronze
4  ANDY Awards 4 ANDY Awards
4 metals · 4 Gold
4  White Square 4 White Square
4 metals · 1 shortlist · 5 total
(3 Gold, 1 Bronze)
Breakchains w/ Blockchain — CFPA · 3× Gold; Bronze; 1 Shortlist
2  Epica Awards 2 Epica Awards
2 metals · 2 Gold
2  Gerety Awards 2 Gerety Awards
2 metals · 2 Silver
2  Brazilian Festivals 2 Brazilian Festivals
2 metals · 2 shortlists · 4 total
(Clube de Criação · Wave Festival)
The Firefly — Bradesco Bank · Bronze Digital (CCSP); Bronze Film Craft (Wave); 2 Shortlists
Rankings & Highlights

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