Sergio Valente

Sergio Valente

Head Comunication at Rede Globo
São Paulo, Brazil

About me

Sergio Valente
President
DDB Brasil

Sergio Valente, 44, DDB Brasil?s president and CEO since January 1st 2005, has leaded the agency to its third title at the Cannes International Advertising Festival.

He graduated in Engineering at 19 and got a degree in Business Administration before his first job as a copywriter at age 21.
In 1994, Valente joined the creative team of DDB Brasil as a copywriter and after six years became its Creative Director.
In 2001, he joined Publicis Salles Norton as Creative VP but he would soon go back to DDB Brasil in 2002 as Creative VP.

Last year Valente was elected Adman of the Year by Colunistas Award and was a Film jury member at Cannes Festival.

Since he assumed as CEO, the agency has won eight new accounts and became one of the four major Brazilian agencies considering media investments. His first semester as CEO was crowned with the Cyber Grand Prix and the title of Interactive Agency of the Year in Cannes 2005.

Awards

Positions

Head Comunication
Rede Globo
January 2013 - Present (11 years 2 months)
Working with a big and great team building a great and big brand... actually, making magic...
Partner
Grupo ABC de Comunicação (ABC Group)
October 2007 - Present (16 years 5 months)
- Partner of Grupo ABC de Comunicação (ABC group) since 2007. www.grupoabc.com
President
São Paulo, Brazil
January 2005 - Present (19 years 2 months)
- CEO and President of Ad agency DM9 DDB Brasil since January 1st, 2005. Three times Agency of the Year at the Cannes Festival - the last one in June 2005 - and winner of two of the three Grand Prix ever won by a Brazilian Ad agency at that festival, the agency is part of groups DDB Worldwide and Grupo ABC de Comunicação.
www.ddbbrasil.com.br
Creative Vice President
São Paulo, Brazil
April 2002 - December 2004 (2 years 8 months)
Creative Vice President
São Paulo, Brazil
June 2001 - March 2002 (9 months)
Creative Director
São Paulo, Brazil
March 2000 - March 2001 (1 year)
Copywriter
São Paulo, Brazil
March 1995 - February 2000 (4 years 11 months)
Copywriter - Creative Supervisor
São Paulo, Brazil
April 1994 - January 1995 (9 months)
President
São Paulo, Brazil

Education

Administração de Empresas

1986 - 1990 (4 years)

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