Leonardo Ferrari

Leonardo Ferrari

Senior Multicultural Creative at Republica Havas
Miami, United States

About me

Creative Professional with over 15 years of experience in the advertising industry. A bilingual copywriter with extensive regional experience creating and executing campaigns for global brands. Worked on integrated campaigns, awarded over several international festivals—including Cannes Lions, Clio, Effie, LIA, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, among others. For the last 4 years, I've been a Creative Instructor at Miami Ad School, working with over 100 international students on their portfolios and case studies for student festivals.

Languages
  • Spanish - Native
  • English - Pro
  • Italian - Basic

Positions

Senior Multicultural Creative
Republica Havas
FL Miami, United States
October 2021 - Present (2 years 6 months)
• Responsible for Ideation and Execution of 360 Integrated Communication Campaigns.
• Bilingual copywriting (English and Spanish), Transcreation, and Copy Localization.
• Contribute concepts/ideas to new business pitches, proactivity, pro-bono, and in-house projects
• Partnered with Art Director for development and execution of campaigns and projects.
• Worked on both General Market Campaigns and Multicultural projects (US Hispanics)
• Clients: McCafé At Home, Ocean Bank, COX Internet, National Pork Board, Sedano's Supermarket, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Florida Blue (Health Insurance) and ViiV Healthcare (Pharma).
Creative Instructor
Miami, United States
July 2019 - Present (4 years 9 months)
• Creativity, Copywriting and Storytelling classes for +100 international students.
Founder & Creative Director
Miami, United States
February 2015 - Present (9 years 2 months)
• Responsible for developing Innovation in Marketing and Communication Strategies for B2B Clients.
• Digital Business Transformation projects & Business Growth Management.
• Creative Direction for branding & performance campaigns.
• B2B Marketing Communication Strategies for Furukawa Solutions (Latam).
• B2B Internal Marketing Communication for Reckitt (Argentina and Brazil)
• Initiatives worked for Bacardi (US), Netflix (Arg), Pornhub (US), LG (Arg), Antarctica 21 (Chile).
• Content Creation for Calle Ocho News (US).
• Collaboration with NonProfits such as Surfrider Foundation (US), SPCA South Florida Foundation (US).
Interactive Producer @ Apple
New York, United States
March 2021 - September 2021 (6 months)
• On-Site Vendor for Apple Canada.
• Responsible for Digital Project Management
• Worked on Product Launches, Services, and Features updates communication.
• Localized content and digital assets for Website & DM campaigns.
• Supervised and reviewed copy updates for geo (Canada English and French).
• Tasks and Schedule coordination for Developers, Graphic Production, and Translators.
• Worked collaboratively with teams across the company: Brand, Channel, Retail, Advertising, Video, Education, and Producers in a fast-paced environment.
Regional Account Supervisor
Buenos Aires, Argentina
February 2015 - June 2019 (4 years 4 months)
• Main Clients: Mercado Libre Latam, Coca-Cola Company, Google, HSBC, Western Union, Pedigree, Discovery Channel.
• Deep experience managing data-driven integrated campaigns across all digital and traditional platforms targeting GenZ and Millennials.
• Led cross-functional strategy presentations and meetings to identify creative and new business opportunities.
• Experience developing creative toolkits, producing regional content, and adapting messaging to local markets.
• Managed financials including annual projections, forecast, profitability.
• Led a Social Media Team to deliver Always On Strategies, Calendar content, and Creative Campaigns.
• Supervised large-scale video production for digital campaigns.
• Digital Project Management of Websites, Mobile apps development, Display Banners, and Emails production.
• Coordinated Global Pitches providing creative and strategic support to other Wunderman Offices (New York, London, Paris, Mexico, Sao Pablo, Dubai)
• Worked collaboratively with Creatives, Strategic Planners, Developers, Digital Production, Producers, Data Scientists, Social Media Team, Legal and Media Partners as part of a larger team in a fast-paced environment.
• Acquired several new businesses and retained a high-risk client.
• Won over 40+ awards at local and international creativity festivals.

Education

Strategic Planning

2021 (1 year)

Creative Thinking

2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Marketing Strategy, Behavioral Science For Brands, Creativity for Business Growth, Storytelling, Digital Marketing, Online Advertising, Search, Data, Social Media, Email, Experience Design.

Creative Copywriting

2020 (1 year)
Creative Copywriting, Digital Communication, and Strategic Thinking classes.

Licenciado en Publicidad

January 2005 - December 2008 (3 years 11 months)

Other professional activities

PHNX 2023

Awards Jury Member

PHNX 2024

Awards Jury Member

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