Nicolás Pérez

Nicolás Pérez

Associate Creative Director at Schafer Condon Carter
Chicago, United States

About me

Bilingual Associate Creative Director (English / Spanish) from Chile, currently working at SCHAFER CONDON CARTER, Chicago.

14 years of experience working in countries like Chile, Colombia, and USA for LATAM, Caribe, US Hispanic and US General Markets with a wide variety of clients such as Coca-Cola (Caribe and Central America), Kentucky Fried Chicken (Caribe and LATAM), Pepsico, Molson Coors, Burger King, Chicago Cubs, Indiana Pacers, USA Today, Kia Motors, Volvo Cars, Huawei Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Dunkin’ Donuts, Uber, ESPN, Fox Sports, to name a few; Achieving more than 100 recognitions in various international advertising awards festivals like London International Awards (Including the first GRAND LIA of Colombia and Ecuador), Cannes Lions (1st Chilean creative, winning in the Social & Influencer category), The One Show, Clios, Young Lions Competitions, Korea Mad Stars, WINA Festival, Wave Festival In Rio, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, FIAP, El Sol, El Dorado, PHNX, Effie, ACHAP, among others.




Languages
  • English - Pro
  • Spanish - Native

Positions

Associate Creative Director
Chicago, United States
March 2022 - Present (2 years 8 months)
Moved in to Chicago to work as an Associate Creative Director at SCC for the accounts of Chicago Cubs, Indiana Pacers, USA Today, Angostura Bitters, Casey's General Stores, among others.
Executive Creative Director
BERLIN SCL
Chile
February 2021 - March 2022 (1 year 1 month)
I led the entire creative department of BERLÍN, the new branding and production company from McCann Worldgroup/IPG in Chile. In charge of the creativity for Movistar, Energy Fitness Clubs, Chilean Government, Unicef, Statkraft, Antofagasta Minerals, among others.
Creative Director
Santiago , Chile
June 2018 - January 2021 (2 years 7 months)
Managed the creativity of a 10-people team dedicated to working with Burger King, Molson Coors, Blue Moon, Crush Orange, Volvo Cars, and Uber. In less than a year, I helped the agency to achieve their first Cannes Lions ever. Even we got featured work in Adweek, Advertising Age, and Design Taxi.
Creative Director
Raya
Santiago, Chile
October 2017 - July 2018 (9 months)
I helped build and lead a 16-people team dedicated to the integrated creativity (Traditional channels, Digital & Social, Trade marketing) of Huawei. Together we made one of the most successful content campaigns of the brand, selected on the annual Top 3 Youtube Leaderboard Ads with more than 12 million views.
Associate Creative Director/Copywriter
Findasense
Bogota, Colombia
January 2017 - October 2017 (9 months)
Part of the Coca-Cola regional team responsible for boosting the creativity of all the Central American and Caribbean region. In less than six months, I helped the company achieve its first shortlist at Cannes Lions and the first Grand Prix at London International Awards for Colombia and Ecuador.
Senior Copywriter
Bogotá, Colombia
October 2014 - January 2017 (2 years 3 months)
I moved to Colombia to work as a Bilingual Sr. Copywriter at Ogilvy, leading the creative work for Kentucky Fried Chicken LATAM (33 countries) and Kia Motors (participating in local campaigns and regional pitches). Here, I was recognized as the best creative of Ogilvy Colombia, reaching 1st place in the Annual Heart Ranking.
Copywriter
Santiago, Chile
December 2009 - October 2014 (4 years 10 months)
I worked with some of the country’s biggest brands like CCU (Pepsico), TVN, and the Chilean Government. During this period, I became the youngest copywriter to win the ACHAP Radio Grand Prix for two years in a row, and the agency selected me to be one of their Cannes Lions delegates in 2013.

Education

Communications, BA in Advertising

2006 - 2010 (4 years)

Other professional activities

PHNX Tribute 2020

Awards Jury Member

FIAP 2022

Awards Jury Member

The One Club, New York

Chicago Portfolio Night 2022 - Jury Member

London International Advertising Awards

Creative LIAisons 2021 - Mentee

MAD STARS, Busan

Awards Jury Member 2021

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, London

Young Lions Competitions CHILE - Awards Jury Member 2019

PHNX 2024

Awards Jury Member

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