Julian Hernandez

Julian Hernandez

Executive Creative Director at Consulum
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About me

Multicultural Creative Marketing Communications veteran with over 20 years experience leading high performance creative teams in Asia and Latin America. Experienced at local, regional and global level. Driven and passionate. Strong strategic integration and innovation skills.

Culturally sensitive. Eternal student of consumer’s behavior, market trends and content consumption. People minded and persuasive talent manager with the ability to orchestrate change and build teams with provocative ideas.

Spearhead on major account wins and account leadership for key multinational Greater China clients, including Coca-Cola and P&G at Leo Burnett Hong Kong.

Specialties: Creation. Integration. Innovation. And a hell of a nice guy.

Positions

Partner - Executive Creative Director
Consulum
United Arab Emirates
2021 - Present (3 years 10 months)
Counselling and supporting global leaders, governments, and their institutions.
Leading the Creative practice, integrating Strategy, Policy and Communications.
Executive Creative Director Middle East & North Africa
VMLY&R COMMERCE
United Arab Emirates
2021 (1 year)
Executive Creative Director Middle East & North Africa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2018 - 2021 (3 years)
Executive Creative Director
Geometry Global
China
September 2015 - 2017 (1 year 4 months)
Creative Director
Hong Kong, China
May 2014 - July 2015 (1 year 2 months)
Executive Creative Director / Managing Partner
Hong Kong, China
July 2013 - May 2014 (10 months)
Global Creative Director
Leo Burnett Greater China Group
December 2010 - July 2013 (2 years 7 months)
Creative Director
Shanghai, China
August 2008 - November 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Creative Director
Shanghai, China
January 2007 - August 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Creative Director for Coca-Cola Olympics 2007-2008
Integrated Marketing Communications, planning, creation Coca-Cola brand Mainland China.
Creative Director
Santiago, Chile
2000 - 2006 (6 years)
Assignments:
Coca-Cola South LatinAmerican Division: Coca-Cola, Fanta.
Coca-Cola Chile: Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, Fanta, Fanta Light, Sprite, Lift, Vital, Powerade, Dasani.
McCann-Erickson Argentina: Coca-Cola.
INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas):
2002 census campaign.
BCI (Banco Crédito e Inversión)
Associate Creative Director
Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia
1995 - December 1999 (4 years 11 months)
Accounts:
Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, Sprite, Quatro.
General Motors-Colmotores: Chevrolet Luv, Corsa, Sprint, Swift.
Aruba Tourism Authority.
Nestlé: Nescafé.
CPW. Breakfast cereals: Trix, Chocapic, Milo.
Esso.
Citibank.
Copywriter
Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia
1993 - 1995 (2 years)
Accounts:
Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola, Sprite, Quatro, Taí.
L’Oreal.
Colgate Palmolive: Ajax-Promotions.
Citibank.
Celcaribe-Millicom.
Visa Colombia: Credibanco Visa.
El Tiempo.
Savoy Brands: Papas Jack’s.
Canon-Lexco.
Lafayette telas.
Pintuco.
Ferrero.
Executive Creative Director
Ogilvy Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Education

Grade Cannes Creative Leaders Program

2015 (1 year)

Master Historia Militar y Pensamiento Estratégico

2005 - 2007 (2 years)

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

2005 (1 year)
MBA / Strategic Communications

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) - Minor in Strategic Communications

2004 - 2005 (1 year)

Comunicador Social - Publicista Field Of Study Communication

1993 (1 year)
Activities and Societies: Writer and programmer of Clásicos del Rock in Javeriana Estéreo, the University's radio station. One of the most popular classic rock radio shows in the country. Social Communication / Comunicación Social

Other professional activities

PHNX 2024

Awards Jury Member

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