About me
“Like any kid, I loved my toys. Whenever I would get a new toy, I would take it out of the box and draw a picture of it with my crayons. I wouldn’t hang the pictures up or give them to my parents as a “thanks for the present!” but I’d sell them in exchange for candy. So maybe you could say I loved candy more than toys. Then they gave me a Polaroid camera and I switched from drawing to photography. Since young my parents had no doubt I had a talent for arts and sales, and then my art direction career started and that’s how I fell in love with advertising, without even realizing. Designing, creating, imagining is what I live for but traveling is what I dream about. So if you want to get to know my frenetic, sarcastic and outgoing personality more, I’ll be here. Or there.”
PS: I don’t accept candy as payment anymore.
(917) 209-0349
brunocalcada@gmail.com
Experience
I’m an Creative Director [Art]
with 15 years of experience in ad agencies, startups,
and tech companies in the US, Australia, and Brazil.
Creative Director at Eversana Intouch
New York, NY | October 2025 - Present (Freelance)
Concepts & design for Sanofi, Blueprint, and New Businesses.
Creative Director at Publicis
New York, NY | Nov 2023 - October 2025
Concepts & design for Pfizer.
Associate Creative Director, Art at Wunderman Thompson
New York, NY | September 2022 - September 2023
Concepts & design for Vaseline, Kyndryl, Samsung, and Nestle, among others.
Associate Creative Director, Art at Area 23
New York, NY | Jamuary 2020 - September 2022
Concepts & design for Insmed, GSK, and Urovant, among others.
Senior Art Director at Grey
New York, NY | July 2019 - December 2019
Concepts & design for Lilly, Pfizer, and P&G brands, among others.
Senior Art Director at Havas Group
New York, NY | November 2018 - February 2019
Concepts & design for Novartis.
Senior Art Director at McCann
New York, NY | August 2018 - November 2019
Concepts & design for Lilly, and AstraZeneca, among others.
Senior Art Director at Blippar
New York, NY | July 2016 - August 2018
Concepts, UX Design, UI Design, Branding. B2B, B2C, Augmented Reality, OOH, events, app development & Games for brands like Kellogg’s, Pringles, Marvel, Sony, Cheez-it, Spider-Man, Colgate, Coca-Cola, The Minions, M&M’S, Jeep, ARDP, Pepsi, Cracker Jack, Johnson & Johnson among others.
Senior Art Director at SS+K
New York, NY | April - June 2016 (Freelance)
Concepts and design for print, OOH, digital banners, in-store, commercials, events, and social media activations for brands like Delta, Wells Fargo, E*TRADE, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Interactive Designer at MediaCom
New York, NY | October 2015 - April 2016 (Freelance)
Concepts and design on different campaigns mostly experimenting with new technology and digital media for brands like Bud Light, Budweiser, Elysian, Shock Top, Best Damn, Hunter Mountain, Sony & Playstation.
Art Director at Shocase
New York, NY | July - October 2015 (Freelance)
Brand development and in-house branding, concepts and designs for Events, posters, promotional material & commercials.
Art Director at Ogilvy
New York, NY | April - July 2015 (Freelance)
Concepting and design on different campaigns, including print, OOH, digital banners, in-store, commercials, events, and social media activations for IBM, Aetna, UPS, Chemours, Citizens Bank, BlackRock, and new business pitches for brands like Coca-Cola, Coke Zero & NASCAR.
Art Director at America’s Startup
New York, NY | Aug 2013 - Jul 2014
Brand development and in-house branding, concepts, and designs for events, posters, promotional material & commercials. Concepts and design for digital campaigns.
Brands
Education
Art Direction at Miami Ad School
New York, NY | Jul 2013 – Jun 2015
Bachelors of Art: Graphic Design, Advertising & Photography at Curtin University
Perth, Australia | Jan 2010 - Jan 2013
Marketing & Advertising at PUC Campinas
Campinas, Brazil | Feb – Dec 2009