Ivan has worked in the advertising industry for over 20 years. Originally from Colombia, he graduated as an Industrial Designer before moving to the U.S., where he began an MBA in Marketing at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta. Soon after, he discovered his true passion lay in advertising and pursued a two-year program at Portfolio Center, now Miami Ad School. Upon graduating, he landed a job at Young & Rubicam, and the rest is history. He has since worked at agencies like Bates, and today, Ivan leads the creative team at VML Miami and Zubi, leveraging his multicultural background to elevate the work.

Throughout his career, Ivan has worked with brands like Texaco, AT&T, Dell Computers, DHL, Citibank, Sony, Mercedes-Benz, BellSouth, Purina Cat Chow, Time Magazine, Wendy's, ESPN, Ford, Lincoln, Florida Lottery, M&M Mars, S.C. Johnson, Miller, ExxonMobil, YMCA, American Airlines, JIF, Smuckers, Chase, Smirnoff, Aflac, Unilever, Walgreens, The CLEO Institute, Cesar Dog Food, Temptations, and many more. Contact me.

Specialties:
Brand strategy, creative direction for television, video, print, radio, digital, social media, direct, promotion, experiential, B2B, SEM, CRM.

Awards:

• Cannes Lions
• One Show
• Clio Sports
  
• Clio Health
• Clio
• LUUMS Awards
• El Sol
  
• Wave Festival      
  
• New York Festival                
  
• Cannes short list 
  
• Fiap
  
• El Ojo de Iberoamerica
  
• Effie
  
• National-District-Local Addy's
• IAB Mixx Awards
  
• FWA Awards
  
• Awwwards
  
• Mercury Awards
  
• Graphis
  
• Lürzer's Archive
  
• Creative Media Awards
  
• Newspaper Association of America
  
• USA magazine
  
• AHHA
  
• Caribe Awards
  
• Nielsen
  
• U.S.H Idea Awards
  
• Hispanicize Tecla Awards Latino Social Media finalist
  
• Addy's (Local, District, National)
• HMC Awards

Judge:

• New York Festival: New York, USA, 2024
• The PHNX Awards: USA, 2024
• HMC: Miami, USA, 2024
• LUUMS Awards: Switzerland, 2023
• La Vara: Santo Domingo, 2023
• El Ojo de Iberoamérica: Argentina, 2021
• La Vara: Santo Domingo, 2021
• Fepi: USA, 2021
• Effie Awards: Latam, USA, 2019
• Cape Awards: Miami, USA, 2019
• Wave: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2019
• El Sol de Iberoamérica, Bilbao, Spain, 2017
• Addy's: Chicago Illinois, USA, 2017
• Wave: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2016                 
• Addy's: Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2016
• USH Awards: Miami, USA, 2015
• Ojo de Iberoamerica: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014
• Ojo de Iberoamerica: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012
• Fiap: Miami, USA, 2012
• Ojo de Iberoamerica: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011
• Addy’s: San Antonio, Texas, 2011
• Clios: 2005
• New York Festival: New York, USA, 2000

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