Jeff and Jose met while Jeff was a junior copywriter and Jose was an art direction intern at Zimmerman Advertising in 2015.
In late 2016, we moved to Republica Havas, which at the time was just Republica, where we were officially a “dupla” for the first time. There, we ended up with Broken Crayons, an anti-child abuse initiative that brought the agency its first ever global recognition. After that, we moved to Orlando to work for Disney at Yellow Shoes, the in house agency for Disney Parks and Resorts. Disney was about working hard and sneaking big ideas through small cracks. Some examples of that were “Pixar Street View”, which took Pixar’s easter egg tradition to a new medium, and “After Disney” which promoted a day at the parks by focusing only on the car ride home.
In January 2020, we arrived at GUT as senior creatives. That’s when we started to play more with pop culture and “reactvertising”. Our first hit at GUT came in our very first month with “That Look From Popeyes”, which brought GUT Miami its first ever Cannes Lions. Since then, we’ve risen through the ranks, moving up to ACD in 2021 and leading the prototype for GUT Miami’s content department throughout 2022, heading a team of creatives focused on reacting to pop culture on behalf of GUT’s social AORs.
Since early 2023, we’ve worked as Creative Directors, leading a group of creatives on a hunt for indisputable ideas for iconic brands across all platforms.
Adweek
ESPN
Little Black Book
Muse by Clio
AdAge
New York Times
Good Morning America
Lürzer's Archive
People
Creativity-Online
Yahoo
Today
The Drum
CNN
Ads Of The World
Trend Hunter
Ad Age
Digital Agency Network
Mashable
Fox News
Complex
The Washington Post
Buzzfeed
TMZ
2024
Cannes Lions
Gold, Print (The World’s Most Famous Hand Model)
Shortlist, Social & Influencer (The World’s Most Famous Hand Model)
Shortlist, Social & Influencer (The World’s Most Famous Hand Model)
Adweek
Creative 100
2023
Cannes Lions
Shortlist, PR (Memes To Dreams)
Shortlist, Entertainment Lions For Sport (Memes To Dreams)
Shortlist, Outdoor (Vans Vans)
One Show
Merit, Social Media (Memes To Dreams)
Clio Awards
Shortlist, Print (Joy Is The Ultimate Trophy)
AdWeek
Breakthrough Agency of The Year
AdAge A-List
#10 Agency of The Year
2022
Cannes Lions
Shortlist, Direct (We Come In Piece)
Shortlist, Outdoor (Trophies: Alex)
Shortlist, Outdoor (Trophies: Serena)
Shortlist, Outdoor (Trophies: Brooks)
Shortlist, Outdoor (Trophies: Anthony)
Shortlist, Outdoor (Trophies: Serena’s Poster)
Clio Awards
Shortlist, Direct (We Come In Piece)
Clio Sports
Silver, Outdoor (Joy Is The Ultimate Trophy)
Bronze, Print (Joy Is The Ultimate Trophy)
D&AD
Shortlist, Illustration and Collaboration (Pronoun Plates)
AdAge Creativity Awards
Product Launch of The Year (We Come In Piece)
AdAge A-List, Agency Standout
2021
Cannes Lions
Gold, Direct (That Look From Popeyes)
Silver, Direct (That Look From Popeyes)
Bronze, Direct (That Look From Popeyes)
Shortlist, Social (That Look From Popeyes)
D&AD
Graphite, PR (That Look From Popeyes)
Graphite, Digital (That Look From Popeyes)
Wood, Direct (That Look From Popeyes)
The One Show
Silver, Direct (That Look From Popeyes)
Bronze, Ecommerce (That Look From Popeyes)
Merit, Ecommerce (Philly Series 5)
Merit, Social (#Tendies4Yall)
Merit, Social (That Look From Popeyes)
Andy Awards
Gold, Idea (That Look From Popeyes)
Clio Awards
Gold, Branded Entertainment (That Look From Popeyes)
Bronze, Digital and Mobile (That Look From Popeyes)
Bronze, Branded Entertainment (Philly Series 5)
2020
Young Guns
Finalist, YG18
The One Show
Bronze, Experiential (Pixar Street View)
Merit, Interactive (Pixar Street View)
New York Festivals
Silver, Viral (Pixar Street View)
Finalist, Brave Work (After Disney)
2018
Cannes Lions
Shortlist, PR (Broken Crayons)
The One Show
Merit, PR
Clio Awards
Silver, Health (Broken Crayons)
Bronze, Health (Broken Crayons)
Shortlist, Multicultural PR (Broken Crayons)
The Webby Awards
Honoree, Real Time Response (Captioned By Cava)
Honoree, Integrated Campaign (Open Up)
2017
The One Show
Gold, PR (Swishy Chug)
Sliver, Social (Swishy Chug)
Effie Awards
Finalist, Carpe Diem (Swishy Chug)
The Webby Awards
Honoree (Swishy Chug)
DigiDay Content Marketing Awards
Finalist, Most Original Use of Facebook (Captioned by Cava)
London International Awards
Silver, Digital (Swishy Chug)
Silver, Retail (Swishy Chug)
Finalist, Social (Swishy Chug)
2016
New York Festivals
Bronze, Social Media (Swishy Chug)
Finalist
Courses:
Hyper Island: Business Transformation
The Art of the Pitch: Presentation Training
Orange Frog: Positivty & Leadership Training
Brian Finke Masterclass - FotoFilmic
Art Direction MegaMachine - Danilo Boer - The Audacious School of Astonishing Pursuits
Creative Director MegaMachine - Jason Bagley - The Audacious School of Astonishing Pursuits
Talks:
Miami Ad School - Industry Heroes
Brandcenter VCU
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