Experience

A career in chapters, not a CV timeline. Each role, one point of view.

2007 to Present

Creative Content

BALTAD

Founder · Head Writer · Senior Creative

200+ projects. 60+ clients. One creative point of view.

Founded BALTAD to develop ideas, campaigns and content across advertising, television, film, branded content, digital and social media.

200+ projects · 60+ clients

Creative direction · Copywriting · Strategy · Scriptwriting · Content

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2022 to 2026

Nova Expressão

Senior Communication Consultant

Where creativity meets clients.

Responsible for social media management, editorial planning and content across a portfolio of clients, while acting as a direct bridge between clients and internal teams.

Also involved in new partner acquisition, commercial relationships and new business opportunities.

Social Media · Client Management · Content · New Business · Partnerships

2008 to 2019

Escola de Criatividade e Novas Tecnologias

Restart

Professor, Advertising & Creativity

11 years teaching the craft.

Taught Advertising, Creativity and Creative Industries, bringing real agency experience into the classroom.

Focused on creative thinking, campaign concepts, copywriting, radio, storytelling and the process behind turning a brief into an idea.

11+ years teaching

Advertising · Copywriting · Creative Thinking · Campaigns

2008 to 2010

Ogilvy Portugal

Senior Copywriter

Ideas inside one of advertising's most iconic networks.

Worked regularly with Ogilvy Lisbon's creative department on campaigns and communication projects for national and international accounts.

Concepts · Headlines · Copy · Campaign Development

2002 to 2006

J. Walter Thompson

JWT

Senior Copywriter

Big accounts. Big ideas. Work people remember.

Co-responsible for the Modelo Continente account for three years, with creative work for brands including Vodafone, BPI, Nestlé, Mazda, Knorr, Skip and Santa Casa.

Created the name Popota and won 2 awards at the 7th Clube de Criativos de Portugal Festival.

3 years on Modelo Continente · 2 creative awards · Popota · Vodafone · BPI · Nestlé · Knorr · Santa Casa

Naming · TV · Campaign · Integrated

1998 to 2002

BBDO Portugal

Copywriter

Building campaigns for brands at scale.

Part of BBDO Portugal's creative team, working on major accounts across television, print, radio and integrated advertising.

Clients included Optimus, Pepsi, Nissan, Bayer, Brisa, BES, Jumbo and Bimbo.

Optimus · Pepsi · Nissan · Bayer · Brisa · BES

TV · Print · Radio · Integrated

1989 to 1998

J. Walter Thompson

JWT

Copywriter

Where the advertising career began.

Almost a decade creating campaigns for brands including EDP, Lipton, Kodak, TSF, Nestlé, Continente, Sony, KFC and Sogrape.

Work from this period received recognition across Eurobest, EPICA, New York Festival, Unilever Advertising Awards and Clube de Criativos de Portugal, as well as a Cassete de Ouro for Tesa / Beiersdorf.

9 years at JWT · International creative recognition · EDP · Lipton · Kodak · Nestlé · Sony · Continente

TV · Print · Radio · Campaign

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