A beach bum from Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, I grew up surfing but after 20 years of mediocre surfing skills, I abandoned the salty waters in my early 20’s to ride my childhood dream wave of a big league advertising career.
Holding down to my title as the least cool surfer in history, I haven’t surfed in more than 10 years and my toes only hit the sand now when I’m on vacation.
Hi, I’m Philipe. I also go by “Flip”.
A Creative Director currently at freelance.
Before switching to freelance, I held a role leading the Popeyes account at McKinney. During my tenure, we launched Popeyes’ new wings offering resulting in sales that drove Popeyes from zero to #3 QSR wings seller in the country. They also had the highest quarterly digital sales ever and around that same time they became the #2 fried-chicken player in the country, surpassing KFC.
Prior to that, I worked at Highdive where I helped lead the Airheads and Fruit-tella accounts, fostering substantial growth in our partnership with Perfetti Van Melle, which expanded to include Mentos and Chupa-Chups.
With so much going on, it's getting more and more difficult to get anyone to pay attention to anything (especially advertising) and I love that challenge. I enjoy creating insightful, relatable and culturally relevant work that cuts through, getting people to engage with a brand and share with friends.
I have experience working on giant brands and teeny-tiny ones. Big budgets and almost non-existing budgets. I’m about identifying great ideas and figuring out the best ways to make them happen.
philipe@philipediao.com
+1 409.682.3514
Some Nice Words
From Friends I’ve Made
Along The Way:
Good Words
Agency Experience
Freelance | USA
Ogilvy Chicago + Leo Burnett + Le Truc + Publicis + FCB Chicago + Ogilvy NY + Colle McVoy
Creative Director
March 2024 – Present
McKinney | Durham, NC
Creative Director
June 2023 – March 2024
Highdive | Chicago, IL
Creative Director
December 2021 – May 2023
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Associate Creative Director
August 2020 – November 2021
Mekanism | Chicago, IL
Associate Creative Director
June 2019 – July 2020
Freelance | USA
ACD Art Director
January 2019 – June 2019
DDB / We Are Unlimited | Chicago, IL
Associate Creative Director
February 2017 – December 2018
Ten35 | Chicago, IL
(Former CommongroundMGS)
Sr. Art Director
July 2014 – February 2017
Leo Burnett | Chicago, IL
Art Director
April 2010 – June 2014
The Community | Miami, FL
(La Comunidad)
Art Director
October 2009 – March 2010
Freelance | USA
Art Director
March 2009 – October 2009
TBWA\RAAD | Dubai, UAE
Art Director - Intern
April 2008 – June 2008
Crispin Porter+Bogusky | Boulder, CO
Art Director - Intern
January 2008 – March 2008
Press
Forbes / Hypebeast / Fast Company / Fortune / USA Today / ABC / FOX / CNN / Inc. / CBS / Communication Arts / The Drum / Rolling Stone / Today Show / The Sun / TimeOut / TrendHunter / Creativity Online / Advertising Age / AdWeek / Clube de Criação / Business Insider / Market Watch / MSN / Yahoo / Design TAXI / Ad Forum / Shots / Best Ads On TV / Brand Channel / AOL. / Chicago Tribune / Little Black Book / Media Post / Campaign Live / Shoot Magazine / CNBC / Billboard / XXL / Complex / The Source / Eater / Nylon / Ads of the World / FWA / And More.
Client Experience
Clorox Brands / Popeyes / Airheads / Fruit-tella / Jeep / Molson Coors / McDonald’s / Allstate / Nintendo / State Farm / Spotify / Kellogg’s Brands (Special K, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Frosted Flakes) / GMC / Illinois Lottery / Peloton / BMO Harris Bank / American Family Insurance / Pepsi / Mountain Dew / Brisk Iced Tea / Bacardi Brands / Courvoisier Cognac / P&G Brands / Food Network Kitchen / Papa Murphy’s / SC Johnson
Education
Miami Ad School
Art Direction Portfolio Program
October 2006 – September 2008
Miami Beach, FL
Centro Universitário da Cidade
BA - Advertising
August 2002 – June 2006
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Extracurricular
2024 Webby Awards • Jury
2023 Webby Awards • Jury
2023 The Drum Awards • Jury
2023 AdForum PHNX Awards • Jury
2022 Webby Awards • Jury
2022 New York Festivals • Jury
2022 The One Club For Creativity Denver • Jury
2022 Le Book CONNECTIONS Chicago • Jury
2015 Chicago Portfolio School • Instructor