Camilla Ciappina de Souza

Camilla Ciappina de Souza

Associate Creative Director at McCann New York
New York Ciry, United States

About me


Camilla Ciappina is an award-winning Brazilian Associate Creative Director based in New York City working at McCann and also the founder of Pimp My Portfolio – featured at Forbes Brazil Under 30 list. Since its launch, Camilla brought on board eight partners including The One Show, Squarespace, LinkedIn, and Samsung. More than 45 workshops and 700 portfolios were pimped so far with her project. She is also the writer of the "How to Pimp Your Portfolio" book. She previously worked at Publicis New York, DiMassimo Goldstein, AlmapBBDO, Havas Worldwide, and DDB São Paulo where she worked on top brands such as Verizon, Walmart, Citibank, Fox Films, Volkswagen, KFC, and more.

Sector Experience

Positions

Founder and Creative Director
Pimp My Portfolio
February 2017 - Present (7 years 10 months)
Senior Art Director
New York, United States
February 2018 - October 2021 (3 years 8 months)
TitleSenior Art Director 2018 – Present
Citibank

Art Director Feb 2018 – Apr 2018
Oral B, HIAS (Domestic Violence), Merck
Jr. Art Director
New York, United States
June 2017 - February 2018 (8 months)
Work directly with accounts such as: Online Trading Academy, Starr Companies, Weight Watchers, Jackson Hewitt, Bronx Zoo
Art Director Creative Intern
New York, United States
July 2016 - October 2016 (3 months)
Worked with clients such as: Schick, Lyrica, Bevespi, Sharpie, Haagen Dazs among others.
Jr. Art Director
Sao Paulo, Brazil
February 2016 - July 2016 (5 months)
Worked with clients such as: Red Bull, Nextel, Fox Films, Fox Channels, Leroy Merlin, Olympikus.
Jr. Art Director
São Paulo, Brazil
February 2015 - December 2015 (10 months)
I was part of the Volkswagen creative team, where I was responsible to develop creative solution such as digital, social, retail and print.
Art Assistant
São Paulo, Brazil
February 2014 - December 2014 (10 months)
Developed digital campaign for clients such as: KFC, Teacher's, Bio Ritmo, Visconti, GRU Airport, Citroen.

Education

Art Direction

2014 - 2016 (2 years)

Bachelor of advertising marketing communication

2010 - 2013 (3 years)

Certificate Program

2010 - 2012 (2 years)
- Basic Illustration- Typography - Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop- Artistic Drawing- Photography

Other professional activities

PHNX Tribute 2020

Awards Jury Member

PHNX 2021

Awards Jury Member

PHNX 2022

Awards Jury Member

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