DDB Colombia Announces Gustavo Victorino as Creative Vice President

Gustavo is a former creative director of Wieden+Kennedy, DM9DDB, Publicis Brazil, senior art director at agencies at AlmapBBDO, DPZ Brazil, and Leo Burnet Lisbon. 

He has 21 years of experience and has worked for accounts such as Nike, Ambev, Mondelez, Nestlé, Itaú, Bradesco, Honda, J&J, P&G, and Carrefour, among others. Throughout his successful career, he has received multiple awards and recognitions across the most relevant creativity festivals such as Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, London International Awards, Clio, New York Festivals, Effie, Ojo de Iberoamerica, Fiap, El Sol, and Wave Festival, among others.

"I am delighted to return to DDB and I am honoured to have the opportunity of working with John Raúl, who since his arrival, has started a creative revolution in the agency through the entire team. My goal is to continue it and help our team and clients get through this very challenging time in the market." – shares Gustavo. 

Gustavo will report to John Raúl Forero, who now serves as CEO and CCO for the entire DDB Group. Victorino will be responsible for the creative product of the different agencies within DDB Colombia, which includes Tribal, Zero Gravity, Go!Together, TracyLocke, and DragonFly.

"We are very happy and excited about Gustavo's arrival to the agency. In a short time, we have already managed to be among the five best agencies in Ibero-America according to Crema and recently, we were named Agency of the Year at the Effie LATAM. However, we are a passionate and ambitious team that wants to take the work of DDB Colombia to another level and position ourselves as one of the best agencies in the world. For this reason, I have no doubt that with Gustavo's great talent and experience, added to the entire team that makes up the agency, we will achieve it."