Nuno Antunes
Nuno Antunes focuses his day to day managing the agency, client relations and business development. He has a degree in Management from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG) and a Post-Graduate degree in Marketing and International Business from the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).
He began his professional activity in banking, having later moved to the world of consulting. In 2002, after an unexpected invitation from one of his professors, he joined Proximity Portugal (BBDO Group), starting his career in the world of advertising. After accumulating responsibilities in the Digital, CRM and Activation areas, in early 2005 he assumed the position of General Manager, where he spent 6 years. In 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 the agency was considered one of the 50 best agencies in the world by Won Report. In 2012 he was appointed Managing Director of Havas Digital & Entertainment and in 2013 he returned to the world of creative agencies and joined J. Walter Thompson as Director of Integration, Digital and Business Development.
He was a jury member at the main advertising festivals in the world, like Cannes Lions, El OJO, Echo Awards USA and Eficácia Awards (Effies).
He also had a strong associative participation, having been Vice-President of the Association of Electronic Commerce and Interactive Advertising (ACEPI), member of the board of the Portuguese Association of Direct Marketing (AMD), member of the board of the Relationship Marketing Section of the Portuguese Association of Advertising Agencies (APAP) and member of the board of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).
He has been for about 15 years a Professor on Post Graduation and Master courses of various disciplines related to marketing and communication at ISCTE Executive Education, being the Director of the Executive Master in Marketing Management and of the Postgraduate in Communication for Leaders. He’s also a Professor at the European University and a trainer at the APAN Academy (Portuguese Association of Advertisers Academy).
