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 INDEG / ISCTE Executive Education and at the European University, and is also a trainer at the APAN Academy (Portuguese Association of Advertisers Academy).
Nuno Duarte
He started his professional activity in 1994, at OgilvyOne, where he worked until 1998. He moved to Euro RSCG (now HAVAS Worldwide) where he stayed for 3 years.
In 2001, he started his first cycle at Proximity Portugal, being promoted to Creative Supervisor in 2003 and Creative Director in 2005. Between 2005 and 2006, he worked at Wunderman as Creative Director, returning to Proximity in January 2007 as Executive Creative Director. Under his creative direction, Proximity was considered the 16th best agency in the world (The Big Won) in 2010. In October 2010 he joined BBDO as Creative Director, responsible for accounts such as Galp, Jumbo, Lotteries of the Santa Casa Games or Gallo Olive Oil, among others.
In January 2012 he took over the creative direction of DDB Lisbon where he worked, among others, the accounts of Volkswagen, Hasbro and EDP.
His work has been recognized in the main national and international festivals (CCP, Neurónio, Sapo Awards, Cannes, Caples and Echos). In total, he has won close to 200 awards including 2 shortlists at Cannes, 3 silver and 1 gold at the Echo Awards and 4 silver and 1 gold at the Caples Awards.
He was a jury member at the Cannes Lions, the Echo Awards USA and the John Caples Awards. In Portugal, he chaired the relationship marketing jury of the Clube de Criativos de Portugal 2006.
