Career Summary
In today’s attention economy, I see being a social-first creative as a commitment to cultural fluency, rapid storytelling, and creative experimentation.
Creating at some of the world’s most respected agencies, has sharpened my perspective on holding company workflows, and innovative labs that help brands break through.
📲ACD🎨
Richard Cruz
☀️🌴 native,🧭 of 🌍 adventures & curator of 🔥aesthetics.
Merits
Cannes Lions Ranking ‘17
9th Best Art Director
Miami Ad School ‘17
AA: Art Direction
D&AD New Blood Award ‘16
Wood Pencil
Awards
Cannes Lions
Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 6 Silver, 7 Bronze
D&AD Awards
3 Yellow, 2 Graphite, 4 Wood
The One Show
Best in: Cross-Platform, 10 Gold, Silver
CLIO Awards
Clio Grand, Gold
Andy Awards 2 Gold
EL Ojo
2 Gran Ojos, 6 Oros, 1º Finalista en EEUU
Webby Awards
People’s Voice for Best Launch
Adage Creativity Awards
Tiny But Mighty
Experience
DC, Dentsu Intl.
ACD / Art + Social
Alma DDB, Omnicom
ACD / Art
Conill Saatchi, Publicis
Sr. Art Director
Lead Creative, Burger King
FCB NY, IPG
Sr. Art Director
Chiat\Day LA, Omnicom
Art Director
DAVID Miami, Ogilvy, WPP
Art Director
Brands
Along the way, I’ve had the chance to work on ideas for a variety of brands, some that made it into the world and others that stayed behind the scenes.
DENTSU CREATIVE
7-Eleven
Lowe’s
Subway
ALMA DDB
Blue Moon
Miller Lite
McDonald’s
Pepsi
Tobacco Free Florida
CONILL SAATCHI & SAATCHI
Burger King MC AOR
FCB
Air Canada Aeroplan
BMW USA
FDA - The Real Cost
Florida Blue
Goldman Sachs Marcus
GSK Flonase
Lincoln Financial
MEKANISM SF
Amazon Music
GoodRx
TBWA\CHIAT\DAY
Disney+
Google
ESRI
McDonald’s
DAVID
Budweiser
Burger King, Global AOR
Coca-Cola
Soap & Glory
Kraft-Heinz