Daniel is a Creative Art Director at AKQA Amsterdam, helping brands sell stories on interdisciplinary projects.
✐ About
Daniel Tolentino is a Brazilian Art Director based in Amsterdam currently working at AKQA with over a decade of experience in advertising agencies across South America, Asia, and Europe such as DDB, VMLY&R, Publicis, and BBDO. He has a multidisciplinary background working with art direction, design, and strategy for communication, branding, digital products, and integrated campaigns.
Yep, please make no mistake, he is into AI.
☆ Recognitions
His work has been featured at Shots, AdAge, Luerzer’s Archive, LBB, The Drum, Campaign, and Hypebeast to name a few, including a spot on the Ad Age's 40 Best Ads of 2023 and The Drum's Top 50 Most Awarded Campaigns 2024 list.
Different projects have been recognized at festivals like D&AD, Cannes, Clio, One Show, ADC, Spikes, AdStarts, New York Festival, Effies, and Webby, including two Grand Prix awards for the Pride Pass and another one for The Glitch projects.
In 2023, the Art Directors Club ranked Daniel as Top 10 Europe's Art Directors.
The Drum ranked Daniel among the Top 100 World’s Most Awarded Art Directors of 2024 list.
♡ Mentorship
Mentor at The 30 Minute University
Mentor at ADPList.
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Guest speaker at Miami Ad School (Integrated Campaign/Art Direction).
Associate Member of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Science.
✧ Jury
Juror at festivals like:
2024 - Shorty Awards
2024 - Future Lions
2024 - Webby
2023 - New York Festival
2022 - AdForum PHNX
2021 - AdStars
Experience
2023
2022
2021
2018
2015
2013
Hustling since 2009
Agency Experience
🇳🇱 AKQA
BBDO
Publicis Groupe VMLY&R
DDB Accenture
and more.
Clients
Chouffe, Nespresso, Birkenstock.
Ford, Allianz, Henkel, Alzheimer Forschung, Meta.
Tiger Beer, part of Heineken Company.
Intel, Colgate, Listerine, HSBC, Chevron, Zespri.
J&J, McDonald's, AB InBev, Walmart.
Ibis Hotels, Electrolux, Serasa Experian, Saint Gobain.
☞ Let's talk.
The creative work of Daniel Tolentino among many other hustlers around the globe. 2024.