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.
☆ 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, one for the Pride Pass and another for The Glitch project.
In 2023, the Art Directors Club ranked Daniel as Top 10 Europe Art Directors.
in 2024, The Drum ranked Daniel in the Top 100 Most Awarded Art Director in the World.
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♡ 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
2024 - Shorty Awards
2024 - Future Lions
2024 - Webby
2023 - New York Festival
2022 - AdForum PHNX
2021 - MADStars
Portrait by Martina Martinez, NikonF100, Amsterdam 2024.
Experience
2023
2022
2021
2018
2015
2013
Hustling since 2009
Agency Experience
🇳🇱 AKQA
BBDO
Publicis VML
DDB Accenture
and more.
Clients
Jordan, 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.
Tools I like using it
Cosmos, Shotdeck, Flim, Adobe, Figma, Slack, MyMind, Instagram, Midjourney, Mockup.Maison, Kodak film, Logitech MX2, YouTube, and last but not least my brain.
Things I wish I'd written
Atlanta
High Maintenance
How To With John Wilson
The Distinguished Citizen
☞ Let's talk.
The creative work of Daniel Tolentino among many other hustlers around the globe. 2025.