Pablo Jimenez

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Pablo
Jimenez

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I’m a Creative Director and Art Director with 17+ years across agencies and platforms. I’ve spent four years inside Meta leading global creative for brands on Instagram and Facebook, where I learned what makes people stop, share, and talk.

Pablo Jimenez, Creative Director and Art Director, Chicago

I’ve built campaigns at agencies like Leo Burnett, DDB, and McCann for brands including Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Verizon, Pepsi, Nintendo and more.

I founded Weedipedia, a community and e-commerce store I grew to 40,000 members through social media, with zero paid media.

Born in Spain. American citizen. I live in Chicago.

I believe the best ideas don’t need a media budget to spread. They need cultural instinct, platform fluency, and teams that are trusted to take swings.

My work has been recognized with 50+ international awards, including Cannes Lions, The One Show, D&AD, Clio Awards, and the Webbys.

Available for full-time or freelance. Write to me at pablo@pablosideas.com or find me on LinkedIn.

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In their words.

  • Creatively, Pablo has exceptional taste. He’s a true ad nerd with deep industry knowledge, strong technical fluency, and a sharp eye for craft, bringing complex ideas to life through insightful thinking and refined aesthetics.

    Julio D’AlfonsoExecutive Creative Director. Former Co-Head of Creative, DoorDash.

  • Pablo brought a positive attitude to work everyday, with a passion for great ideas and a scrappy, "maker" attitude to bring them to life, no matter if the budget was big or small. He is a talented creative thinker at the brand and platform level with exceptional design and art direction ability and attention to detail.

    Dave LoewExecutive Creative Director.

  • A legit cross-platform creative with a deep social game, courtesy of his time at Facebook/Instagram, he’s also a student of advertising and has a lot of campaign knowledge knocking around in his noggin. Pablo takes his work very seriously, but not himself.

    Todd BrownCreative Director and Writer, Mr. Brown Creative.

  • Pablo is equally skilled at developing the big, bonkers ideas, as he is strategizing minor interactivity, and UGC ecosystems. He’s equal parts tactical and blue-sky, with a dash of trendsetter.

    Chris KennedyCreative Strategist, Global Clients, Meta.

  • Genuinely passionate about advertising, a bloody hard worker and has the talent to deliver stellar ideas again and again. He is not only talented, but also a great team player, co-worker and friend.

    Morten HalvorsenCreative Director, Meta.

  • He’s a charismatic, responsible and a great creative with a strategic mind. He’s passionate about his ideas, he’s easy to work with and always a great member to the team. Pablo is my friend and I will not only recommend him; I will envy you, if you’re the one that’s sitting next to him next.

    Hallvard FjeldbraatenCreative Director and Copywriter, Oda.

about

Experience

Freelance Creative Director, 2025 to present, Chicago

Media-agnostic ideas with an emphasis on social and earned, for agencies and direct clients.

Clients: Coca-Cola (Mr. Pibb), Intuitive, Morton Salt, The Horizons Project.

Group Creative Director and Director of Social at DDB Aotearoa, 2023 to 2025, Auckland

Led the agency’s social practice and its creative teams.

Clients: Samsung, McDonald’s, Sky, Neon, Steinlager, Cloudy Bay (LVMH), Fonterra, Audi.

SVP, Group Creative Director at McCann Worldgroup, 2022 to 2023, New York

Co-led the Verizon Business creative group: always-on work across broadcast, digital, social and out of home.

Clients: Verizon, State Street (SPY), USPS, Reckitt (Lysol, Delsym).

Founder and Creative Director at Weedipedia, 2019 to 2022, Chicago

Founded while at Meta, then full-time: a community and e-commerce store grown to 40,000 members through social media, with zero paid media.

Global Creative Director at Meta, 2016 to 2020, Chicago

Global creative lead at Meta Creative Shop, platform-native work for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.

Clients: Pepsi, Doritos, Cheetos, Netflix, Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, Amazon, Microsoft, Messenger, PepsiCo, Budweiser, Procter & Gamble, Skittles, General Motors, Folgers, Cheerios, Miller, Neutrogena, Tropicana.

Associate Creative Director, Art Director at Leo Burnett, 2009 to 2016, Chicago

Creative on multiple Fortune 500 brands, through four titles in seven years.

Clients: Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Sprite, Sprint, Norton Antivirus, Nintendo, Samsung, Fifth Third Bank, Brooks Running, Allstate Insurance, Procter & Gamble, Hallmark, Kellogg’s, Motorola, Off The Street Club.

Art Director, freelance at Alma DDB, 2008, Miami

July 2008.

Clients: McDonald’s, Best Buy.

Art Director, freelance at Iris Worldwide, 2008, Miami

March to June 2008.

Clients: Sony Ericsson, Heineken.

Art Director intern at Lowe, 2007, New York

October to December 2007.

Clients: Rexona, Degree.

Art Director intern at Saatchi & Saatchi, 2007, New York

October to December 2007.

Junior Account Executive at Euro RSCG, now Havas, 2005, Madrid

January to June 2005.

Clients: Peugeot.

recognition

Awards

50+ international awards, including Cannes Lions, The One Show, D&AD, Clio and the Webbys.

Cannes Lions International Festival

  • Bronze, Media
  • Shortlist, Design
  • Shortlist, Cyber
  • Shortlist, Promo and Activation
  • Young Lions Exhibition at Cannes Festival

D&AD

  • Wood Pencil (x2)

The One Show

  • Gold Pencil, Branded Mobile Games
  • Entertainment, Silver Pencil, Experiential and Installations
  • Advertising, Merit, Experiential and Installations
  • Design, Merit, Design for the Greater Good
  • Entertainment, Merit
  • Interactive, Merit
  • Interactive, Merit
  • The One Show Annual Student Exhibition

Clio Awards

  • Silver, Experiential Engagement
  • Silver, Print
  • Bronze, Out of Home

Webby Awards

  • People’s Choice Winner
  • Official Honoree
  • Official Honoree, 15th Annual Webby Awards

TED

  • Ads Worth Spreading

FWA

  • Mobile of the Day
  • Mobile of the Day

Epica Awards

  • Gold, Alternative Media
  • Bronze, Integrated Campaigns
  • Silver, Interactive
  • Silver, Media Innovation
  • Silver, Public Relations

New York Festivals

  • Silver, Integrated Media
  • Bronze, Outdoor
  • Finalist (x2)

Communication Arts

  • Interactive Annual

London International Awards

  • Finalist, Non-Traditional

Shark Awards

  • Gold, Design
  • Gold, Ambient
  • Gold, Digital Outdoor

Young Guns

  • Silver Bullet, Ambient
  • Silver Bullet, Media, Best Event
  • International Award, Silver Bullet
  • Finalist, Direct Mail
  • International Award, Finalist (x3), Digital and Advertising
  • International Award, Shortlist

Golden Drums Awards

  • Shortlist

Fab Awards

  • Best of Show, Collateral and POS
  • Best of Show, Best Use of Media
  • Gold, Retail Environment
  • Gold, Collateral and POS
  • Gold, Best Use of Media

AAF, American Advertising Federation

  • Best in category, Media Innovation
  • Best in category, Advertising Industry Self-Promotion
  • Gold, Media Innovation (x2)
  • Gold, Consumer Engagement (x2)
  • Gold, Sales Promotion, Branded Environment
  • Gold, Non-Traditional, Campaign
  • Silver, Sales Promotion, Branded Environment
  • Silver, Non-Traditional Advertising

ADDY Awards

  • Gold, National ADDY, Interactive, Mobile
  • Gold, ADDY, Interactive, Mobile
  • Silver, ADDY, Interactive, Mobile
  • Gold, National ADDY, Interactive
  • Gold, ADDY, Interactive
  • Silver, ADDY (x2), Design and Interactive
  • ADDY (x3)
  • National Gold ADDY Awards
  • Best of Show, ADDY Awards (District)
  • Gold, ADDY Awards (District)
  • Gold, ADDY Awards (Local)
  • Silver, ADDY Awards (Local)

OBIE Awards

  • Silver

HOW Magazine

  • Interactive Award

The Create Awards

  • Gold

Graphis New Talent Awards

  • Gold

Miami Ad School and CP+B Awards

  • Gold (x3) and Silver (x2)

Leo Burnett, internal awards

  • Star Reacher Award
  • The Leo’s, Gold, Best Outdoor
  • The Leo’s, Best of Show plus Gold plus Silver
  • The Leo’s, Interactive, Gold
  • 8-Ball, Leo Burnett Worldwide

Publications

  • Published in Big Format Creativity
  • Published in C M Y K magazine, #41
  • Published in Applied Arts Magazine Annual

Jury and teaching

  • Jury member, Young Guns International Awards, November 2012. Advertising, Digital, PR, Media and Student categories.
  • Instructor, The One Club Creative Boot Camp, March to April 2012. Mentored student teams, including the winners of the One Club competition.

work featured

News and Publications

What the trade and the news wrote about the work.

  • Ad Age, Ad of the Day
  • AdCritic Creativity, Pick of the Day
  • CNN
  • The New York Times
  • Forbes
  • ABC News
  • CNBC News
  • BBC
  • New York Daily News
  • Mashable
  • Huffington Post
  • BusinessWeek
  • Chicago Sun-Times
  • CNET
  • The Village Voice
  • Gawker
  • The Next Web
  • Switched
  • Trend Hunter
  • Contagious Magazine
  • Adweek
  • AdFreak
  • Adland
  • Ads of the World
  • I Believe in Advertising
  • WeLoveAd
  • Adrants
  • AgencySpy
  • Campaign Asia
  • Die Presse (Austria)
  • Metro (Russia)
  • 20minutes.fr (France)
  • 20minuten.ch (Switzerland)
  • Brisbane Times (Australia)
  • The Herald (Scotland)
  • France Info (France)
  • Campaign Brief (New Zealand)
  • Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
  • Terra (Latin America)
  • Univision (Latin America)