About

Daniel Tolentino is a Brazilian Art Director currently at AKQA Amsterdam with over a decade of experience in advertising agencies across South America, Asia, and Europe such as DDB, VMLY&R, Publicis, BBDO, working on multi-market integrated projects for global brands like Heineken Group, AB InBev, Allianz, J&J, McDonald's, HSBC, Meta, and Intel.

 

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 in festivals like Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, One Show, ADC, NYF, LIA, Eurobest, Spikes, AdStars, Effies, Gerety, and Webby in a range of categories: Film, Craft, Digital, Innovation, Entertainment, Brand Experience, Creative Data, and Public Service winning Bronze, Silver, Gold - and two Grand Prix: one for Pride Pass and another for The Glitch project.

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 and Jury

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.

Juror at festivals like:
2024 - Webby
2023 - New York Festival
2022 - AdForum PHNX
2021 - AdStars

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Experience

2023
2022
2021
2018
2015
2013
Hustling since 2009

Agency

🇳🇱 AKQA
🇩🇪 BBDO
🇸🇬 Publicis Groupe
🇸🇬 VMLY&R
🇧🇷 DDB
🇧🇷 Accenture
and more.

Clients

Jordan, part of Nike Inc.
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.

tolentinodnl@gmail.com