All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
In the early days of our agency, located in the room of my parents’ house that my brother Carlos vacated, the then Consumer had its first network: a Mac 512 and a Mac SE, my brother’s computer and mine. From one desk [...]
Jorge Galeano’s memory will live forever in our memories, because his role was crucial in the beginning of our company. Que de Dios Goce, Jorge opened the first accounting books, made the first financial statements and came to put order in that [...]
We brought him from McCann-Erickson with a mission, to make him the first digital artfinalist in the country. As a young master of graphic arts, Fernando turned to Mac to learn the new way of making art. He dedicated, on one long [...]
Alvaro Fernández entered our agency with the credentials of Doña Rotunda on his chest, a character created for the National Lottery that made havoc, history and provoked big smiles. With us, he dedicated much of his talent to Cofal, as well as [...]
When I proposed to Marjorie González to move from GM (Gutiérrez Machado), a respectable agency of those years, she accepted for reasons that I still don’t understand, since she decided to join an embryonic company and the one she was joining as [...]
Legendary Hernán Ortega, the first advertising creative graduated from a university, recognized, great, successful and with a great trajectory up to that moment, Hernán accepted to join Consumer, which honored me, moved me and gave me great confidence, strength and impulse. With [...]
I invite you to get to know MOFILM, an initiative that combines technology, the participatory power that technology has given us and 12 finalists from the 350 videos that participated. Here I connect you with the three finalists. See more videos on [...]
It will be up to us to precisely identify all the factors that have contributed to the emergence of Costa Rican creativity, as we must protect and strengthen them while we continue to learn. In fact, only 18 months ago we were [...]
With sincere congratulations to DDB Costa Rica and its creative team, led by Manuel Travisany, I include the case with which they deservedly won a Golden Lion at Cannes. The results speak for themselves and for all their worth, from the first [...]
“The Best Job in the World” rompió récords en Cannes con tres Grand Prix en Media, Cyber y Direct, y la semana aún no termina. Así presentaron su inscripción en la cyber: To raise awareness of Queensland’s Islands of the Great Barrier [...]
There are people who have it very clear, as is the case of Rodolfo Borrell at Pagés BBDO in the Dominican Republic. So it is in this new case and golden lion for the Dominican Republic, which insists on passion and talent [...]
Of the ideas that have impressed me the most these days, this new Gold Lion for TBWA South Africa is one of those that remind us that it’s not a matter of budgets, production or unnecessary extremes when the idea itself is [...]