Ananda Pires
anandapiress@gmail.com
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I was born and raised in São Paulo and currently living in Barcelona.  I’m a speaker of english 🇺🇸 (C1) , español 🇪🇸 (C1), of course (brazilian!) português 🇧🇷 and i’m also learning el català .

I’m a creative who became an art director working in advertising agencies since 2018, driving social media growth and branding/campaigns developing for major brand accounts like Netflix, Mercado Livre,  BuzzFeed, C&A, Google, Nike, Honda and Coca-Cola.

I love exchanging my knowledge about culture, society, and consumption with everything that involves art and advertising.

CV


Education
(I)material Culture and Consumption, Semio-psychoanalytical perspectives - Postgraduation at University of São Paulo - USP
(01/2023-12/2024)  

Social Communication, Advertising -
Graduation at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC-SP 
(2017-2020)  

Cinematography for Art Direction - Bucareste Ateliê de Cinema 
(2019)

Art Direction for Fashion with Bruna Bismara - Fashion Meeting (2021)

Inclusion and Diversity in Marketing Organizations - ESPM-SP (2019)

Professional Make Up Artist - 
Liceu de Maquiagem (2018)

How to transform the communication market with independent projects - Papel & Caneta (2018)


Employment Ginga, Mercado Livre
Creative, Art director 
(2023 - now)

BuzzFeed Brasil
Creative, Art director 
(2021-2024)

Boys do Cry (Netflix)
Creative, Art director 
(2022)

Publicis Brasil
Art Assistant 
(2020-2021)

Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo
Art Assistant 
(2019-2020)

AKQA Casa
Art Assistant
(2018-2019)


Awards
Cannes Lions Grand Prix
Creativity for Music 

D&AD Graphite Pencil
Branded Content & Entertainment

D&AD Graphite Pencil
Creativity for Good

D&AD Shortlist
Integrated Digital Campaigns

The One Show Merit
Brand Entertainment - Music Video

Clio Awards Gold Winner
Music Videos

El Ojo de Iberoamérica Silver Audiovisual Production

El Ojo de Iberoamérica Bronze Photography 

CCSP Golden Star
Videoclip 

CCSP Golden Star
Branded Content


PressBrazil's largest list of emerging black exponents in the Art Direction category

Papel & Caneta': 25 young people who have fought to change the communications industry in 2018


Skills
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects)

Presetted programs like CapCut and Canva 

Development of presentations with Google Presentations and Keynote

Art and Creative Direction Social Media Focused Brand ID & Strategy Social Media Insights & Trendhunter Content Strategy Branded Content  Motion Design and Video Direction 

Creativity Cross-functional Collaboration  Problem Solving Strategic Thinking Leadership 



NETFLIX: Sintonia – Season 1
Quebrada para leigos

AKQA Casa team: Ananda Pires, Gus Machado, Lidiane Angelo.
Sintonia is about a group of friends, Doni, Nando and Rita, that grew up together on the outskirts of São Paulo sorrounded
by funk, drugs, violence and religion. They follow totally differents paths, but always look to each other for help.









NETFLIX: Sintonia – Season 3 (2022)
Social Stunts and E&P (editorial & publishing)

Boys Do Cry team: Ananda Pires, Caio Lima,  
João Unzer, Juliana Fernandes e Felipe Cretella.

I was invited to work with the Netflix team
again, this time doing the social stunts and E&P
(editorial and publishing), developing a large
and diverse content – through the social calendar – 
for the fans at Netflix's social media and at the show's Instagram.  





@netflixbrasil Fita dada. E os cria da quebrada tudo on! #OrgulhoDaQuebrada ♬ som original - Netflix Brasil