Pepe Aguilar

Pepe is a creative leader and cultural activist with almost 30 years of experience in advertising across North and Latin America. His work has been recognized with 18 Cannes Lions and 26 Effie Awards, among other international creative festivals such as LIA Awards, Fiap, Círculo de Oro, and Ojo de Iberoamérica. Pepe has been featured in Creativepool’s Annual Creative Leader of the Year Top 100.
Creativity that wins awards and generates results has always been Pepe’s driving purpose. He’s led creative teams for holding companies such as Grey, JWT, and Lowe in the U.S. and Latin America, and has also built full service creative teams for independent agencies such as Gallegos United and Finn Partners, nurturing a creative culture that wins awards and pitches. Pepe has built brands in almost every category, working for clients such as Apple, Bacardi, Casa Cuervo, Cemex, Chick-Fil-A, Coca Cola, Comcast, Epson, Ferrero, Ford, Gerber, Got Milk?, GSK, Heineken, Hispanic Star, Honda, HSBC, Kimberly-Clark, Nestlé, NFL, Nike, Novartis, Pfizer, P&G, Papa John’s,
PlayStation, Renault, Sony, Southern Poverty Law Center, UDV, United Way, Visit Philadelphia,
Walgreens, and Walmart, among many others.
Guest lecturer in prestigious events, including Hispanic Leadership Summit (United Nations), Cannes Lions, Rebels & Rulers (Romania), Cannes Lions Edit (Ecuador), and Grey’s Global Creative Council. Pepe performed as judge in Effie Awards for 5 years in a row, as well as many prestigious festivals such as London International Advertising Awards, U.S. Círculo Creativo, Mexico’s Círculo Creativo, Creativepool, Cresta Awards, Sabre Awards, Ojo de Iberoamérica, and Grey’s Global Creative Council.
Pepe has an MBA from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership.
He was given the Excellency Award with his bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design.
He has lived in the US, Mexico, Canada, Ecuador, and Peru.
Pepe is also a registered Yoga Teacher.
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