About me

Christian Caldwell- VP, Chief Creative Officer at McCann Worldgroup, Lima

He began his career more than 15 years ago in his native Costa Rica and in 2008 he managed to win the firsts Cannes Lions in the history of the Central American region (gold, silvers and bronze) , placing JWT Costa Rica as one of the most creative agencies in Latin America for several years. In 2011 he was named, by the prestigious Ibero-American advertising magazine ADLATINA, as one of the 20 best Ibero-American creatives of the decade ().

In 2015 he moved to Lima, Peru, to assume the position of CCO of McCann Lima and in his first year he managed to establish the agency as one of the most awarded the region, highlighting a gold and silver at the Cannes Lions Festival.

Both, as a copywriter and creative director, Caldwell has won more than 1000 awards at the most important advertising festivals in Asia, Europe and America, such as Cannes Lions, New York Festivals, Andy Awards, Clio, Andy Awards, London International Awards, D&AD, One Show, The Webby Awards, among others.

In the year 2017, McCann Lima, under the leadership of Caldwell, ranked 12th between Latin-American's agencies, according to the GUNN Report, the annual ranking of the most successful creative advertising campaigns of the year worldwide.

- In 2020, under his leadership, McCann Lima was ranked as the fifth most effective creative agency in the world, according to the Effies Index.

- In 2022 McCann Lima was chosen among the 200 most creative agencies in the world. (The Drum. World Creative Rankings 2022)

- In 2022 Christian Caldwell was chosen among the 200 most awarded CCOs in the world. (The Drum. World Creative Rankings 2022)

Awards

Andys - Gold, Cannes Lions - Bronze, Cannes Lions - Gold, Cannes Lions - Shortlist, Cannes Lions - Silver, Clios - Bronze, Clios - Silver, D&AD Award - In-book, D&AD Award - Nomination, D&AD Award - Wood Pencil, Festival of Media Award, LIA Award - Bronze, New York Ad Festival - First Prize, New York Ad Festival - Second Prize, New York Ad Festival - Third Prize, New York Festival - Finalist, One Club Award - Gold, One Club Award - Merit, Webby Award

Clients

Burger King, Coca-Cola, HSBC, Kit Kat, Kraft Foods, MasterCard, Nestlé, Nike, Pizza Hut, Starbucks