About me

Wunderman Thompson LATAM has had memorable years. The offices in the region have received over 270 creative awards, including 18 Grand Prix, and honorable mentions such as "Agency of the Year" at the New York Festival, Epica Awards, Gerety Awards, and MMA Smarties. Dany Minaker and Sebastian 'Patán' Tarazaga are the creative forces behind these mammoth years.

Dany Minaker is the LATAM Chief Creative Officer and the Global Executive Creative Director of Wunderman Thompson. He is also leading the global creative work for The Coca-Cola Company at Wunderman Thompson.

Dany and his partner Patán were in charge of the 2 last innovation Grand Prix of Cannes Lions. The world's first inclusive deodorant for Unilever, 'Degree Inclusive' and Mouth Pad, a groundbreaking tongue-controlled device that empowers people with disabilities to connect with their favorite devices and platforms with ease. Both campaigns received over 3 billion media impressions, and most importantly, the world has been inspired across the industry to make more products accessible and inclusive.

Over the last 15 years, he has created local, regional, and global work for many brands, such as Microsoft, United Airlines, Telefonica, TCCC, GSK, Unilever, Disney, Nestle, and Mercado Libre.

His work has won at the most renowned shows and festivals, including: D&AD, more than 100 lions at Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, EFFIE Awards, LIA, NY Festival, Isaac Awards, One Show, Sol Festival, Smarties, Fastco Awards, EPICA Awards, IAB, Webby Awards, FWA, ANDY, FIAP, Wave, Ojo de Iberoamérica, Martin Fierro, and +DIGITAL, among others. He was also recognized as one of the "2022 Top Best Creative CCOs" by The Drum.

He has judged many festivals, including Cannes Lions, London International Awards, Adweek's Project Isaac Awards, Lisbon Festival, IAB, ECHO Awards, Creatives Argentines Circle, and was the Digital and Mobile Jury President at El Ojo de Iberoamérica too.

In addition, he is a sought-out speaker in the LATAM market where, most recently, he had spoken at IAB, MMA, Lebook, Cannes, and El Ojo de Iberoamérica. Besides, he is a mentor at the Creative Liaisons mentorship program of the London International Awards.

He recently moved to Miami with his wife and 2 children, Thiago & Tomas.

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS / AWARDS:

- 2023, Grand Prix, Mouth Pad, Cannes Lions Festival.

- 2022 Most Awarded Agency of Argentina, FIAP, WT Arg.

- 2022 Agency of the Year, Creative Pool, WT Arg.

- 2022 Agency of the Year, Unilever Awards.

- 2022 Agency of the Year, MMA Smarties, Wunderman Thompson Brazil.

- 2022 Media Grand Prix, Epica Awards, The Pirate Match, DirecTvGo

- 2022 Grand Prix, Unilever Awards.

- 2022 Sustainable development pencil, Edina, Waterlight.

- 2022 NY Festival Best of show Design, Degree Inclusive.

- 2022 NY Festival WT Agency of Latin-America.

- 2022 Top 30 best creative CCOs, The Drum.

- 2022 Most Awarded CCO of the year at Wunderman Thompson, The Drum.

- 2021 GP Design, GP Innovation, GP Sound production at El Ojo de Iberoamerica.

- 2021 Mobile Marketing Asociation, Agency of the year.

- 2021 El Dorado, Titanium, Edina, Waterlight.

- 2021 LIA, Best agency & Network of Latam.

- 2021 Cannes Lions, First Argentinian Innovation GP, Unilever, Degree Inclusive.

- 2021 Cannes Lions, Most innovation network of LatinAmerica.

- 2021 Mentor at Creative LIAisons Coaching program.

- 2020 "Influencer of the year", Creativepool.

- 2020 Grand Effie Peru and Brand Effie Brasil.

- 2020 First Latin-American GP at Epica Awards, Sony.

- 2020 GP Digital & Social at El Ojo de Iberoamerica, Sony.

- 2020 GP at Echo Latam, F. Huesped, HIV on Agenda.

- 2019 Cannes Lions, Brand Experience & Activation Jury of Argentina.

- 2018 Best Digital Creative of Argentina voted by the Advertising industry, Jerry Goldenberg.

- 2017 GP at Echo Awards, Mercado Libre, Based on Real Feedback.

- 2013 GP FILM at El Ojo de Iberoamerica, Abinbev, Hurricane Laura.

- 2013 GP FILM at El Ojo de Iberoamerica, Abinbev, Hurricane Martha.

- 2013 GP FILM at El Diente, Abinbev, Hurricane Laura.

- 2013 GP FILM at El Diente, Abinbev, Hurricane Martha.

- 2015 GP Integrated Campaign at El Diente, Universal Music, Move like Lorde

- 9 Adweek Project Isaac Awards.

- +40 EFFIE Argentina & LATAM.

Skills

Advertising, Art Direction, Branding, Creative Direction, Digital Marketing, Strategy Planning

Awards

Art Director’s Club - Gold, Awwwards, Cannes Lions - Silver, Clios - Gold, Cream Award, Creative Circle Award - Gold, D&AD Award - Yellow Pencil/White pencil, El Sol, EPICA Award - Grand Prix, FWA - Favourite Website Award, LIA Award - Gold, New York Ad Festival - First Prize, One Club Award - Best of Show, One Show - Gold Pencil, Webby Award

Clients

Banco Galicia, Cinemark, GlaxoSmithKline, Microsoft, movistar, Nestle UK, Unilever