About me
Pancho González studied advertising at the Universidad de Santiago in Chile and is MBA at the Berlin School in Steinbeis University, Germany. Currently is Chief Creative Officer at Inbrax Chile; Board Member & VP at IAB Chile; Marketing Circle Member at Icare and Past Board Member in Achap (Chilean Ad Association).
He has been juror at: Cannes (), Clio Awards, D&AD, One Show, The New York Festivals, Art Director's Club, LIAA, Dubai Lynx, Caples, Global Best of Best Effie, Webbys Awards, Ad Stars, PIAF Awards, Grand Jury at Cresta, FIAP, FICE, Effie Awards, Mobius, Echo Awards, Golden Awards of Montreaux, Cristal Festival, AdForum, El Ojo de Iberoamerica and Achap (Chile), among many others; he has chaired the jury of AME Awards, The Drum, White Square and WINA. He has been speaker in Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Mexico, Germany, Sri-Lanka, Guatemala, United States, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, Peru and Chile.
More than 250 national and international recognitions (Cannes, ADC's, LIA, One Show, New York Festivals, FIAP, Ojo de Iberoamerica, Effie, Grand Effie, Webby Awards, Echo Latam, Grand Prix FICE, The Drum, Caples Awards, AME Awards, Young Guns, Epica Awards, Cristal Festival, Creativity, Cresta Awards, Graphis, PHNX AdForum, AdStar, IAB Mixx Awards, WINA Awards, Achap, Archive, The Indie Summit Awards, Creativepool, Fepi, Eagle Awards, Summit Creative Awards (Best of show), A'Design Awards, Never Zapping Festival, White Square). Top 25 Worldwide CCO and Worldwide Top 100 Influencer by Creativepool , London; Top One Creative Director, Top 10 ECD and Top 10 Creative Agency at 2017 & 2021; nominated MKTG BEST as Chief Creative Director in Chile; Chilean top 1 copywriter of the decade and Chilean top 2 agency of the decade, both at Lüerzer's Archive; Agency of The Year at WINA Festival ; Digital Agency of The Year and Indie Agency of The Year at TopFICE ; Top 10 Crema Ranking 2014 & 2020 by Adlatina. Among the 40 Over Forty 2020 list.
Mentor at Acción Emprendedora; Female Foundry; Mentor at Red de Mentores; MBA Professor at Miami Ad School and Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Presenter at IAB Chile Seminar "New Normal Digital"; CRECHI (Chilean Congress for Creativity); Host of podcast #IABDigitalTalks; Coach at LIASON 2021/22 and D&AD 2021/22.
Throughout his career he had worked for local and global brands and is happily married and partnered with Carolina whom he has a son called Caetano.
Skills
Accounting, Advertising, Art Direction, Branding, Business Management, Communications, Copywriting, Creative Direction, digital, Digital Art, Digital Marketing, Digital Strategy, Direct Mail, Internal Communications, mass media, Public Speaking, Teaching / Lecturing
Sector Experience
Accounting & Finance, Automobiles, b2b, b2c, B2E, Consumer Durables, credit union, Fashion, industrial, New Media, Retail
Awards
A'Design Awards, achap, ad stars, Adforum PNHX Tribute, Art Director's Club, Bestadsontv, CannesLions, Caracol de Plata, creativepool, Creativity International Award, Crema by Adlatina, Cresta International Advertising Award, cristal festival, EFFIE Awards, el ojo de iberoamerica, Epica, Fepi, FIAP, FICE, FICE Awards, graphis, IAB Awards, Luerzers, Mags, MKTG Best Nomination, Never Zapping Festival, new york festivals, Premios Eikon, Summit International Creative Award, The Caples, The Indie Awards, Webby Award, WINA Awards, young guns
Clients
AAM, BYD, Cencosud, Converse, Coopeuch, Cummins, Domino's, DS Automobile, Komatsu, Maicao, METRO DE SANTIAGO, Mindep, Mondelez, Movicenter, PCFactory, PDI, Publimetro, Seminarium, Sodexo, Tramontina, Valvoline, Volcan
Trade Associations
Acción Emprendedora Chile, Achap, AIVA, AMDD, IADAS, Icare, Internet Advertising Bureau IAB, Lo Barnechea Emprende, Red de Mentores Chile
on 17th February 2016 Project featured:Natural Erasing
on 15th November 2016 Project featured:Cannes Lions 2017: Influencer Lunch
on 29th June 2017 Project featured:Settlements
on 9th September 2020 Project featured:Settlements
on 9th September 2020 Project featured:Protect Yourself
on 8th April 2021 Project featured:SVWOW COMEDY
on 26th August 2021 Project featured:MASCARILLAS DE LA TIRANA (TIRANA MASKS)
on 4th September 2021 Project featured:ORIGINAL PARTS
on 7th September 2021 Project featured:Eyes With History
on 8th September 2021 Project featured:Stray Bullet
on 8th March 2022 Project featured:Press Here Now
on 2nd March 2023 Contributor:
Pancho González has been a Contributor since 14th February 2017.