Tropical Brazilian Creative Director living in NYC. Green Card Holder.
Featured on Forbes Brazil Under 30 list and 2025 Next Creative Leader.
What’s up
I'm Camilla. A Brazilian Art Director living in NYC. On my free time I like to Pimp Portfolios. Yup, heard right – you can check here. Moving out from Brazil wasn’t easy for three reasons: I don’t know how to cook. So therefore, I run on donuts, diet coke, pizza and McNuggets (by the way, I know all the Mc Bundle Menu by heart. Ask me anything). Second of all, I am also very tropical for the wintry weather. And third of all, I lived in a church for 6 months when I first moved to NYC in the middle of Times Square. That was fun.
My Mom told me to mention that I was featured at Forbes Brazil Under 30 list 2019.
EB1 Green card holder 🔥
EXPERIENCE
🤖 AI tools I use are: Google Nano Banana, Flux 2, Midjourney, Freepik, Sora, Runaway, and Veo 3.
Creative Director– McCann New York (2025 - present)
Clients: PGIM, Smirnoff, Mastercard, New York Lottery, Prudential, Last Prisoner Project.
Associate Creative Director – McCann New York (2021 - 2025)
Clients: Smirnoff, Verizon, Valero, Homegoods, New York Lottery, Prudential, Last Prisoner Project, Brady United.
Sr. Art Director - Publicis New York (2018 - 2021)
Clients: Citibank, Oral B, Walmart, Fiverr
Jr. Art Director - Dimassimo Goldstein (2017)
Clients: Weight Watchers, Starr, Online Trading Academy.
Jr. Art Director - LDC DDB (2016)
Clients: Red Bull, Nextel, Fox Films, Fox Channel, Olympikus.
Jr. Art Director - AlmapBBDO (2015)
Client: Volkswagen, Gol Airlines, Pedigree.
EDUCATION
Miami Ad School Sao Paulo (BR)
Art DirectorPortfolio Program
(2014 - 2016)
Universidade Mackenzie (BR)
Bachelor's Degree Advertising
(2009 - 2013)
EXPERTISE
Squarespace Gold Circle Member
Adobe Suite – Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop
AI – Sora, Midjourney, Nano Banana, Veo 3.1, Freepik
Website development – CSS / HTML / DNS / Google Console / SEO, Web design through different platforms.
PRESS
Why This Creative Has Built Nearly 1,000 Portfolios
Little Black Book
McCanners of New York: Camilla Ciappina
Little Black Book
5 Ways You Can Spruce Up Your Portfolio While in Quarantine
AdWeek
How to build a better portfolio
The One Club
Forbes Under 30 Brazil list
Forbes Brasil Magazine
Young Brazilian Creatives mark presence at Cannes 2019
Propmark
Art Director offers Portfolio Consultancy
Creative Club of São Paulo
Meet Pimp My Portfolio, your book will go from ”meh” to “wow”
IdeaFixa
Art Director takes her business abroad
Creative Club of São Paulo
Publicis Art Director Wants to Help Make Your Book Look Less Sh*tty With ‘Pimp My Portfolio’
Agency Spy
Guest speaker at the Podcast “Propaganda não é só isso aí”
Podcast
How to make portfolios that works?
Media Education
Creatives In Quarantine
By Aaron Cathey
Como foi parar lá
By Caio Turbiani
HONORS & AWARDS
Next Creative Leaders Winner 2025 – One Club
Forbes Brasil Under 30 List 2019
LIA AWARDS
Creative Strategy / Cultural Insight / 1x Gold
Design / Creativity on a Budget / 1x Finalist
Direct / Creativity on a Budget / 1x Gold
Direct / Good and Purpose / 1x Silver
CANNES LIONS
Glass 2025 / 1x Silver
Sustainable Development Goals / 1x Shortlist
Direct / 1x Shortlist
Film Craft - Visual Effects / 1x Shortlist
NEW YORK FESTIVALS
Social Environment Good / 1x Silver
Purpose: Human Rights / 1x Gold
Financial / 1x Silver
D&AD
1x Wood Pencil / Impact / Creative Use of Budget / 2025
1x Wood Pencil / Writing for Design / Naming
2x Shortlist / D&AD Craft Visual Effects
ONE SHOW
1x Bronze / Film & Visual Effects 2024
1x Bronze / Social Post / Real-time Response 2020
1x Merit / Health & Wellness
1x Shortlist / Audio & Radio
1x Merit / Audio & Radio
ADC
1x Gold / Film & Motion Craft
CLIO AWARDS
1x Silver /Film Craft & Visual Effects
1x Bronze / Creative Effectiveness 2026
1x Bronze / Creative Business Transformation 2026
1x Bronze / Creative Strategy
1x Shortlist / Creative Effectiveness 2026
ADDITIONAL AWARDS
1x Silver / British Arrows Craft VFX
1x Gold / Craft Cut - Production Design / Gerety Awards
1x Silver / Visual Effects - Gerety Awards
2x Silver / Visual Effects - London International Awards
1x Silver / Creative Club of São Paulo
1x Silver / El Ojo Young Talents
1x Bronze / Premios Lusos
1x Shortlist / Wave Festival
1x Shortlist, 1x Bronze / FIAP
1x Site of the Day / Awwwards
1x Site of the Day / Best CSS Awards
1x Site of the Day / FWA Awards
2x Silver / ADDY Awards
1x Gold / 2017 Webby Awards
1x Gold / 2017 DigiAwards
1x Most Creative Holiday Ads 2017 / AdWeek
JURY + GUEST SPEAKER/WORKSHOPS
New Blood Portfolio Judge 2025
Guest Speaker at the Cannes Lions School – Roger Hatchuel Academy 2024
Guest Speaker at the Cannes Lions School – Roger Hatchuel Academy 2022
Meio & Mensagem Under 30 List 2021
Creative Pool Annual Report 2021 - Emerging Talent of the Year
Meio & Mensagem Newspaper - 30 Under 30 2021
D&AD New Blood Jury 2021
Grand Jury New York Festivals 2021
The One Club Creative Summit Speaker
The One Club How To Build a Better Portfolio
Working not Working - The United Mentorship Program
Indoor Recess Guest Speaker
Miami Ad School Bootcamp Workshop Speaker New York
Miami Ad School Portfolio Program Speaker São Paulo
Make Ads With me x Pimp My Portfolio workshop
Marist College Portfolio Workshop Speaker 2018,2019,2020
Young Ones Portfolio Review 2020 Judge
PHNX Tribute 2020- Ad Forum Judge
AdWeek Opinion Contributor