David&Goliath (D&G) has made four senior hires within its creative department–Fernando Reis, Marcelo Padoca, Raul Garcia, and Wilson Mateos join the agency as creative directors based in Los Angeles. In each of their respective roles, they will be responsible for raising the level and quality of creative work across D&G’s client roster. All four hires will report to founder and chairman David Angelo and chief creative officer Bobby Pearce.
Creative team Reis and Padoca join David&Goliath as creative directors to work on the Kia account. Prior to joining D&G, Reis and Padoca–who have been working together as creative partners for more than 10 years–served as associate creative directors (art director and copywriter, respectively) at cross-cultural agency The Community, working with clients such as Converse, Modelo, Corona, and the City of Buenos Aires.
Before that, the two spent time at Lew’Lara/TBWA in São Paulo creating work for clients including Adidas and Nissan. They also held senior art director and copywriter roles at Ogilvy Brazil, working on brands such as Coca-Cola, Unilever and Burger King. Their collective work has been awarded by the One Show, Clio Awards, D&AD, London International, Festival Iberoamericano de la Publicidad (FIAP) and Cannes, including a Grand Prix and four Gold Lions.
Garcia joins D&G as creative director/art director to work on multiple accounts such as California Lottery as well as D&G’s own nonprofit Today, I’m Brave, and pro bono account Shine On Sierra Leone. With more than 17 years of experience, most recently as a freelancer, Garcia has worked at top Canadian agencies. His work has made the front page of the Toronto Star, been featured on local TV news across North America, and has even been blogged about by 50 Cent and Pharrell Williams (for his BMW campaign).
Garcia has earned international recognition at Cannes, One Show, D&AD, Clio Awards, Effies, Webby’s, Young Guns, and every Canadian national advertising award show. He won a D&AD Black Pencil, a Grand Effie and multiple Lions for his involvement in the #GroceriesNotGuns campaign for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.
Mateos also comes aboard D&G as creative director on the Kia account. Prior to joining D&G, Mateos was a creative director at 180LA where he worked on the University of Phoenix account.
Before that, Mateos spent more than 25 years working for agencies in Brazil creating campaigns for brands such as VW, Audi, Renault, Toyota, Unilever, Pepsi and Visa. He served as copywriter at FCB, Lew’Lara TBWA, F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi and AlmapBBDO. He also held creative director roles at NeogamaBBH, Y&R, DM9DDB and CuboCC. His work has been recognized by Cannes, Clio Awards, One Show, ADC and London International.
