Nico Mejia is the Head of Creative for Shop, creatively helping build the most amazing way to shop from your phone.

  • Bilingual Global Creative Lead with 20 years of experience in three different markets (Latin-America, U.S. Hispanic and General Market) on agency, client and product side.

  • Agency experience includes Ogilvy, BBDO, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi and Lowe. Client side experience includes Amazon and currently, Shopify.

  • Conceptual storyteller focused on delivering strategic, groundbreaking work for all things digital, film, web, UX and mobile.

  • Experience managing creative teams, both internally and externally when working with agencies, production houses and specific partners.

  • Passionate about E-commerce, Creativity, Leadership, Team Building and Collaboration.

  • Award Show jury in multiple festivals and publications including the One Show, New York Festivals, El Sol and Fiap among others.

  • Father of Lucca. Current diaper change time to beat: 18 seconds.

BRANDS

Worked with some outstanding brands throughout the years including:

RECOGNITION

Awarded multiple times in the biggest advertising award shows such as:

PRESS

Featured in multiple publications including:

SKILLS

Creative Direction | Management | Design | Marketing | UX | Problem Solving | Team Leadership | Figma | Collaborative Problem Solving | Marketing Strategy | Copywriting | Creative Strategy | Creative Development | Social Media | Digital Media | Radio | Television | Storytelling | Digital Strategy | Interactive Advertising | Art Direction | Branding | Graphic Design | Mobile | Public Speaking | Photoshop | Illustrator | Google Workspace | Microsoft Office | Discord | Midjourney | Fellow | Asana | Keynote | Workplace | Slack

SPECIALTIES

Advertising | Creativity | In-House | Social Media | Brand Strategy | Above and below the line | B2B | Design Management | UX | Product Design | Mobile Design | Sustainability | Interaction Design | Digital Media | Usability | Web Services | E-Commerce

EDUCATION

Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Berlin

Executive MBA in Creative Leadership | 2018 – 2021

Chicago Portfolio School, Chicago

Copywriting as a second language | 2008 – 2009

Javeriana University, Bogotá

Social Communications | BA in Advertising | 2000 – 2005

LANGUAGES

Spanish (Native)

English (Good as native, but with a Colombian accent)

Italian (Wannabe italian also with Colombian accent)


CITIZENSHIP

Colombian | American