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