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My path was traced to become a designer in the surf industry, having grown up near the Atlantic and being on boards for as long as I could remember. But instead, a Surfrider printed ad convinced me to go into advertising, to ride the waves of different kind of Mavericks. Since then, I've done a lot of creative stuff with my son and won pitches & awards with my agencies.
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Graduated with a degree in applied arts, I felt self-confident enough to move to Paris to look for a job in the parisian agency that made the Surfrider printed ad " The Glove". But instead of landing at Y&R Paris, I landed in the creative department of the independent agency Herezie in early 2012. For five years, I spent my whole time to learn and practice a lot. I also collected some awards helping the agency to appear for the first time in the Gunn Report. Our " Beauty of Sharpness " campaign was ranked in 2015 as one of the world's most awarded print, winning Gold at Cannes, pencils at D&AD and a Grand Prix at New York Festival.
In 2017, willing to develop more content in social media and digital activations, I joined We Are Social Paris as a senior creative where I oversee work on the AccorHotel global account and Google besides other agency clients like Adidas, Hasbro, Renault Sport and Kering Foundation. Deeply committed to preserve oceans and marine life I also try to find some free time to help NGOs to raise awareness on environment issues. In 2016, I had the opportunity to collaborate with Sea Shepherd Los Angeles on a global campaign to ban cetaceans captivity in marine parks.
For me, advertising is like the perfect wave: an everlasting quest where you have to find balance, pleasure, focus and determination in order to create the perfect run…
When I'm not exciting to look for ideas that can stop world hunger or creating a more peaceful world, I just live as a normal guy that spend his time to look after his young son who discover the world all day long.
If you are interested in preserving marine life or simply offer a position near the ocean,
please mail me at : nico82dum@gmail.com — or give me a call : +33 673 084 875