Ottavio Nava

Ottavio Nava

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Co-Founder & Chairman EU
Milan, Lombardy, Italy

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  • We Are Social
    Co-Founder & Chairman EU
    We Are Social
    Jan 2026 - Current (7 months)
  • Plus Company
    Senior Vice President
    Plus Company
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2025 (3 years 7 months)
    Plus Company, founded in 2021, is a 21st century alliance of best-in-class creative brands focused on collaboration and synergy through an integrated service model. With over 20 agencies that deliver creativity fueled by an innate understanding of culture, technology, and data. Plus Company agency brands include: We Are Social and its sister agencies, Socialize, Hello, Kobe and Metta; fuseproject; All Inclusive Marketing (AIM), Aperture1, Camp Jefferson, Citizen Relations, Cossette, Cossette Media, Eleven, Gene, Impact Research, Jungle Media, K72, Level Eleven, Magic Circle Workshop, Magnet, Middle Child, PathIQ, Septième, and The Narrative Group (TNG) and Mekanism. Plus Company has more than 3,000 employees, across 12 countries in North Am
  • We Are Social
    Co-founder & CEO EU
    We Are Social
    Nov 2021 - Jan 2026 (4 years 3 months)
  • We Are Social
    Co-Founder & CEO, Italy and Spain
    We Are Social
    Sep 2018 - Jan 2026 (7 years 5 months)
    We are a global socially led creative agency. We deliver world-class creative ideas with forward-thinking brands. We believe in people, before platforms and the power of social insight to drive business value. We call this social thinking. With an international team of more than 700 and offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Munich, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Sydney and Madrid our mission is to put social thinking at the center of marketing. Our clients include adidas, Netflix, BMW Group, SAMSUNG IKEA, Lavazza, Campari and Barilla on global, regional and local assignments.
  • Istituto Europeo di Design
    Professor
    Istituto Europeo di Design
    Apr 2018 - Current (8 years 4 months)
  • We Are Social
    Co-Founder & CEO Italy
    We Are Social
    Apr 2017 - Aug 2018 (1 year 5 months)
    We Are Social is a socially-led creative agency, a new kind of agency that combines an innate understanding of social media with digital, PR and marketing skills. We are entirely focused on innovative, creative and effective social media marketing and communications and we like to think we are getting rather good at it. With an international team of over 700 and offices in Milan, New York, London, Paris, Munich, Singapore and Sydney, Shanghai and Beijing our mission is to put social thinking at the centre of marketing. We work with clients including adidas, Netflix , ING Direct, Barilla, BMW Group, Lavazza, Campari, Vodafone, Pirelli on global, regional and local projects. If you’d like to chat about us helping you too, then give us a ca
  • Vetra
    Co-Founder
    Vetra
    Mar 2017 - Current (9 years 5 months)
  • POLIdesign  Consorzio del Politecnico di Milano
    Lecturer
    POLIdesign Consorzio del Politecnico di Milano
    Sep 2014
    Master Art Director & Copywriter 2014/2015: how social media redefined the relationship between brands and people. From social media marketing to social thinking at the center of marketing.
  • We Are Social
    Co-founder & Managing Director Italia
    We Are Social
    Feb 2010 - Mar 2017 (7 years 2 months)
    We Are Social is a socially-led creative agency, a new kind of agency that combines an innate understanding of social media with digital, PR and marketing skills. We are entirely focused on innovative, creative and effective social media marketing and communications and we like to think we are getting rather good at it. With an international team of over 700 and offices in Milan, New York, London, Paris, Munich, Singapore and Sydney, our mission is to put social thinking at the centre of marketing. We work with clients including adidas, Netflix , ING Direct, Barilla, BMW Group, Lavazza, Campari, Vodafone, Pirelli on global, regional and local projects. If you’d like to chat about us helping you too, then give us a call on +39 02 3655 1
  • Agencycom
    Account Manager
    Agencycom
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010 (2 years 1 month)
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  • Università Bocconi
    Università Bocconi
    Università Bocconi
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    IF! Italians Festival
    IF! ITALIANS FESTIVAL, ideato e promosso da ADCI, Art Director's Club Italiano e Assocom, Associazione delle Aziende di Comunicazione, è un evento che ha al centro il tema della creatività, elemento base e qualificante della comunicazione commerciale, pubblica e sociale. IF! ITALIANS FESTIVAL è la prima piattaforma per far incontrare ed aggiornare il mondo dei professionisti della pubblicità in Italia: creativi, agenzie di comunicazione, centri media e aziende. Uno show pensato come un palinsesto di speech, laboratori, mostre ed eventi con ospiti internazionali e personaggi affermati nel mondo della creatività italiana, pensato per intrattenere un pubblico allargato di curiosi e fan della comunicazione multidisciplinare. #italiansfestival
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    Silver Lion - Entertainment
    Cannes Lions
    Jul 2017
    Campaign title: Speak Like The Patron - Narcos Client: Netflix
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    Bronze Lion - Entertainment
    Cannes Lions
    Jul 2017
    Campaign title: Speak Like The Patron - Narcos Client: Netflix
  • DAD
    Wood Pencil
    DAD
    May 2017
    Campaign title: Speak Like The Patron - Narcos Client: Netflix Category: Media
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    GOLD - ADCI Awards 2014
    Art Directors Club Italiano
    Sep 2014
    Client: Juventus FC #LoveJu, the world's first ever social media choreography
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    Best Digital/Social Consultancy in the World: We Are Social
    The Holmes Report
    Sep 2014
    We Are Social’s mesmerising rise, in the face of tough competition, sees the upstart UK firm take global honours after winning 2014 EMEA Digital Consultancy honours earlier this year. In 2013, the agency grew 70% to almost $39m in fee income, a remarkable performance for an agency that — until the start of this year — was independently funded. Of course, China’s BlueFocus has since shelled out upwards of $30m for an 82.8% interest in the agency, recognising that We Are Social is here to stay.
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    SILVER - ADCI Awards 2014
    Art Directors Club Italiano
    Sep 2014
    Client: Reebok, Reebok Fit Club
  • Econsultancy
    2014 Top 100 Digital Agencies
    Econsultancy
    Aug 2014
    We Are Social – Top 40 Agency
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    2014 EMEA SABRE AWARDS
    The Holmes Report
    Mar 2014
    We Are Social – Winner, EMEA Digital Agency of the Year We Are Social – Winner, Best Multinational Agency to Work For Reebok: Fit Club – Shortlisted, Social Media Campaign
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    Bronze, Social Entertainment
    The Lovie Awards
    Jan 2013
    Sky: X Factor Community – Bronze, Social Entertainment
  • A
    GOLD Digital Integrated - ADCI Awards 2015
    Art Directors Club Italiano
    Client Juventus FC #seandiamoinfinale
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