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Gus Magalhaes

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Director, Head of Product at The MRG Group
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • The MRG Group
    Director, Head of Product
    The MRG Group
    Oct 2021 - Current (5 years 1 month)
  • The MRG Group
    Assistant Director, Head of Product
    The MRG Group
    Dec 2020 - Oct 2021 (11 months)
  • The MRG Group
    Sr. Front End Developer - Team Lead
    The MRG Group
    May 2020 - Dec 2020 (8 months)
  • The MRG Group
    Sr. Front End Developer
    The MRG Group
    Oct 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 3 months)
  • Universal Music Group
    Front End Developer and UX/UI Designer
    Universal Music Group
    Jun 2016 - Oct 2019 (3 years 5 months)
    Design and develop websites for some of Canada's most talented artists, and web tools that helped drive business growth.
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    Creative Director
    A+ Business Criativo
    Feb 2013 - Jun 2014 (1 year 5 months)
    • Managed a team of art directors, copywriters, and illustrators on the development of creative work including; web design, print, branding, illustration, email marketing, online marketing, video and mobile solutions
    • Led creative direction and thought process
    • Sold ideas and presented campaigns to clients
    • Designed for clients in the Food, Retail, Fashion and Construction sectors
    • Representative clients included: Cecomil, Jandaia and Fiducial
  • 3
    Creative Director
    333 Comunicaca
    Aug 2011 - Dec 2012 (1 year 5 months)
    • Coordinated a cross-functional creative team of 12 people on advertising, branding, digital and video work
    • Provided creative leadership on advertising strategies for significant regional clients
    • Presented campaigns to clients
    • Managed creative teams on big projects from start to finish
  • 3
    Senior Graphic Designer
    333 Comunicação
    Aug 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 1 month)
    • Created and developed advertising campaigns and brand identities
    • Work produced: newspaper ad layouts, billboards layouts, graphic elements for TV commercials, logos, business cards, letterheads, folders layouts, posters designs, brochure layouts, storyboards, product labels layouts, illustrations, original typography, visual identity manuals, among others
    • Representative clients included: Iguatemi Fortaleza, Net Fortaleza, Colégio Antares and Santana Textiles
  • A
    Senior Graphic Designer
    Advance Comunicação
    Mar 2008 - Jul 2010 (2 years 5 months)
    • Created, sketched and developed ideas and layouts for advertising campaigns and communication materials for some of Northeastern Brazil’s biggest companies
    • Worked on high budget retail campaigns
    • Produced designs for different streams of media such as newspaper, billboards, television, radio, billboards, internet and press
  • A
    Graphic DesignerGraphic
    Advance Comunicação
    Oct 2007 - Feb 2008 (5 months)
    • Created layouts and graphic elements for newspaper ads, billboards, and television commercials
    • Collaborated with a copywriters forming creative ideas, branding works such as logomarks, brochures, folders, posters
    • Met with clients and also with photographers in the event that outsource original photography was necessary for the completion of a graphic assignment
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    Graphic Designer
    Mallmann Propaganda
    Nov 2003 - Jun 2006 (2 years 8 months)
    • Produced Advertising Art Direction for clients operating in the Retail, Construction and Government Industries
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  • Universidade Federal do Ceará
    Bachelor's degree, Communications
    Universidade Federal do Ceará
    Sep 2022
  • Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Certificate, Marketing
    Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Sep 2022
  • Red River College Polytechnic
    Diploma, Digital Media Design
    Red River College Polytechnic
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (3 years)
    Titulación: Honours GraduateTitulación: Honours Graduate
    Digital Media Design First Year Outstanding GPA Award
    Digital Media Design Leadership Award
    Red River College Gold Medals - highest cumulative GPA in the Digital Media Design Program