Camilo Ruano

Better known as ¨Ruano¨,
Camilo is a born and raised Colombian Art Creative Director working in the US General market since 2019 and currently at DDB Chicago.

In the last 12 years, he has worked with amazing brands like Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, Fuze Tea) Molson Coors (Miller Lite, Coors Lite) ABInBev (Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois) Mars Wrigley (Starburst, Twix) McDonalds, Aeromexico, Huggies, KIA motors, Mattel, Kingo.

12 years of working in creative advertising has earned him incredible experiences, such as winning multiple awards at Cannes Lions (including a Grand Prix), Clio Festival (including a Grand Clio), LIA Awards, D&AD, One Show (the first from Colombia and ranked #1 ECD in Latin America), among other local and regional awards.

But what fills him with the most pride is creating Big ideas and seeing them implemented around the world. These achievements have taught him that no matter the brief, his goal is always to do Advertising for the good of people and brands.

In his free time he loves to illustrate, listen to music, learn new skills and lately, his passion is to make unique art toys with modeling clay and 3d printing.