BIO
Born in
Havana, and raised
between Italy, Spain, and Florida, growing up in contact
with different cultures naturally shaped the way
creativity, aesthetics, communication, and culture
are understood and experienced.
Over the years,
working across strategy,
design, and visual storytelling has led to collaborations
with international teams and clients, becoming a continuous journey
of growth, exchange, and learning.
Curiosity toward people, cultures, and contemporary
languages is what continues to guide the way ideas
are created and developed: projects able to enter culture
in an authentic, human, and relevant way.
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elena.pinillos@hotmail.com
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CAREER
Creative Supervisor
LePub
2024 - NOW
Creative Supervisor
Wunderman Thompson
2019 - 2023
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Senior Art Director
J. Walter Thompson
2018 - 2023
Art Director
McCann Worldgroup
2016 - 2018
Art Director
GreyUnited
2015 - 2016
AWARDS,
& RECOGNITIONS
2017/2024
Jury Member – Young Lions Competition 2025
(ADCI / Cannes Lions)
Whirlpool - The Wash Less Project
Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA — Silver (Sustainability & Responsibility)
Gerety Awards — Shortlist (Work for Good / Single)
Indesit — #DoItTogether / Fairy Tales
NC Awards — Winner (Interactive/Digital)
NC Awards — Fairness Award
Rinascente — “Believe in wonder”
Platinum Award Winner — iiFilm Awards 2023 — CA, US
Urban Mediamakers Festival (UMF) 2023 — Lilburn, GA, US
California International Short Fest 2023 — CA, US
Aesthetica Film Festival 2023 — York, UK
Winner Best Animation Ad — Magica Advertising Festival 2023 — London, UK
Winner Best FX & Animation — 55° Key Award 2023 — Milan, Italy
Festival du Film d’Animation d’Abidjan 2024 — Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Finalist — French Riviera Film Festival 2024 — Cannes, France
Featured as a young talent in
Mix & Match: Exploring Contemporary Collage — included as one of the selected artists in the Mix & Match collage anthology book.
NEMO - The Voice of Voices Eurobest — Silver PR; Silver Health; Bronze PR
Clio Health Awards — Silver
Art Directors Club Italy — Gold Promo & Activation; Gold Direct; Gold PR Non Profit; Silver PR; Bronze Digital App Non Profit; Bronze Viral Film Digital Non Profit
Golden Drum — Silver Craft; Gold Audio; Gold Reach
LIA Awards Health — Shortlist
Clio Awards — Bronze PR
Cannes Lions — Bronze Creative Data; Shortlist Direct; 4× Shortlist Health; 2× Shortlist PR
NEMO - My Voice
New York Festivals — Bronze Innovate Avant-Garde
The One Show — 2× Merit
Eurobest — Silver Health
Clio Health Awards — Silver Mobile; Silver Innovation
LIA Awards — Bronze Health & Wellness
Golden Drum — 2× Silver Mobile
Art Directors Club Italiano — Silver Cyber Non Profit; Silver PR
Cannes Lions — Shortlist Health; Shortlist Mobile