Born and raised in Costa Rica, Ernesto came to the U.S.A. with a plan to quickly cop a master’s degree and then return home. The plan didn’t quite work out.
Ernesto has over 10 years of experience as a copywriter, creative technologist and creative director at top agencies, creating groundbreaking campaigns for Google, FIFA, AT&T, Square Enix, and Riot Games.
Here are some other experiences that Ernesto—and no one else—finds useful:
Playing it cool and clapping along during service at a Pentecostal snake church, West Virginia.
Sleep-holding a half-eaten banana. Spotify 48hr hackathon, NYC.
Throwing large rocks off of tall bridges, Costa Rica.
RESUME
Work
Riot Games Creative Director, Global Publishing 2023 - Present
Creative Director, Global Esports 2022 - 2023
Sid Lee Creative Director, Global Taskforce 2021 - 2022
Omelet ACD 2015 - 2021
Union Made Creative Sr. Copywriter 2014 - 2015
Saatchi LA Copywriter 2013 - 2014
Wieden & Kennedy Portland Copywriter 2012
Digital Kitchen Chicago Intern creative technologist 2011
Ogilvy Costa Rica Copywriter 2008 - 2010
Education
VCU Brandcenter MS: Mass Communication - Creative Technology 2010 - 2012
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica BA: Advertising 2006 - 2009