Fernando Pérez

Fernando Pérez

Brand Creative Director in Madrid, Spain

About

🎨 I'm a brand creative director with 13 years of experience creating, developing, and implementing top international brands.

🏢 I previously worked at Interbrand, Lambie Nairn, and Nuño de la Rosa. I have worked with a range of clients, including Alsa, Telefonica, Repsol, SEAT, Ron Barceló, Jio, and Dubai Holding.

🎓 I hold a Master of Marketing Management from the Istituto Europeo di Design.

💻 I am currently working as a Brand Creative Director at WooCommerce, part of Automattic.

Work Experience

2021 — Now
Remote

Automattic is the company behind well-known digital brands such as WordPress.com, Tumblr, and WooCommerce (among others). It powers 40% of the Internet. I'm part of the WooCommerce team, an open-source commerce plugin for WordPress used by over 4 million stores worldwide.

2014 — 2021
Madrid, Spain

Here I started as a Designer and evolved until my current position. I’m responsible for transforming brand strategy into the visual universe working closely with the strategy team to execute creative design solutions that successfully communicate the client’s objectives.

2012 — 2014
Madrid, Spain

I became Brand Guardian for Telefonica and its commercial brands (Movistar / O2 / Vivo) while also working on a wide range of projects such as DownMadrid, Atento, and ElevenPaths. An important achievement was to work from Riyadh helping the team to set up the brand guardianship program for Saudi Telecom.

2010 — 2012
Murcia, Spain

I started as a Junior Designer in a design boutique, where I began developing my creative aptitude in branding while working with small-medium enterprises to create their identities.

Education

2018 — 2019
Masters of Marketing Management at Istituto Europeo di Design
Madrid, Spain
2007 — 2011
BA in Graphic Design at Escuela Superior de Arte y Diseño
Murcia, Spain
2009 — 2010
Graphic Design at École Supérieure Des Arts Saint-Luc
Liège, Belgium

Volunteering

2021 — 2021
Branding at Colorado Gerontological Society
Denver, USA
2013 — 2013
Branding at DownMadrid
Madrid, Spain

Speaking

2023
From Woo to Wow at WordCamp
Cartagena, Spain
2022
Do the Woo #201 at Do the Woo Podcast
2022
Design to Sell at WordCamp
Valencia, Spain
2020
Iconic moves at Murcia Design Days
Murcia, Spain
2019
Iconic moves at WhiteSquare Festival
Minsk, Belarus

Awards

2020
Interbrand: Agency of the Year from The Red Dot
2018
Jio - Gold Brand Identity from German Design Awards
2017
Best Work Awards from Interbrand
2016
Best Work Awards from Interbrand
2015
Best Work Awards from Interbrand
2012
Select K Spain from Index Book
2012
Selected C Europe from Index Book
2011
Winner: Nokia Creativity Contest from Nokia
2010
Best Young Portfolio from Murciavisual

Contact

Website
LinkedIn
Twitter

Teams

Current
automattic.design