Leônidas Pires
Creative Director - Global Emerging Markets at Publicis Groupe
The move
MoveVML → Publicis Groupe
TitleCreative Director → Creative Director - Global Emerging Markets at Publicis Groupe
LocationSão Paulo → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Brazil → United Arab Emirates
Native languageEnglish
Years in UAE2.2
Total experience14.3 years
Publicis Groupe headcount10,001+ employees
Publicis Groupe industryAdvertising Services
Publicis Groupe HQParis, Ile de France
Publicis Groupe typePublic Company
Career arc
- Creative Director - Global Emerging Markets at Publicis GroupeApr 2026 — Present
Publicis Groupe - CreativeJan 2026 — Apr 2026·· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Freelance
- Creative DirectorSep 2024 — Feb 2026
VML· São Paulo, Brazil· Full-time - Associate Creative DirectorOct 2022 — Sep 2024
Publicis One Touch· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Associate Creative DirectorMar 2022 — Oct 2022
Wunderman Thompson· São Paulo, Brazil
- Associate Creative Director2022 — 2024PPublicis One Touch (Saatchi & Saatchi)
- Associate Creative Director2022 — 2022WWunderman Thompson (J&J Account)
- Head Of ArtOct 2021 — Mar 2022
GREY BRASIL· Full-time
- Creative Art DirectorJun 2018 — Oct 2021
- Head of Art2018 — 2022
Grey Brasil (P&G Account)
- Creative Art DirectorFeb 2012 — Jun 2018
WMcCann· Rio de Janeiro e Região, Brasil
Education
- Universidade Federal FluminenseBacharel em Comunicação Social - Publicidade e Propaganda · Direção de Arte2006 — 2011
Languages
- English · Native or bilingual
- Spanish