André Amaral is a Brazilian/German entrepreneur, interactive creative director and UX designer with a background in the Advertising industry. He graduated with a B.A. in Social Communications at ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda & Marketing) in São Paulo, Brazil. After working for JWT, IBM and DM9DDB in Brazil, he was accepted as a grant holder in the interactive department of Fabrica, Benetton's communication research center in Treviso, Italy. He subsequently held creative direction positions at Wunderman and FCB in Dubai, and a regional ECD position in Southeast Asia, before setting up his own innovation network called Mecenato (mecenato.co).
He has won awards for global clients in c...