Nellie is a Senior Creative at AMV BBDO, based in London, where she has been working in local and global campaigns with brands such as Mars, Pepsi, Guinness and Libresse.  

Nellie was born in the US and grew up in Brazil, where she also started her advertising career in Goiânia. After finishing a Master’s Degree in Communications, she moved to the US to advance in the Global market, starting at DAVID Miami in 2018. In less than two years with her work at DAVID, she had won 8 Cannes Lions, being 3 Gold, 4 D&AD Pencils and 6 One Show. In 2022, along with partner AD Sergio Takahata, she took the leap into AMV BBDO, exploring the European and Global markets.

She also made the top 10 most awarded copywriters list in the Cannes Lions Festival and top 20 copywriters at the Drum list, being the only woman in the Cannes List and the highest ranked in the Drum list. And in 2020, she was selected to be in The Creative 100 Adweek List for Rising Stars.