Nellie is an Associated Creative Director / Copywriter at DAVID Miami, where she has been delivering award-winning and PR worthy work for brands such as Burger King, Budweiser, Sour Patch Kids and Heinz Ketchup. 

 

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.

 

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.

2020

• The Creative 100 Adweek List

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2019​

• Cannes Lions

  • Gold Lion in Film​

  • Gold Lion in Radio

  • Gold Lion in PR

  • 2 Silver Lions

  • 3 Bronze Lions

• One Show

  • 1 Silver

  • 5 Merits

• D&AD

  • 1 Graphite Pencil

  • 3 Wood Pencils

• Effies​

  • 1 Silver​

 

2018

• Clio Music - Bronze Winner

• One Show Young Ones - Silver / Merit

• Graphis New Talent Annual

• Communication Arts Interactive Annual 

 

Before

• Luerzer's Archive Featured

• 4A's Foundation Scholarship Recipient

• Summit Creative Award - Bronze / Finalist

• One Show Creative Boot Camp Miami - Second Place

• Miami ad School - 2x Golden Paw

• The Drum Chip Shop Awards - Commended

• Young Globals - Top 3 Finalist

• Miami Addy's - Silver

• El Ojo de Iberoamerica - Shortlist

• Anuário do Clube de Criação de Goiás (Brazil) - 1 Silver / 2x Bronze

• Prêmio Jaime Câmara (Brazil) - Top Gold Print Campaign / Agency of the year 

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