Creative Director/ Head of Art (65)8224 3161 izmaelcrespo@gmail.com

Work Experience
Circus Grey (Peru)
Carne Prime Advertising House (Peru)
Mullenlowe SSP3 (Colombia)
Media.Monks (CO-MX)
DAVID The Agency (Colombia)
DDB Group Hong Kong (China)
GUT Singapore (Currently)

Hello, I’m Izmael Crespo, a Peruvian-born Creative Director based in Singapore. Throughout my career, I’ve fused curiosity with experimentation—where design and art collide to reshape the obvious into something more striking, intentional, and culturally resonant.

In Peru, I began my career at Spectacular Holistic Circus—later evolving into Circus Grey Peru—alongside its creative boutique Carne Prime Advertising, crafting highly refined, craft-led work for brands such as BCP, San Fernando, Cementos APU, and Pacífico Seguros, while sharpening my creative voice at La Calle and Escuela Superior de Creativos Publicitarios. In 2018, I moved overseas to join MullenLowe SSP3 Colombia, working on regional brands like Itau Bank, Bayer LatAm, and AB InBev—where craft and concept intersect at scale.

Around 2020, I helped shape visual identities for regional and global campaigns for Spotify at Media.Monks, working across the Colombia, Mexico and global offices as part of the Spotify Hub team. My journey continued at David The Agency in Colombia, where I contributed to global campaigns for Corona and Budweiser—contributing to the agency’s recognition as Agency of the Year for two years in a row.

In 2024, I embarked on a new chapter as Creative Director at DDB Group Hong Kong, pushing my practice closer to the intersection of art and advertising, and exploring a more speculative visual language for ideas beyond formats. I led regional projects for McDonald’s and Mars across six markets in APAC and Southeast Asia.

I was named one of Colombia’s Top 5 Art Directors by The One Show in 2023. In 2024, One Show Asia Pacific recognized me as one of China’s Top 10 Creative Directors. By 2025, most people simply knew me as IZ — or 奕喵.

I’m currently based in Southeast Asia, where I work as an Associate Creative Director at GUT Asia while also leading my own independent art projects as Head of Art.