Miguel Sousa
Art director
Designer
Illustrator
Who i am
I’m Miguel Sousa a Portuguese (Porto) creative art director, designer and illustrator currently making nice stuff at Mother London. I’ve spent the last 10 years harnessing systematic creative thinking to craft visuals to help brands create iconic, disruptive, and award-winning work.
What I do
I currently work at Mother London as a creative senior designer. I am both a hands-on designer and an art director, helping guide the creative direction for multiple projects across the agency most iconic brands, such as KFC and IKEA and recently Doritos and Stella Artois. I’m also an illustrator that can adapt the style to better answer the brand’s needs. You also can find me running around the streets and parks of London.
What I did
After a degree in graphic design and a master's in illustration and animation, he created heymikel studio, freelancing for several small clients. After some years I start my journey in advertising as an art director in Lola mullen lowe in Madrid, proceed to Saatchi and Saatchi and actual Mother London. My work has been recognized by different awards and countries, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Creative Circle, Effies, amongst others.
Work experience
Now
Mother London
Creative Senior Designer / Art director
April 2018 - Currently / UK
Before
Saatchi & Saatchi
Senior integrated Designer
November 2015 - April 2018 / UK
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Lola mullen-lowe
Art Director / Designer
August 2013 - November 2015 / Spain
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Throttleman & Red Oak
Designer and illustrator
November 2012 - 2013 / Portugal
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Heymikel studio
Designer and illustrator
November 2009 - Currently / Everywhere
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Freelancer
Designer and illustrator
November 2006 - 2009 / Portugal
Selected clientes
KFC, Stella Artois, Samsung, Doritos, Ikea, Greenpeace, Facebook, Twitch, Innocent, Dune, Uber Eats, Visa, Zalando, Capital one, Head & Shoulders, HSBC, General Electrics, Rekorderlig, Haagen Dazs, Magnum, Mattel, Cornetto, Scrabble, Hotwheels, etc
Education
Hyper Island
Master Class Digital Awareness
2014 - Spain
IPCA
Master degree - Illustration and Animation
2011 - 2013 / Portugal
IPCA
Communication design degree
2008 - 2011 / Portugal
Filomarketing
Technic Graphic Design III
2005 - 2008 / Portugal