About.
As a multidisciplinary creative studio, we combine talent and expertise in graphic design, visual communication, web development, photography, and audiovisual production. Each project is approached with meticulous attention to detail, where creativity and execution go hand in hand to bring memorable pieces to life.
Our structure is unconventional yet perfectly synchronised. With a team based across Spain and the United Kingdom, we work with the precision of a Swiss timepiece, meticulously led by our Creative Director, Iván Montero.
Since his childhood, Ivan has been surrounded and immersed in the world of design, graphic design, editorial design, architecture, photography and drawing, making these disciplines part of his playful education. As a result, in 1985 he began working as a junior graphic designer in his father’s advertising agency, where he began to expand his professional knowledge of graphic design, printing, photography and audiovisual production. At the age of 15 he was offered the opportunity to direct what was to be his first project in advertising, the development of a campaign for Editorial Salvat. This marked the turning point, at which point he began his professional career and established himself as an independent creative. From then on, he began to develop graphic projects and campaigns for final brands and collaborations with design studios and advertising agencies.
The arrival of Apple in the world of graphic design in the mid-1980s changed his perspective, and he adopted all these new technological and technical tools in the development of his work. At the same time, he dedicated himself to broadening his educational knowledge in industrial design, architecture and image and sound, graduating as a Technical Sound Engineer and ENG TV Camera at MK3 School of Image and Sound. This knowledge opened new paths towards the audiovisual sector.
His contacts and knowledge gave him the opportunity to be invited and take part in the introduction of the Apple Multimedia Program in Spain alongside great professionals in the sector, collaborating with numerous studios, agencies and companies from all sectors throughout Spain, as well as in the city of Dijon (France), where he lived for a short period of time. He plays leading roles in design, creativity and strategic direction for a wide variety of projects and brands. His productions have appeared in various media and publications, and his work has received numerous design and advertising awards directly, but mostly through his work in collaboration with major studios and advertising agencies. In his professional career we can highlight what is possibly his most satisfying professional and personal moment, since after collaborating as a cartoonist, and joined as Director of the Computer Graphics and 3D Animation Department of the production company CROMOSOMA for the children’s series Las Tres Mellizas (The Triplets), and also participated in the pilots of the series Miniman, Juanito Jones and Tom.
Iván has also worked occasionally as a teacher in different public schools in the areas of Technical Sound Engineer for radio and as a Creative Developer of Multimedia Applications. In 2008, he decided to start his own advertising agency, El Circo de la Publicidad, which stood out for its innovative approach and demanding graphic level, but at the beginning of 2013 and after the death of his father, he decided to take some time off, which he resumed a year later, focusing on his work as an external Creative and Art Consultant, contributing and sharing his extensive experience and knowledge to products, brands and advertising agencies that require it.
At the same time, he acts as a personal creative consultant for a renowned fashion, retail, and luxury expert in Madrid, while continuing to collaborate as an external Creative Consultant for leading brands and agencies, bringing his strategic and creative vision in design, advertising, and communication to enhance projects with a unique identity and global relevance.
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Years of experience in the advertising, design and communication sector, which consolidate a trajectory of more than three decades of development, growth and professional experience.
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Brands and companies in a wide range of industries and sectors for which he has developed an extensive track record of successful projects demonstrating the highest degree of commitment.
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Publications, distinctions, nominations and awards received both personally and as a group, symbolising recognition of exceptional creative development and design excellence.
Air France / Ajuntament de Barcelona / Ajuntament de Terrassa / Ayto de Alhaurin el Grande / Ayto de Málaga / Belcor / Bocatas / Cámara de Empresarios de Barcelona / CEROGRADOS / CibaVisión / Cressi-Sub / C+C Cash and Carry / La Moraga de Dani Garcia / Echevarria / Editorial Orbis Fabri / Editorial Planeta d’Agostini / Editorial Salvat / Estrella Damm / Evemarina / FEC Federación Española de la Construcción / Font Vella / Generalitat de Catalunya / Glaxo SmithKline / Grupo Prasa / Honda Bikes / ICI Imperial Chemical Industries / IMV Instituto Municipal de la Vivienda de Málaga / Laboratorios Fournier / Lladró / MAKRO / Marie Claire / MAXEL / Museo Picasso Málaga / Constructora Myramar / Nemrod / NISSAN Ibérica / NOMEN / Optral / Pokin’s / PPG Industries / REVLON / Segurisur / Smithkline Beecham Farma / Solinca / Supeco / Suprinsa – Red Renault / ThePershopper / TRIGRAFIC (Bimbo, Panrico) / Tupperware / URGO
PARTNERSHIPS
Antena 3 / Apple Computer / BBDO / Bassat & Associats / Bassat & Ogilvy / Canal 33 / Cromosoma / J.Walter Thompson / McCann / Onda Cero / El Periódico de Catalunya / La Vanguardia / TBWA / Tele5 / Tiempo BBDO / TV3 Televisió de Catalunya