Filipe Sales
Brand Strategist & Visual Designer
Based in Brazil
I design brands that earn their place in the boardroom.
I'm a brand strategist and visual designer with 17+ years working at the intersection of creative direction, brand strategy, and business impact. My career started in agencies and evolved through co-founding one — building it from zero to an awarded advertising agency and leading creative work for national and international clients across six countries.
Today I lead the branding team at Cortex, Brazil's leading AI platform for GTM Intelligence. My work spans strategy and execution — from running the internal team and managing external creatives, to developing brand strategies, leading visual identity projects from scratch, building AI-powered brand tools, and designing the processes that keep everything consistent.
I believe good brand design is a business argument made visually. The best work I've done has always started with a strategic problem and ended with something people remember.
Career highlights
- 17+ years in brand design, strategy, and creative direction
- Co-founded and scaled a creative agency
- 100+ brands created across Brazil, USA, Australia, Portugal, Mexico, and Colombia
- Led rebranding and M&A brand integration at Cortex
- Speaker and workshop facilitator on branding and creativity at universities, companies, and events — including HackTown 2025
Work
experience
- 01 Brand & Design Coordinator
- 02 Senior Brand Designer
- 03 Co-founder & Creative Director
- 04 Co-founder & Designer
- 05 Art Director
- 06 Co-founder, Visual & Motion Designer
- 07 Graphic Designer
- 08 Graphic Designer
- 09 Graphic Designer
Education
- MBA — New Branding Innovation
- Bachelor — Marketing & Advertising