Andre Luis Santos

About Andre Luis Santos

Here\'s what I believe: creativity is one of advertising\'s last true competitive advantages. Not efficiency. Not optimization. Creativity. I\'ve spent 10+ years proving that — building high-impact campaigns for Cirque du Soleil, Blue Man Group, Disney, the NFL, and The Beatles, and scaling creative operations across budgets from $1K to $7M.I believe the best advertising creatives have the mind of an engineer and the soul of an artist, and I mean both parts. I genuinely love building the systems, SOPs, and data-informed feedback loops that let bold creative work actually ship at scale. I redesigned project management infrastructure that drove a 90% increase in team output — not by adding constraints, but by removing the friction that was killing the work.I build teams and cultures that chase distinction instead of convention. I don\'t want people who follow the rules, I want people who do work worth breaking them for. Because advertising isn\'t a science (despite what many will say). It\'s persuasion, and persuasion is an art.Storytelling isn’t just my profession it’s a calling. In my free time, I write middle grade children’s books, which has only deepened my instinct for narrative structure, audience empathy, and the discipline of saying more with less. That sensibility carries directly into the work I do for brands: finding the emotional core of a message and making it land with clarity and intention.

Experience

1. Creative Manager

   Aristocrat Gaming

   May 2024 — Present · Las Vegas, NV, US

Education

• West Career & Technical Academy

  High School

• University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  Bachelor of Science - BS

Skills

• Graphic Design
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Customer Service
• Computer Proficiency
• Typography
• Photography
• Motion Graphics
• Color Theory
• Videography
• Indesign
• Web Design
• Logo Design
• Wordpress
• Graphics
• Illustrator
• Social Media
• Photoshop