Knnth Prieto

Art Director

San Jose, Costa Rica
I'm a Creative Art Director, Designer, and Illustrator from Costa Rica. I have seen success at Cannes Lions Festival, Ojo de Iberoamérica, Effie Awards, and have over 80 international and local awards at creative festivals.

Work Experience

Superside

Senior Design Director

At this moment I'm working as Senior Design Director for Superside, a remote future-of-work startup that delivers great design at scale to enterprise teams 24/7 — from everyday production work to large-scale strategic design solutions.
I have been leading and designing branding projects, style guides, social media ads, web ads, and a few UI projects as Design Director for brands like Amazon, Bacardi, Outbrain, Ridgeline, Vans.
March 2020 - United States

Madison

General Art Director

Madison is an Advertising Agency in Costa Rica, born in 2013. We helped two different candidates to be on the presidential chair, Luis Guillermo Solís 2014, and Carlos Alvarado 2018. In 2015 the company became part of Worldwide DDB red media communication. I worked for brands like PAC, Autostar, Renault, Davivienda, Jacks, Cerveceria de Costa Rica, Cerveceria del Centro, Universidad Fidélitas, Gutis, Mabe, Deportivo Saprissa, Procomer, Marca País, Spik UP, Centro Cultural Norteamericano, City Mall, Agua Cristal, Quiznos, Teriyaki, Smash Burger, KFC and developing different projects for other clients.
November 2013 - February 2020 Costa Rica

ORSON

General Art Director

Orson is a Digital Agency, dedicated to the Digital Content and Web. We worked in the 2018 elections and help Carlos Alvarado to become president. I worked for brands like PAC, Mc Donald’s, Davivienda, Cerveceria de Costa Rica, UCIMED, Gutis, Laica, Doña María, Zukra, Natuvia, Lif, Numar, Grupo Gente, Beto, Multimoney, AMPM and developing different projects for other clients.
December 2018 - Costa Rica

TribuDDB

Art Director

I worked as Art Director for almost 6 years. In 2011 I was awarded in Cannes Lions Festival, Press Category. Clients: UNICEF, Movistar, Cargill, BAC, Credomatic, Sony Ericsson, RACSA, Grupo Kativo, Clorox, Audi, Breddy, Alcatel, Universidad Latina, and other clients.
February 2008 - November 2013 Costa Rica

Leo Burnett

Senior Designer

I worked as a Senior Designer for the client Phillip Morris, Centroamerica y Caribe for accounts like Marlboro, Derby, Diplomat, Rubios, Next, Líder, and other brands of the Region.
January 2007 - February 2008 Costa Rica

SMART Publicidad

Art Director, Senior Desginer

January 2006 - January 2007 Costa Rica

Spiro Design

Designer

March 2004 - January 2006 Costa Rica

Awards

Cannes Lions

Bronce Press Retail Stores

2011

Ojo De Iberoamérica

Oro: grafica Comercios al público, tiendas y supermercados

2011

Ojo De Iberoamérica

Plata: PRODUCCIÓN GRAFICA Mejor Ilustración

2011

Ojo De Iberoamérica

Bronce: PRODUCCIÓN GRAFICA Mejor Ilustración

2011

Festival Jade, Antigue Guatemala

Oro: Diseño/Ilustración

2011

Festival Jade, Antigua Guatemala

Oro: Afiches exteriores

2011

Festival Jade, Antigua Guatemala

Oro: Tecnicas Prensa Ilustración

2011

Festival Jade, Antigua Guatemala

Plata: Afiches/Exteriores

2011

Festival Jade, Antigua Guatemala

Bronce: Campaña Prensa/Comercios al público

2011

Festival Jade, Antigua Guatemala

2 Bronces: Prensa/Comercios al público Russel

2011

Festival Caribe Panamá

Oro: Campañas

2012

Festival Caribe Panamá

2 Oros: Alimentos, comidas, lácteos, golisnas y snacks

2012

Festival Caribe Panamá

Plata: Comercios al público

2012

Festival Caribe Panamá

Bronce: Medios Alternos, POP

2012

Festival Jade, Antigua Guatemala

Oro: Dirección de Arte Ilustración

2010

Festival Caribe Panamá

Plata: Comercios al público

2010

Festival Volcán

Grand Prix Gráfica

2011

Festival Volcán

Oro: Campaña

2012

Festival Volcán

Oro: Hogar / Oficina / Electrónica

2012

Festival Volcán

Oro: Negocios al publico

2011

Festival Volcán

3 Oros: Dirección de Arte Ilustración

2011

Festival Volcán

Plata: Campañas

2011

Festival Volcán

Plata: Negocios al publico

2011

Festival Volcán

Plata: Dirección de Arte Ilustración

2010

Festival Volcán

Bronce: Negocios al Público: Universidad Latina Gigantes

2012

Festival Volcán

2 Bronces: Hogar / Oficina / Electrónica

2012

Festival Volcán

Bronce Dirección de Arte Fotografía

2011

Festival Volcán

Bronce: Viral OSA

2010

Festival Volcán

Bronce: Dirección de Arte Fotografía OSA

2010

Festival Volcán

Bronce: Dirección de Arte Ilustración

2010

Pregonero De Bronce

Oro Campaña

2011

Pregonero

Oro Prensa

2011

Festival Volcán

Oro: Fecha Especial Unicef

2008

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Brand Development, Digital Photography, Drawing, Illustration, Photography,