My name is Juan Vargas, but you can call me Juan or Vargas whatever you want. I’m a Creative Director & Head of Art with a design background with more than 12 years of experience. Nowadays I’m living, thinking, crying, talking, sketching, partying, cooking, eating, dancing and working in Madrid. Currently being a slave of my cat Maki and doing some healthy stuff at VML in my spare time.

Born and raised in Lima, the capital city of Perú. I grew up among Tarot Readers, Cooks, Flamenco Dancers, Musicians, Artisans, Teachers, Djs, Tailors and had a 3” minutes fame in a famous local TV show for kids from the 90’s named Nubeluz. When that fame was gone I studied graphic design & advertising, and later did a master in fashion photography.

Lived in Lima (obviously), Santiago & Madrid (for now), worked in several renowned creative shops for brands like Lipton (Global), Lays (Global), HSBC (Global), DP World (Global), Tinder (EMEA), Primark (EMEA), GSK, AstraZeneca, Paypal, Hewlett- Packard, Ouigo, Ruavieja, Amstel, Sanitas, PKU, AFA Zamora, Beigene Santander, Alcampo, Comunitat Valenciana, Palau de les Arts, Kraft, Heinz, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Chilean National Office for Emergency and others.




EXPERIENCE*

CURRENTLY
VML (2024, NOW)

PREVIOUSLY
D&V
VMLY&R/HEALTH
WE ARE SOCIAL/AMSTERDAM
EDELMAN/EMEA
HAVAS
SERVICEPLAN
RAYA
TBWA\
BBDO
DOUBLEYOU
SHACKLETON
AND SOME DESIGN STUDIOS


FAV COFFEE SHOPS*

CLIMA CAFECITO
WATTS CANTINA
DOT CAFÉ
FEDERAL CAFÉ
ACID BAKEHOUSE
PUM PUM BAKERY
ETUAL CAFÉ
OSOM COFFEE
HOLA COFFEE

AWARDS*

D&AD
2X WOOD, 2X IN-BOOK

ONE SHOW
1X SILVER, 2X MERIT, 1X IN-BOOK, 
6X SHORTLIST

CANNES LIONS
2X SHORTLIST

CLIOS
1X GOLD, 1X SILVER, 1X SHORTLIST

OJO DE IBEROAMÉRICA
1X BEST COUNTRY IDEA, 1X GOLD, 1X SILVER, 
6X BRONZE, 8X SHORLIST

EL SOL
1X GOLD, 3X BRONZE, 4X SHORTLIST

CLUB DE CREATIVOS 
3X IN-BOOK

EPICA
1X SILVER, 1X IN-BOOK

WINA
2X GRAND PRIX. 1X GOLD, 2X BRONZE

CHILEAN DESIGN BIENNIAL
AWARDED AND FEATURED PROJECT

GERMAN DESIGN AWARDS

NOMINEE



Feel free to get in touch (dosvecesvargas@gmail.com) for enquiries, collabs, additional info.

Also you can stalk me in LinkedIn or Instagram.