About us
We are Dany & Patan.
Born in Argentina, living in Miami.
Passionate about technology, innovation, and storytelling.
Dreamers. Curious. Always making things happen.
With 20+ years in the ad industry, we've led VML,
managing 500+ creatives from Argentina to Miami.
We worked for brands like Coca-Cola, Movistar, Nestlé, and Unilever among others.
We won two Innovation Grand Prix at Cannes Lions in three years
and over 25 Grand Prix globally.
We love building brands making them culturally relevant.
We also take pride in building great teams.
And speaking of pride, you should meet our families.
We are Dany & Patan. Or Patan & Dany.
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Patán Tarazaga
Sebastian, known as “Patan”, is a Creative with more than 20 years of experience delivering best in class creative services to clients worldwide including Amazon, The Coca-Cola Company, Telefonica and Unilever. Patan’s leadership has raised the profile of local, regional and global brands, recognized by more than 700 awards in the last 5 years, including two Innovation Grand Prix at Cannes Lions – in 2021 with Unilever and in 2023 with Augmental. In 2023, the Drum included Patan in their rankings as one of the top 20 CCOs in the world.
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Dany Minaker
Dany Minaker was born and raised in Argentina. He is an multi-award winning creative with 20 years of experience working with global brands. He was named one of the top 20 Chief Creative Officers in the World by The Drum.
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS / AWARDS:
2024 Certificate of Appreciation, Impactful City Campaign, Award given By Steven Meiner Miami Beach Mayor.
2024 Gold at Cannes Lions, Movistar This Is Not a Game.
2024 Gold at Cannes Lions, Asdra Absurd Promises.
2023 Grand Prix, Mouth Pad, Cannes Lions Festival.
2022 Most Awarded Agency of Argentina, FIAP, WT Arg.
2022 Agency of the Year, Creative Pool, WT Arg.
2022 Agency of the Year, Unilever Awards WT Arg.
2022 Agency of the Year, MMA Smarties, Wunderman Thompson Brazil.2022 Media Grand Prix, Epica Awards, The Pirate Match, DirecTvGo
2022 Grand Prix, Unilever Awards.
2022 Degree Inclusive, winner 4 times at Andy Awards.
2022 Sustainable development pencil, Edina, Waterlight.
2022 Sustainable development pencil, Edina, Waterlight.
2022 NY Festival Best of show Design, Degree Inclusive.
2022 NY Festival WT Agency of Latin-America.
2022 Top 30 best creative CCOs, The Drum.
2022 Most Awarded CCO of the year at Wunderman Thompson, The Drum.
2021 GP Design, GP Innovation, GP Sound production at El Ojo de Iberoamérica.
2021 Mobile Marketing Association, Agency of the year.
2021 El Dorado, Titanium, Edina, Waterlight.
2021 LIA, Best agency & Network of Latam.
2021 Cannes Lions, First Argentinian Innovation GP, Unilever, Degree Inclusive.
2021 Cannes Lions, Most innovation network of LatinAmerica.
2021 Mentor at Creative LIAisons Coaching program.
2020 “Influencer of the year”, Creativepool.
2020 Grand Effie Peru and Brand Effie Brasil.
2020 First Latin-American GP at Epica Awards, Sony.
2020 GP Digital & Social at El Ojo de Iberoamerica, Sony.
2020 GP at Echo Latam, F. Huesped, HIV on Agenda.
2019 Cannes Lions, Brand Experience & Activation Jury of Argentina.
2018 Best Digital Creative of Argentina voted by the Advertising industry, Jerry Goldenberg.
2017 GP at Echo Awards, Mercado Libre, Based on Real Feedback.
2013 GP FILM at El Ojo de Iberoamerica, Abinbev, Hurricane Laura.
2013 GP FILM at El Ojo de Iberoamerica, Abinbev, Hurricane Martha.
2013 GP FILM at El Diente, Abinbev, Hurricane Laura.
2013 GP FILM at El Diente, Abinbev, Hurricane Martha.
2015 GP Integrated Campaign at El Diente, Universal Music, Move like Lorde
9 Adweek Project Isaac Awards.
+40 EFFIE Argentina & LATAM.
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