Portuñol is a lead agency powered by Latin talent, specialized in building mid- and long-term brand growth through solid strategy and disciplined creative execution.
With a solid proven methodology and experience, we’ve worked with global brands like Google, Apple, Teka, Mitsubishi and Tramontina, and have helped create and grow more than 25 brand platforms across industries.
One of the most distinctive aspects of Portuñol is the level of trust and commitment we bring to every project. Our attention to detail, strategic rigor, and creative depth often go beyond the traditional agency-client relationship.
In fact, some of our clients have become our business partners — a testament to the value we co-create together.
Manaco Spa (Mazatlán), Totally 4 Fitness (Miami), TUGA (Mexico City), Multip.ai and Kredicasa (Mexico City) are just a few examples of brands that started as clients and evolved into collaborative ventures.
Projects that inspire and challenge us.
Clients who believe in growing — and building — together.
We thrive when collaboration is deep, ambition is shared, and the work has meaning.
If you’re looking to take your brand to the next level with strategy, creativity and a little Latin ingenuity — we’re all in.
He is passionate about the creative process, which he has studied and practiced since his Master in Arts from Middlesex University in London.
This Portuguese artist, trained in Product Design, arrived in Mexico 23 years ago and has participated in different creative industries as an Art Director at international agencies such as Terán TBWA and DDB, and as co-founder and/or partner of furniture design startups such as Tuga and Siubiera, technology startups such as Hito and Kuéntame de tu Negocio, and the communications startup Tanque Group, where he dedicated 16 years of his creativity to the growth and co-helped develop one of the most respected independent agencies in the country.
Today, he leads Portuñol, a gathering of professionals with vast experience in the creative field, ready to apply their talent and passion to brands seeking creativity, commitment, discipline, and, above all, Latin ingenuity.
Darío is passionate about the visual arts. He has a degree in advertising and is a specialist in neurology and neuroaesthetics applied to the visual arts and literature from the National Center for the Arts in Mexico. He has worked as an art director for more than 15 years with different responsibilities and brands such as Google, Möet & Chandon, Cinépolis, Tramontina, American School Foundation, and Sanofi, and has produced events for TEDx, the British Council, A&E Networks, and YouTube. He was also an image consultant for Oxfam International's Latin American and Caribbean creative laboratory and served as art director for Mexico's creative circle, among other occupations.
His interest in continuous learning and the search for resources to create in his different projects has led him to acquire a robust range of skills: art direction, production, photography, editorial design, corporate image development, branding and personal image, editing, animation, illustration, and sculpture are some of his areas of continuous practice.
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