Team - scaling-davids

"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it."

Senior Pizza Lovers meet honor Scandinavian students who talk less and drive more results.

Andrea

Co-Founder – Head of Growth

08
YEARS EXP.

After spending years making pizzas as a poor student and studying all the languages his brain could keep, Andrea decided that entrepreneurship would have been the best way to fulfill his professional life and bring a positive impact to this world.

He has been the youngest Facebook Employee in Lisbon’s office, and it took a while before his colleagues stopped treating him as a mascotte.

Now he’s leading by example, and learning a lot along the way.

STRENGTHS
– Muscle-ups.
– Tiramisù cooking skills.
– Chief Problem Solver

WEAKNESSES
– Can’t end a conversation without a “Ciaoooo”.
– Vocal messages addict.
– Bad Movies Lover (Sharknado anyone?)

Luca

Co-Founder – Head of Service

10
YEARS EXP.

Luca is an Aeronautical Engineer turned into a digital marketing wizard.

He’s a constant traveller, and he says his best decision ever was to leave his engineering career to follow his entrepreneurial spirit.

His other interests include fitness, coffee (rigidly ristretto), psychology, and cooking.

What makes him one of our pillars? Well, we can’t show all our cards before we get to know each other!

STRENGTHS
– Polite Leadership
– Growth-minded
– Always supportive to find solutions

WEAKNESSES
– Clothing&Style
– Pizza
– All-you-can-eat Sushi

Florencia

Creative Director & Brand Identity Designer

19
YEARS EXP.

“Flower-Power”

Flo is a professional creative director with more than 10 years of experience in corporate environments, and more than 8 years of experience as a nomadic freelancer.

Art is a strong pillar of her life, her paintings are decorations that have invaded her home (jump on a Zoom call with her to see proof).

When she’s not leading the design team or painting, you can find her drinking mate or doing Yoga surrounded by her plants.

STRENGTHS
– Obsessed with visual languages, semiotics and compositions
– She’s a people person
– Organization is her second name.

WEAKNESSES
– Needs constant intake of Mate Tea to survive
– Presence: One thing at a time!
– Half deaf! So she really trusts video and sound editors

Usama

Senior Project Manager

06
YEARS EXP.

Sam is our all-day, all-day, all-action project management pro. His schedule makes him a nocturnal rockstar, some call him Dracula, but he doesn’t suck (At anything!).

Originally an engineer turned sales specialist, turned PM. This career path has given him a concise and methodical approach to organizational tasks and getting the tough stuff DONE.

Away from the office, Sam’s at his happiest watching Babar Azam hit a googly for six, or Heung Min Son curl in worldy for his beloved Spurs.

If our business was a cricket team.. He’d definitely by our hard hitting ALL ROUNDER!

STRENGTHS
– Beard styling
– Hairstyling
– Don’t sleep, just work!

WEAKNESSES
– Fine dine restaurants addict.
– Cricket hooligan.

Artur

Senior Digital Strategist

07
YEARS EXP.

Originally from the cold lands of northern Russia, Artur is well known and respected in the team to be the Tzar of Facebook and Google Advertising.

Every time a complicated tech issue comes up, everyone knows Artur will be the Saviour who will turn this complex matter in a walk in a park.

STRENGTHS
– Cold-Blood Ad Killer
– Survives in a land with 24/7 darkness
– Always there to help

WEAKNESSES
– The palest guy in the team
– Excessive use of sentence words.

Hugo

Senior Digital Strategist

07
YEARS EXP.

While Hugo was at university studying advertising, he found love for playing synths in a band and was sure that numbers weren’t for him. He was wrong! Now he is a digital marketing university professor, obsessed with analyzing data and creating music for advertising.

Hailing from Barcelona and has also lived in Peru and the USA. There, he learned about different cultures, ways of communicating and that not everyone in the world loves jamon ibérico (although he still doesn’t understand that).

STRENGTHS
-Analyzing results to plan next steps
-Communicating with team members and clients
–Loud-clapping at celebrations

WEAKNESSES
–Spring & Summer
-Watching all FC Barcelona matches
-Weird flavored chips

Marco

Senior Digital Strategist

06
YEARS EXP.

Marco is 100% Italian, and you’d never think anything different if you get to talk to him.

Somebody calls him the Marco Materazzi of Paid Adv, somebody else “the one who makes magic happen”, nevertheless he’s always ready to turn a poor advertising strategy into a money-making shotgun.

STRENGTHS
– Laptop-Sportslife balance
– Pizza (without pineapple)
– Travel without bringing the laptop with him.

WEAKNESSES
– Hates Profiters
– Hates wasting time
– Pizza (WITH pineapple)

Daniel

Senior Digital Strategist

05
YEARS EXP.

Daniel is originally from the Caribbean, where the sun shines all year round. You can easily see how that reflects on his warmth and easy going attitude.

He comes from a long line of marketing professionals, so the industry runs through his veins. Even though he loves traveling, he also loves creating that special ads strategy to push clients to reach their goals and skyrocket their sales!

His other passions are making electronic music, graphic design, and discovering nice places to eat.

STRENGTHS
–Outside the box thinker
-Can binge-watch a entire season on a day
-Good creative-analytic relation

WEAKNESSES
–Time planner (obsessively)
-Can binge-watch a entire season on a day

Thomas

Copywriter

05
YEARS EXP.

Thomas is our champion of copy and resident British Northerner.
When he’s not searching the net for his latest Supreme or Palace cop, he’s spinning records or writing his latest masterpiece.

His other interests include supporting one of the English Premier League’s worst football teams, drinking inanely expensive coffee, and talking about his favourite kinds of biscuits.

What makes him one of our key talents? We can’t tell you!

STRENGTHS
– Love of Luxury
– Never Misses a Trick
– Copywriting Obsessive Compulsive

WEAKNESSES
– Asthma
– Sunburn
– Adopting Dogs & Cats

Maria Teresa

Graphic Designer

06
YEARS EXP.

One thing you can say about Maria is that she is unique. Unique people have a specialist ability to see things that other people cannot. It’s Maria’s wonderful perspective on life that gives her the ability to design truly great creatives.

She’s our movie and music aficionado, and her abilities are as high as the settings for her favorite movies (SPACE!). Recommendation requests are welcomed! You won’t be disappointed!

In her free time she also likes to make music, asking her pets how their day went and singing like a whale! From time to time, she also designs.

STRENGTHS
– Sunset lover
– Smiley people
– 360° Artist

WEAKNESSES
– Can freak out for the background TV noise
– Hates cruelty in any shape.

Michelle Arria

Graphic Designer

04
YEARS EXP.

Michelle, is from Venezuela and living in Buenos Aires As a Graphic Designer she is a perfectionist to the extreme! Design is everything for her and she strives to make sure every client is totally in love with the work she provides.

She loves to watch videos on instagram of anything from food, design and funny cats/dogs. She might have even had a go at 50% of the recipe she sees on her feed! She’s also a movie and series addict and will provide you with recommendations on request!

STRENGTHS
–Love for To-Do list, been organized
-Finding new places to eat
-OBSESSED WITH SKINCARE

WEAKNESSES
–Not a fan of Pizza (Sorry everyone)
-Too much cold or Too much heat
-Meticulous

Maximo Bach

Graphic Designer

05
YEARS EXP.

Maximo is a designer who strives to solve client’s needs using a wide array of tools, always on the lookout for the next cool software that optimizes his workflow or opens new creative horizons.

Maximo is also really into drawing and that’s totally the only reason why we say he is a sketchy guy. (Not like that). He’s the Scaling David’s resident arm-chair philosopher, sofa athlete, part time artist and full-time nerd.

STRENGTHS
–Thinks he’s decent at karaoke
-Lean, mean, content creation machine
-Knows a suspicious amount of dinosaur facts

WEAKNESSES
–Thinks he’s decent at karaoke
-Can’t do muscle ups (yet)
-Don’t ask him about his knowledge base

Jesica

Audiovisual Designer

06
YEARS EXP.

Jesica lights up our team with her incredible image and sound design, and finds creating beautiful graphics easier than explaining her job to her parents. Her artistic flair and eye for detail gives the cutting-edge flow we need to produce truly special creatives.

Kind and down-to-earth in nature, she’s as happy designing a thoughtful birthday video for a team member as she is creating her next big campaign for a multi-million dollar company.

A cultural media addict, she loves hearing about the next awesome band, artist or amazing series to get excited about! Recommendations at the ready!

STRENGTHS
-Always sees the half-full glass.
-A super-quick problem solver.
-Teamwork Lover

WEAKNESSES
– Math-Hater.
– Need to find Passion in everything she does.
– Gym phobic.

Alessio

Project Manager

02
YEARS EXP.

Alessio brings a whole heap of marketing power to the team and is a key member of Scaling David’s Italian contention. A man with a keen eye for business and having launched several of his own, he knows what it takes to take your brand to superstar heights.

A dog father that’s always on the road, he takes great pride in experiencing and understanding other cultures and ability to bring businesses to the world stage. When he’s not turbocharging one of the client’s campaigns, you’ll find him working out or hiking with friends.

STRENGTHS
–Methodical till I die
-Convinced workaholic
-Benches 140 kgs

WEAKNESSES
–Can’t grow a decent beard
-Eats for 2
-Hyperlinks everything

Michaela

People Manager

05
YEARS EXP.

As a detail-orientated and reliable professional with experience performing a range of general administrative functions (such as keeping the team happy!) while ensuring compliance with regulations and guidelines.

Michaela stands to make an immediate and positive impact.

STRENGTHS
– The fragrance of rain.
– Disney movies
– Waffle and Cheesecakes

WEAKNESSES
– Raisins
– Olives
– Unhappy team members