Jaime Mandelbaum has worked across three continents with brands like Adidas, Absolut Vodka, Bel, BBC, BMW, Chanel, Coca-Cola, Danone, Erste Bank, Forbes, Harley Davidson, ING, Lavazza, LG, Marks & Spencer, Nike, Playstation, P&G and Vodafone.​

Born and raised in São Paulo he's the Chief Creative Officer of VML EMEA where he's responsible for overseeing the creative product of the network across all of its European, Middle East and Africa offices, he held the same role at Y&R and was instrumental in driving the award-winning work when Y&R was named EMEA regional network of the year at Cannes 2017. Prior to that he was responsible for Central and Eastern Europe, when Y&R was also the most-awarded network in that region at Cannes Lions 2014 and 2015.​

He is a speaker at innovation and creativity events globally and has been a jury member in all major advertising festivals, in 2018 he was named to the Golden Drum Hall of Fame,. In 2019 he was Jury president of Brand Experience and Activation Lions at Cannes. His works have been continuously awarded at Cannes Lions, ADC New York, The One Show, D&AD, Clios, London International, Eurobest, NY Festivals and ADC Europe. Most recently Jaime was CCO credited on Grand Prix, Outdoor and Gold Film & Healthcare Lions 2025. ​

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