Hello! Hola! Bonjour!
My name is Carlos Velasco and I am multidisciplinary, award-winning, overly-caffeinated creative dude based in New York City.
In my 9-5 I’m an Associate Creative Director at GREY, making magic happen on our Social team.
In my 5-9, I do a little of everything from writing about food in national publications to working on short films to day-dreaming about living in Paris.
I’m a storyteller, and I love to explore a variety of disciplines to tell them. In my free time I’m probably doing things like shooting photographs, working on a screenplay, playing with AI, painting… or making parody telenovelas.
Hit me up if you wanna make cool shit together.
GREY, Associate Creative Director
2024 — PRESENT
ACD on the Social Content Team. Primarily focusing on building the social content team discipline with a rockstar team of Creatives and Content Creators and developing original ideas for accounts like Las Vegas Tourism.
University of Nebraska, Adjunct Professor
2025 — PRESENT
I’m an adjunct professor at UNL teaching “Creative Chaos” a course dedicated to the process of creative ideation and iteration.
Edelman, Associate Creative Director - Art
2023 – 2024
I work as an ACD- Art on eBay, creating earned-worthy ideas across verticals ranging from authenticated streetwear, sneakers, luxury goods, watches, autos and collectibles.
Twitter / X, Creative Brand Strategist
2021-2023
Clients that I particularly have loved working for in this role include: WNBA, MTV VMA Awards, The Latin Grammys, Human Rights Campaign, Apple, HBO, EA Games, Netflix, Target, Disney, Prime Video and more.
Awards: Winner, Short Award – Live Video - VMA’s 2021
Silver, Shorty Award – Globalization, VMA’s 2021
Winner, Shorty Award — Twitter Presence, Peacemaker 2021
Saatchi & Saatchi New York, Art Director
2018 – 2021
Primary account: USAA // Additional experience with Olay, HSBC Bank, Walmart, Pampers, Luvs, Crest and Internal projects.
Awards: Silver, Cannes Lion (Glass Category) — Women in Film, 2021
Gold and Silver, Clio Award — Women in Film, 2021
Graphite Pencil - Integrated / D&AD Awards, 2021
Wood Pencil — Press and Outdoor / D&AD Awards, 2021
FCB New York, Freelance Art Director
2018
Primary account: FDA ‘The Real Cost’ // Additional experience with FDA ‘Smokey Bear’, LG Electronics (Television and Audio) and Lincoln Financial
Swanson Russell, Creative Intern
2016-2018
Art Direction for Runza Restaurants, Propane Council, Union Bank and Trust
BFA in Graphic Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2013-2018
Go Big Red! A very fun five years.