Laura Cortes
- Creative Director
- Canada
- Member since 2021
Hailing from Portugal, Laura’s background as a creative director began at a book publisher designing educational flash games. Since then, she’s grown into a jack-of-all-trades creative, with a body of work expanding from interactive storytelling and innovation into AR and emerging tech. With a truly global outlook, Laura has previously worked for Unit9, Nexus Studios and Jam3, where she developed innovative, award-winning work for brands such as adidas, TikTok, Google, Samsung, eBay, Amazon, Estée Lauder, Pepsi, Netflix and The NFB. Laura has also led the digital department at Warner Bros. Records in the UK, driving digital storytelling and innovation for artists such as Muse, Liam Gallagher, and Dua Lipa.
Passionate about giving back to the community and the industry, Laura mentors multiple programs in Portugal, the UK, and Canada, and provides pro-bono services to nonprofits such as A Woman's Worth and One Cause a Day. She is also the founder of Firecracker Collective, a global collective of female freelance creatives.
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