Professional portfolio Paraíso, Cartago, Costa Rica

Adrián D. Bonilla

Design and creative strategy that solves business goals.

Seven-plus years creating visual strategies, digital campaigns and multimedia content for results-driven agencies and brands — from brief to paid media, with clear processes and metrics.

Graphic & Advertising Designer
  • 7+ years of experience
  • 50+ accounts managed
  • 70+ brands & clients
About me

Seven years turning design into results

Portrait of Adrián D. Bonilla

I hold a degree in Advertising Design with technical training in Graphic Design. Since 2018 I have worked across agencies, brands and independent projects, developing visual strategies, digital campaigns and multimedia content.

My foundation is both artistic and technical: design principles, systems and structures, advanced command of Adobe Creative Suite, and artificial intelligence integrated into ideation, concept development, design and video editing.

I have managed more than 50 commercial accounts and led multidisciplinary creative teams, coordinating production, client communication and campaign execution in both remote and on-site environments.

7+
years of experience
50+
accounts managed
70+
brands & clients
Roles
  • Advertising Designer
  • Media Buyer
  • Account Manager
  • Social Media Strategist
  • Digital Animator
  • Creative Direction
Education
  • BA in Advertising Design — Universidad LCI Veritas, 2024
  • Graphic Design Technician — Domestika, 2022
  • Cybersecurity Technician — Tecnológico de Costa Rica, in progress
  • Copywriting Technician — Domestika, 2023
  • Motion Graphics Technician — Crehana, 2022
  • Product Photography Technician — Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2020
  • Logo Design Technician — Crehana, 2019
  • Web Design | UX UI Technician — Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2018
Brands I have worked with

Eddie Bauer Costa Rica · FIFCO · Imperial · Banco Promerica · Café 1820 · Numar · Nación Sushi · Quarzo Tecnología · Municipalidad de Pococí · Mulailah Gastropub · Distrito 11 · URBN · Pragmático CR · Coco Estudio · 7Fishing · 19 89 Arquitectura · Alore Parfums · Angélica Vargas · Beauty Bleanch · Café Suwó · Café Utopía · Car Adviser · Carnes Selecta · Carnicería San Francisco · Casa Avellanas · Con Sabor a Melón · Constructora Murcia · Danzante · Diego Soto · Dushi Salon · EcoGuard · Epic Store · Essentium · Ester's Place · Ferremarket · Fire Monkey · Herzog · Hija de Luna · Hydrafit · Jorge Calderón · Jugos Fika · KL Creaciones · Kuma Pet Shop · La Porketa · Mediworks · Moto Repuestos Tribu · Move Car Detail · Mundo Emblemas · Nexalab · Nutrimarce · OdontoCR · Old Chevy · Orion Logix · Physiozone · Pirámide · Publistudio CR · Racing League · Repuestos La Tribu · Repuestos Universal · Reset Studio · Reuben Care · Road to Fit · Selva Viva · Spora · Superior Quick Parts · Supernova · Swell · Taller Billy · Toque Celestial · Urban God · Yeyos Restaurant · Zomera Foods

How I think

Design is a tool for solving business problems. Before opening any program I understand the context: what the brand sells, who it speaks to and what result it expects. Every visual decision — a typeface, a frame, a message — answers to a commercial objective, not to a trend. Aesthetics matter, but always in service of strategy.

How I work

With repeatable processes that sustain quality as volume grows: brief, diagnosis, proposal, production with quality control and performance measurement. I integrate artificial intelligence into ideation and production to gain speed, but the judgment — what gets approved, what gets discarded and why — always comes from the designer. I work equally well remotely or on site, solo or coordinating a team.

What I solve

Brand, communication and conversion problems: identities that need a coherent visual system, businesses that want to sell more through campaigns and social content, pieces that call for motion graphics, and paid media that must justify itself with KPI analysis. From the first sketch to the results report: the work is done when the numbers back it up.

Projects

Workspaces

Five workspaces — agencies, brands and independent practice — and the businesses I have worked with inside each one.

Experience

Professional background

  1. Advance — Ian Kupfer's agency

    Advertising Designer · Media Buyer · Account Manager

    November 2025 – July 2026

    Advertising design, content and paid media for SMBs at a remote agency, leading the team's creative flow.

    Responsibilities
    • Advertising design, audiovisual content and organic strategy for SMB accounts
    • Coordination of the team's creative flow: briefs, review and approval of deliverables
    • Planning and management of Meta Ads, Google Ads and TikTok Ads campaigns with KPI analysis
    • Direct client advisory and quality control of deliverables
    Achievements
    • More than 50 SMB accounts managed simultaneously
    • Seven-person creative team coordinated throughout the operation
    • Repeatable production and approval processes adopted by the team
    Tools
    • Adobe Creative Suite
    • Meta Ads
    • Google Ads
    • TikTok Ads
    • Monday.com
    • Notion
    View workspace in the portfolio →
  2. Lagé — Oscar Molina's agency

    Social Media Strategist · Digital Animator

    2024 – April 2026

    Communication strategies, motion graphics and audiovisual pieces for commercial and corporate accounts.

    Responsibilities
    • Communication and content strategies for accounts such as Eddie Bauer Costa Rica and Quarzo Tecnología
    • Digital campaign concepts and production of motion graphics and audiovisual pieces
    • Logo animation for the agency's portfolio
    • Reports and recommendations connecting visual execution with performance
    Achievements
    • Eddie Bauer Costa Rica launch (February 2026): 564,083 people reached, 1,131,832 impressions and 34,523 visits
    Tools
    • After Effects
    • Premiere Pro
    • Illustrator
    • Photoshop
    • Meta Ads
    • CapCut
    View workspace in the portfolio →
  3. Mulailah Gastropub

    Graphic Designer · Creative Direction

    2021 – 2024

    Visual direction of the brand for three years: campaigns, events and promotional content.

    Responsibilities
    • Visual direction of campaigns, events and promotional content
    • Design of graphic systems for social media, commercial communication and point of sale
    • Care for consistency between identity, photography, messages and brand experience
    Achievements
    • A coherent, recognizable identity through three years of continuous promotional activity
    Tools
    • Illustrator
    • Photoshop
    • InDesign
    • Lightroom
    View workspace in the portfolio →
  4. Distrito 11

    Advertising Designer · Brand Strategy

    2020 – 2022

    Promotional campaigns and digital content for positioning, events and commercial communication.

    Responsibilities
    • Design of promotional campaigns and digital content for positioning and events
    • Adaptation of the brand's visual language to multiple formats
    Achievements
    • A visual language with hierarchy, recognition and coherence across every format
    Tools
    • Illustrator
    • Photoshop
    • InDesign
    View workspace in the portfolio →
  5. Freelance

    Graphic & Advertising Designer

    2018 – present

    Independent identity, advertising design and digital content projects on commission.

    Responsibilities
    • Identity, advertising design and digital content projects for SMBs, institutions and consumer brands
    • Collaboration with development and production teams on multidisciplinary projects
    Achievements
    • A network of recurring clients built over more than seven years of independent practice
    Tools
    • Adobe Creative Suite
    • Figma
    • CapCut
    View workspace in the portfolio →
Services

What I can do for your business

  1. Branding & visual identity

    Art direction, branding and identity: visual systems with clear rules that make a brand recognizable at every touchpoint.

    • Visual identity
    • Graphic systems
    • Logo animation
    • Art direction
  2. Creative direction

    Coordination of teams and creative workflows: from brief to approval, with repeatable production and quality-control processes.

    • Briefs & concepts
    • Team coordination
    • Quality control
  3. Advertising design & digital content

    Results-driven campaigns and content for social media, commercial communication, editorial pieces and point of sale.

    • Campaigns
    • Social media content
    • Editorial pieces
    • Point of sale
  4. Motion graphics & video

    Animation, motion graphics and video post-production designed for each platform's format and rhythm.

    • Motion graphics
    • Digital animation
    • Editing & post-production
  5. Paid media & content strategy

    Planning and management of Meta, Google and TikTok Ads campaigns, aligning commercial goals, content and segmentation with KPI analysis.

    • Media planning
    • Segmentation
    • KPI analysis
    • Reporting
Tools

Software & tools

Adobe Creative Suite
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
  • InDesign
  • After Effects
  • Premiere Pro
  • Lightroom
UI & video design
  • Figma
  • CapCut
Artificial intelligence
  • Adobe Firefly
  • Gemini
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Higgsfield
Digital advertising
  • Meta Ads
  • Google Ads
  • TikTok Ads
Management & collaboration
  • Jira
  • Notion
  • Monday.com
Contact

Let's talk.

A project, a brand or a campaign in mind? Write me and we can talk it through.