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I'm Gabi Neves, a Black Brazilian woman, born and raised in the South Zone of São Paulo Capital. Today, I'm based in São Paulo, but I travel throughout Brazil researching popular culture and eating behavior.

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My mission is to inspire, provoke, and position brands,
people, and projects through innovative strategies, enchanting narratives, and experiences connected with the plurality of the world, based on the Methodology of Affection.


I cross science, ancestry, and creativity. I integrate formal knowledge – such as advertising, neuroscience, and Ayurveda (ancient Indian medicine) – with decentralized and pluriversal, futuristic and ancestral knowledge. I believe in the power of knowledge as practice, listening to people, observing patterns, and circulating through diverse territories.

I organize these learnings into strategies, consultancies,
and content that promote the transformation of imaginaries, recreating ways of seeing and acting in the world.

Today, I work on various fronts as an Independent Strategist; Co-creator at Rede Afeta and Idealizer and Researcher at Bonde Verde.


With affection as a guide, I connect people, ideas, and pluriversal knowledge, generating solutions that promote transformation and innovation.

Recognitions

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  • m-v-f awards - Jury's Choice Winner - SOMA+AKQA & Criolo: Music Video for a Brand or Institution category - "Pretos Ganhando Dinheiro Incomoda Demais" directed by Hanna Batista (2023)

  • Anthem Awards Silver (x2) - SOMA+AKQA: Awards in Hiring Initiative and Corporate Social Responsibility (2023).

  • Voices of the Year - Papel e Caneta - SOMA+AKQA: Recognized at the World Advertising Festival
    of Gramado (2022).

  • Human Rights and Diversity Seal - SOMA+AKQA: Granted by the City Hall of São Paulo (2022).

  • Shortlist Brasil Design Award - Bonde Verde: Finalist project in the ABEDESIGN award (2022).

  • Cannes Lions Silver - Black Business Beats (GUT): Strategic consulting for the award-winning campaign of Mercado Livre (2021).

Brands

Visa, Ambev, 1Mio/Unicef, Bradesco, William Grant & Sons,
Mundial Impala, Hope Intimates, Chilli Beans, FutureBrand,
Dafiti Group, Itaú, Afro Brazil Museum, Greenpeace, Preta Hub.

Skills

Branding and strategic narratives - Planning - Qualitative research and Curation
Impact and Social innovation consulting - Diagnostics and in-depth interviews
Workshops and facilitation of co-creation processes

Work Experience

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  • AKQA (Nov/2021 - Nov/2023)

  • Think Eva (Jan/2019 - Apr/2020)

  • Colletivo Design Studio (Mar/2013 - Jan/2019)

  • Fracta (Apr/2012 - Feb/2013)

  • Chilli Beans - Marketing (Jul/2008 - May/2010)

Education

  • Knowledge Curation (Inesplorato, 2024)

  • Postgraduate Degree in Ayurveda (School of Ancestral Knowledge, 2022)

  • Postgraduate Degree in Neuroscience and Applied Psychology (Mackenzie, 2018)

  • Fashion Business - Short Course (Central Saint Martins, London 2010)

  • Social Communication - Advertising and Propaganda (FAAP, 2009)

Relevant Participations

  • Talk: "New Businesses and Old Experiences: A Black Perspective on the Market" - Kele Insights + Soho House 2024

  • Festival 1Mio Conecta 2023

  • Lugar de Pauta 2023

  • Rio2C 2023 - Talk and moderation

  • Manager and mentor SOMA+ 2023 and 2022

  • Live: Methodologies with Affection, FADERGS 2022

  • Workshop Facilitator: Propulsion Zone / Mídia Ninja 2022

  • Lecture: "How neurocommunication humanizes brands" - Digitalks Expo 2020

  • Mentorship: Perifalions - Strategic Planning 2020

  • Podcasts: Propaganda Não é Só Isso Aí, Elos Afrofuture, Sobre Design by Roy Schulenburg

  • Credicard Zero Campaign: "Zerando O Melhor da Vida"

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