Award-Winning Senior Art Director & Creative Lead | Paulo Mariano
Paulo Mariano | Senior Art Director & Creative Lead

Paulo Mariano - Senior Art Director & Creative Lead

Visual Storytelling, AI Art, and Integrated Campaigns Portfolio

Paulo Mariano is an award-winning Senior Art Director based in Lisbon, Portugal, working for major European markets including Germany and Spain. Specializing in visual storytelling and generative AI, he has led integrated campaigns for global brands such as Netflix, Emirates, and LIDL. Recognized as one of the 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide by Lürzer's Archive in 2025, his expertise encompasses high-impact visual concepts, photography-driven design, and independent creative lead roles.

 
Direção de Arte e Visual Storytelling — Projeto Coruja Collection AR, Super Bock, ADCE, CCP, Portugal, ideation, design, photography, Creative Director, Art director

CORUJA COLLECTION - AR

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Direção de Arte e Visual Storytelling — Projeto Coruja Collection AR, Super Bock, ADCE, CCP, Portugal, ideation, design, photography, Creative Director, Art director     Direção de Arte e Visual Storytelling — Projeto Coruja Collection AR, Super Bock, ADCE, CCP, Portugal, ideation, design, photography, Creative Director, Art director            Direção de Arte e Visual Storytelling — Projeto Coruja Collection AR, Super Bock, ADCE, CCP, Portugal, ideation, design, photography, Creative Director, Art director

Foster Portuguese urban artists while adding a tech tweak to beer labels.


Coruja means Owl: so we gave the beer wings. How?
With a Special Label Edition with an Augmented Reality feature.

After a much impressive launch in ’18 that turned Coruja (‘owl’) into a leading beer IPA brand based on urban art, we wondered how to strengthen the relationship with the artistic community we brought together to make Coruja more than a brand, but a true urban culture crew. So, in 2020 we launched a new label edition merging physical & digital: 9 artists, 9 illustrated labels in a Coruja Special Collection with AR where consumers can see their owl fly away from the bottle.

ADC*E
Clube Criativos Portugal


MY ROLE / Ideation, Art Direction
WHERE / Solid Dogma
TEAM / Pedro Pires, Ana Castanho, David Cabrita, Hugo Dias
INVITED ARTISTS / Kruella, Mar, Mário Belém, Samina, Mosaik, Caver, Contra, Frame 01, Glam
CLIENT / Super Bock







Direção de Arte e Visual Storytelling — Projeto Coruja Collection AR, Super Bock, ADCE, CCP, Portugal, ideation, design, photography, Creative Director, Art director


9 ARTISTS, 9 ILLUSTRATED LABELS
"Catch them before they fly" was the campaign claim for the launch of this new Coruja Collection, where physical and the digital merge. A Special Collection with AR: from reading a QR Code, the consumer is invited to download an app — via www.colecaocoruja.pt — to see his Owl “fly away” from the bottle’s label.




We brought the 9 artists back together to create a new approach to the guerrilla arts they developed to punctuate the beer’s launch. From them, we created 9 special illustrated labels inserted in a 'collectible' pack, with which is possible to access an augmented reality experience: through this combo, each label and each illustrated Owl comes to life, popping out of the bottle and flying on your smartphone.




SUPERBOCK FESTIVAL // ACTIVATION // PAINT THE OWL






Paulo Mariano | Senior Art Director & Creative Lead

Paulo Mariano - Senior Art Director & Creative Lead

Visual Storytelling, AI Art, and Integrated Campaigns Portfolio


Paulo Mariano is an award-winning Senior Art Director based in Lisbon, Portugal, working for major European markets including Germany and Spain. Specializing in visual storytelling and generative AI, he has led integrated campaigns for global brands such as Netflix, Emirates, and LIDL. Recognized as one of the 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide by Lürzer's Archive in 2025, his expertise encompasses high-impact visual concepts, photography-driven design, and independent creative lead roles.