DIGÃO Azevedo

Creative Director / Art Director / Illustrator / Generative AI

Dig, Digs, Digolino, Digones

Digão by Digão

I'm a Creative Director with more than a decade developing creative and advertising projects, most of them in sports. It's a territory that demands a sharp read: understanding fan passion, reacting to a calendar that shifts with every result, and turning unpredictable moments into coherent campaigns and brand platforms. A daily training in strategy, speed and sensitivity that I bring to any category.

Alongside End to End, I created and helped bring to life projects such as Flamengo's Manto da Nação, a Guinness World Records holder; Atlético's Manto da Massa, the best-selling collaborative jersey case; Jogando Junto, which put Grêmio and Inter on the same side for the first time in over a century; Camisa Zero, the first number 0 shirt in Brazilian football; Torcida de Ouro, for the Brazilian Olympic Committee; Pelé in the Dictionary, for sportv, where I led the art direction; among many other projects for major national and international clients.

Since 2022 I've worked on Palmeiras' Avanti and Atlético's Galo na Veia, fan membership programs that account for a significant share of the clubs' revenue, which we helped establish as the biggest in Brazil, trading first and second place in the national ranking throughout the period. I also worked with Grêmio during its all-time high, with more than 120,000 members in 2023, and created Paixão Crônica, the platform for the 10th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's Sócio Gigante.

Creative direction never took me away from the drawing board. I think through the strategy, write the concept and keep my hands on the work: art direction, illustration, branding, visual systems and generative AI direction applied to films and campaigns.

Outside the brief, I'm fueled by comics, pop culture, humor, football and a bit of coffee. Almost every good idea I've ever had started in one of these places.

Track record

Projects created as a team, alongside End to End.

From my head into the world

Work

Each project is a universe. Pick your door.

Manto da Nação — Flamengo

Flamengo

Manto da Nação

The world's biggest fanbase designed, chose and wore its own jersey. And made it into the Guinness World Records.

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Razão e Doideira — Atlético Mineiro

Atlético Mineiro

Razão e Doideira

The year Galo na Veia stopped being a ticket program and became an identity.

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Paixão Crônica — Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama

Paixão Crônica

10 years of Sócio Gigante. A condition with no cure, because it was never a problem.

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Pelé in the Dictionary — sportv

sportv

Pelé in the Dictionary

The day "Pelé" officially became a synonym for "the best".

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Palmeiras at the Club World Cup — Palmeiras

Palmeiras

Palmeiras at the Club World Cup

From 1951 to 2025. A letter that travels across generations.

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Bahia — 2024 Visual System — Esporte Clube Bahia

Esporte Clube Bahia

Bahia — 2024 Visual System

One club, one campaign, sixteen brands. All vibrating on the same frequency.

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Torcida de Ouro — Comitê Olímpico do Brasil

Comitê Olímpico do Brasil

Torcida de Ouro

How Brazil overtook the United States and became the most-followed Olympic committee in the world on Instagram.

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Camisa Zero — Grêmio

Grêmio

Camisa Zero

The first number 0 shirt in Brazilian football. And the only goal that matters during Carnival.

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Avanti 23/24/25 — Palmeiras

Palmeiras

Avanti 23/24/25

Three season campaigns that helped turn Avanti into the biggest fan membership program in Brazil.

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Lifestyle Pinheiros — Esporte Clube Pinheiros

Esporte Clube Pinheiros

Lifestyle Pinheiros

Wear what moves you. A collection launched before it existed.

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Manto da Massa — Atlético Mineiro

Atlético Mineiro

Manto da Massa

Five editions, more than 400,000 jerseys. The biggest collaborative jersey case in Latin America.

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A Força de Ser Pinheiros — Esporte Clube Pinheiros

Esporte Clube Pinheiros

A Força de Ser Pinheiros

A concept and a visual system so that Latin America's biggest multi-sport club speaks with a single voice.

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Jogando Junto — Grêmio e Internacional

Grêmio e Internacional

Jogando Junto

For the first time in over a century, Grêmio and Inter played on the same side.

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Noites de Galo — Atlético Mineiro

Atlético Mineiro

Noites de Galo

The jersey money can't buy. Only Forte e Vingador members get to wear it.

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Torça como uma palestrina — Palmeiras

Palmeiras

Torça como uma palestrina

A social experiment and a mini doc about who football pictures when it thinks of a fan.

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SurFEM — WSL

WSL

SurFEM

Nothing will stop us.

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Com preconceito não tem jogo — CBV

CBV

Com preconceito não tem jogo

Brazilian volleyball took prejudice off the air.

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Allianz Parque, 10 Years — Allianz Parque

Allianz Parque

Allianz Parque, 10 Years

The decade of a stadium that became a city.

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Zap do Canarinho — CBF

CBF

Zap do Canarinho

Chama no Zap! The Brazil national team's mascot on the country's most-used app.

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Activate World Cup Mode — sportv

sportv

Activate World Cup Mode

Two street activations calling on the whole country to get into the 2022 World Cup spirit.

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Paris Is on sportv — sportv

sportv

Paris Is on sportv

An illustrated booth announcing, ten months before the Games, where the most complete coverage of Paris 2024 would be.

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The toolbox

Skills

All of this fits inside one creative.

Creative directionBranding & brand platforms360 campaignsArt directionIdentity & visual systemsIllustration & caricatureConcept art & storyboardScriptwriting & film directionLive marketing & sponsorship activationKits & productAI art direction & AI filmmakingAI creative workflow

The industry noticed

Recognition earned alongside talented creative teams.

Been on my drawing board

Clients

Clubs

Federations & leagues

Arenas

Brands

Apparel

The door is open

Let's talk

Open to connections, collaborations and creative challenges that value the power of sport, culture and communication.

digaoazevedoartes@gmail.com