Xavier G. Del Valle's been working for domestic and multinational advertising agencies in Barcelona, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Helsinki, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris and Rome.
He was Executive Creative Director at K&E, Lintas SSC&B, C&V, Leo Burnett, NCK, FCB, Publicis, Creativos, Grey, Grey Direct, Grey Interactive and XGV.
He's currently XGV's President/CEO, and gives on a regular basis lectures at the Universidad Complutense and the European University of Madrid.
Previously, he taught Creativity and Copywriting at The European University, was in charge of the Communication and Advertising Master of Fine Arts at Tracor Spain, and of the Advertising Copywriting Course at the Spanish Creative Club.
Xavier studied Architecture and Industrial Design, as well as Advertising in Rome and Madrid, speaks and writes Spanish, English, Italian and French, manages a little German, showed paintings and sculptures in the Madrid Modern Art Museum, and did get plenty advertising awards in Spain and worldwide.
He's been jury of the most important National and International Advertising Festivals, including the Spanish Army Web Page Annual Award.
His career means working for major Spanish and multinational advertisers.
He writes on the professional magazines "Anuncios" and "Publicidad", and published a novel in the US: "strawberries".
Xavier loves doing from time to time a bit of fiction writing. He lives in Madrid Spain EU with his wife and their lovely greyhound and golden retriever.
XGV's Genres: Fiction Writing&Advertising Writing
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