Team draft
CEO & Founder
Clarissa Gainey
Clarissa is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (carioca), and she’s a naturalized American. She’s lived in the U.S. since 2006 and she loves being with her family and friends. She has a Bachelor in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Graphic Design, from Georgia State University. She’s been a Professor of Graphic Design for the past 10 years, and as a Designer, she’s worked for local and multinational companies like Cartoon Network and The Fox Theatre Institute in Atlanta. In 2019, Clarissa created a free, monthly event for Brazilian children to gather and watch movies with Portuguese audio. This event brought a great sense of belonging and community to the children and their parents. This event was the starting point to create Bossa Creative LLC.
Clarissa Gainey
CEO, Founder and Creative Director
Clarissa is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aka carioca), and she’s a naturalized American. She’s lived in the U.S. since 2006 and she loves being with her family and friends. She has a Bachelor in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Graphic Design, from Georgia State University. She’s been a Professor of Graphic Design for the past 10 years, and as a Designer, she’s worked for local and multinational companies like Cartoon Network and The Fox Theatre Institute in Atlanta. In 2019, Clarissa created a free, monthly event for Brazilian children to gather and watch movies with Portuguese audio. This event brought a great sense of belonging and community to the children and their parents. This event was the starting point to create Bossa Creative LLC.
Expertise: Logo, Branding System, Website, Print Collateral, Packaging, Typography, Conceptualization, Visual Communication, Psychology of Color & Semantics
Thiago Lopes
Chief Growth Officer
Thiago was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and loves innovation, start-ups and helping others. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from ESPM-RIO and has worked in the digital strategic field since 2012. He’s worked for Universal Music, Collact, Stone.co, among other companies. He had his first start-up in 2016 and currently, he’s a partner in a digital strategy agency called Mindblowing.
Expertise: Digital Marketing Strategy, Funnel, Social Ads, User Experience, Business Development, Data Driven Optimizations
COO
Bel Loupin
Bel was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and loves to laugh so hard to the point of tearing up. She’s an Advertising Copywriter with a Bachelor’s degree from ESPM-RIO and has a Master’s degree in Business Communications. She’s worked for major companies in Brazil like Lojas Americanas, Unimed Rio, Sheraton, ESPM, Record TV among others. As a Copywriter, she uses words to share experiences, acknowledge stories, encourage people and transform realities.
Bel Loupin
VP of Content and Copywriting
Bel was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and loves to laugh so hard to the point of tearing up. She’s an Advertising Copywriter with a Bachelor’s degree from ESPM-RIO and has a Master’s degree in Business Communications. She’s worked for major companies in Brazil like Lojas Americanas, Unimed Rio, Sheraton, ESPM, Record TV among others. As a Copywriter, she uses words to share experiences, acknowledge stories, encourage people and transform realities.
Expertise: Advertising and Content Creation
Vinicius Monteiro
Chief Strategy Officer
Vinicius was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He loves music, TV shows and movies, and he’s always in tune with the latest trends in the digital world. He’s got a bachelor degree in Marketing and two MBAs: one in Communications, Events and Business Management, as well as an International Digital Marketing Certification from the Digital Marketing Institute in Dublin. He has a broad experience in large events productions, and has served clients such as: Rock In Rio, CCXP SP, Game XP, among others. Currently, he’s a partner at Mindblowing, a digital strategy agency.
Expertise: Digital Marketing Strategy, Marketing, Planning, Events production and Social Ads.