Creative Director Hispanic Market
Nick Mendoza co-founder of Mendoza Dillon & Asociados is a native of Mexico City and was educated in both Mexico and the United States. He is a graduate of the prestigious California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California, with a bachelor degree in Advertising Design.
Nick began his career in Advertising with Jay Chiat & Associates as an Art Director. Young & Rubicam, New York, was his next move where he worked on Good Year, Eastern Airlines and Johnson & Johnson.
As Nick's career blossomed, he gained invaluable experience in the Latin American market as Art Director at Y&R Caracas, Venezuela. Nick spear headed Art Direction on the General Foods, Chrysler and Procter & Gamble accounts among others. To attain further experience in the international Hispanic market, Nick transferred to the Y&R Mexico City office as Creative Director for Frito Lay, Chrysler, J&J, P&G, and others.
Nick returned to California in 1979, where he and Dick Dillon founded Mendoza Dillon & Asociados which went on to become one of the largest Hispanic Agencies in the United States. As partner and Creative Director, Nick developed campaigns for such clients as J&J, Tylenol, Miller Brewing Co, General Foods, Nissan Motors USA, and many others.
In 1985 Nick sold his shares in MD&A and opened his own production company. As a Director he worked on scores of top Hispanic commercials for an elite list of clientele, some of whom include, Miller, Wendy's, Ford, Toyota, Volkswagen, McDonald's, and Burger King.
Over the course of the Nick's career he has won a plethora of Clio's, Belding's, New York Film Festival, and Se Habla Espaņol awards for his work.
You can also find out more about Nick Mendoza and Carmen Gomez at the sister site, MendozaGomez.com.