Susana Albuquerque is Uzina’s Executive Creative Director, a Portuguese independent agency based in Lisbon. She’s also the president of the Portuguese Creative Club.

In Uzina, she works for brands like Aldi, Ikea, Samsung, and Nespresso, among other local brands.

She’s been working in advertising for more than 20 years, mostly in Lisbon and also in Madrid. She moved back to Lisbon in 2017.

She has led creative work that was awarded in local and international festivals, and she’s been a jury for Cannes Lions (2005 and 2013), NY Festivals (2014) , ADC (2017), One Show (2019), Golden Drum (2018), El Sol (2005), El Ojo (2009), ADCE (2013), Gerety Awards (2021), LIA (2021) and D&AD (2021).

She was elected nº1 Executive Creative Director in Portugal in 2022 in the Portuguese creative rankings. Uzina was Independent agency of the year 2021 in Portugal according to El Ojo de Iberoamerica.

What moves her most as a professional is to create work that people care about.