Strategic Visioning, Creative Leadership & Impactful Design Aesthetics
Versatile Expertise: Bridging the Gap Between People, Brands, and Storytelling.
Welcome 👋🏽 I'm Julio Lucas, a seasoned brand strategist and creative leader with over 20 years of experience helping businesses thrive. Across my career I've partnered with 130 brands worldwide, contributing to hundreds of millions in revenue growth through impactful creative strategies, targeted marketing tactics, and innovative storytelling.
My journey across industries has shaped my ability to analyze complex brand challenges and deliver engaging, effective solutions. I specialize in blending emerging technologies with a deep understanding of human behavior to develop strategies that connect and inspire.
Throughout my career, I've led and nurtured diverse global teams, producing award-winning, customer-centric solutions. By combining the reliability of traditional methods with the agility of modern, interactive approaches, I focus on creating strategies that drive measurable results and lasting impact.
A concise showcase of art, design, and strategic creative direction within solo and collaborative projects.
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Beyond my roles in strategic business leadership and mentorship, my deepest passion lies in engaging directly with the creative process. Creativity is more than a skill — it’s a driving force that shapes my work, my personal pursuits, and my approach to storytelling.
My creative journey is deeply personal, rooted in a lifelong exploration of diverse disciplines like design, interactive communications, art, writing, sculpting, and photography. Each medium allows me to express thoughts, visions, and narratives in meaningful ways. Whether I’m sketching an idea, composing a song, or refining a visual concept, creativity is how I bring ideas to life.
Music has become a powerful extension of that journey — a medium that taps into my core as both a storyteller and artist. Whether writing lyrics, exploring melodies, or blending genres, music allows me to translate emotions and ideas into experiences that resonate deeply with others.
While I’ve explored realms like 3D animation and Augmented Reality, I’m especially fascinated by the evolving potential of Artificial Intelligence. The intersection of human creativity and machine intelligence sparks endless opportunities to tell stories, build experiences, and craft innovative solutions.
This creative journey is one of constant discovery — a relentless pursuit of growth fueled by curiosity and a passion for learning. Each new medium, project, or collaboration is an opportunity to expand my skills, embrace new ideas, and connect with others through the universal language of creativity.
I believe the joy of creation is boundless — and I’m committed to exploring its endless possibilities, one idea at a time.
Proudly supported global brands & clients.
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Trusted by 130 Brands (and Counting)
Across 130 brands and two decades of collaboration, I’ve explored industries as diverse as the ideas behind them — from outdoor adventure, healthcare, and tech to music, retail, and hospitality. My work has touched nearly every corner of the creative and commercial landscape, including advertising, marketing, telecommunications, education, interior design, app development, government, event production, restaurants, motorsports, faith-based organizations, and more. Each collaboration has sharpened my instincts and deepened my understanding of what truly moves people. Whether building a brand from the ground up, offering strategic leadership, or scaling a global campaign, I’ve learned to adapt, lead, and deliver powerful strategies that resonate across industries and audiences.
💻 Technology & Telecommunications
Strategic partnerships with global innovators and infrastructure leaders in tech and connectivity.
Brands:
Beyond Tech Comm · Cisco · CTC Technology Energy · Google · IBE International Barter Exchange · InView Systems · KVR Solutions · Network in a Box · Netwise · Novatech · Pasteur Computer Repair · Qualcomm · Ricoh · Sonim
📱 Application & Digital Platforms
Supporting tech startups and mobile platforms in launching standout digital experiences.
Brands:
Biz Barcode · Scansquare · Vivino app
💪 Health, Wellness & Medical
Partnering with healthcare providers, fitness brands, and medical innovators.
Brands:
Boheme · Elevate Surgical Co. · ENCI · Florida Hospice and Palliative Care · Fusion Hair · FuelBelt · Natural Immunogenics · Perfect Fitness · Sarasota Healthplex · Sarasota Surgical Arts · Spa Renity · Spenco · Tidewell · TriggerPoint
🌄 Outdoor, Sports & Adventure
Deep roots in the adventure, overlanding, gear, and action-sport spaces.
Brands:
Adkin to Dive · Allen Company · Baffin · Balega · Bowswim · Callaway · Get Bit · Harbinger · ICETrekkers · Marine 1 Solutions · Pro Dive Charters · RockTape · Save a Surf · SCUBAPRO · SKLZ · STNGR · Yaktrax
🛍️ Consumer Goods & Retail Products
From everyday gear to lifestyle brands, driving product awareness and loyalty.
Brands:
Airplus · Apara · Aztec Empire Books · Case by Case · Dolce Diamond · DryGuy · FitDeck · Implus · Little Hotties · Lucas Fabrication · MaxxDry · Octo Club · Paddock Mall (A Simon Mall) · Penguin · Sneaker Balls · Sof Comfort · Sof Sole · STABIL · Total Air Solutions · Turtle T's · Yamaha
🎨 Creative Agencies, Media & Marketing
Brand storytelling, creative strategy, and campaign development with creative firms and content leaders.
Brands:
Be Creative USA · Creating A Ripple Effect · Cut 2 Creative · Demand Exposure · Follow The Lead · Home Caption · Human Lions · iHeart Radio (formerly Clear Channel Communications) · Maverick Johnson · SYINC · TCMP - The Collective Management Partners · TODO
🎓 Education, Government & Nonprofits
Creative solutions for public institutions, nonprofit impact storytelling, and educational outreach.
Brands:
ICE International Customs Enforcement · Iglesia La Vid Verdadera · Institute for Public Policy and Leadership · Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast · Treasures Thrift Shop · University of South Florida
🍽️ Hospitality, Food & Beverage
Flavor meets story—bringing restaurants, chefs, and specialty food brands to life.
Brands:
Cali-Love · Chef Co. · Coasters on the Water · Convenient Food Mart · Mixon's Groveside Market · Orange Octopus · Posh 27 · Rasher Tierney's · Red Lobster · Sarasota Brewing Co. · Smoking Martini · The Cheese Boutique · Two Señoritas Restaurant
🛢️ Oil, Gas & Energy
Fueling brands that fuel the world.
Brands:
Eastside Chevron · Green Monster - Energy
🎭 Entertainment, Events & Culture
Supporting lifestyle, events, music, and cultural storytelling.
Brands:
Desoto Rib Fest · Future Humans · HDHS Seafood Festival · Renegade · Wing Ding
🏢 Real Estate, Legal & Home Services
Helping people find home, navigate law, and improve their spaces.
Brands:
All Appliance Parts · Ambient Air · Flavia Maids · Janbury · Kingshore Windows · Standley Escobar Attorneys at Law
👔 Professional Services & Recruitment
Brand strategy and creative direction for firms shaping careers and consulting landscapes.
Brand:
Human Capital Pursuits
🧱 Architecture, Building & Construction
Elevating design and construction brands from foundation to finish.
Brands:
Divine Interiors · Kingshore Windows · Murray Homes · Surveyors On Site · Verly
🐾 Animal, Lifestyle & Equestrian
Animal-focused and lifestyle brands with a personal touch.
Brands:
Azpurua Stables · The Meowdists
✈️ Travel & Adventure Tourism
Campaigns and creative for the wanderers, explorers, and travel brands they love.
Brands:
Found Lost (Adventure travel company) · SRQ International Airport
Recent International and National Awards in Advertising, Marketing, and Photography amidst decades of achievement.
Recent Select Awards & Achievements:
Recent International and National Awards in Advertising, Marketing, and Photography amidst decades of achievement.
2025
Honored as a Top 100 Photographer in the World – 2025
- Ranked 24th
Inducted into the One Eyeland Masters Club
- One Eyeland Masters Club ranks the world’s finest photographers based on a transparent point-based system, rewarding achievements across competitions, curated galleries, and published works.
Published in One of the Best of the Best Photographers Book – 2025
- Celebrating the 50-Year Golden Jubilee of Digital Photography (1975–2025)
17th International Color Awards – 2025 Winners Video Series:
- Endurance in Ice | Photojournalism
- Amongst Sea Turtles – Aqua Ballet | Wildlife
Published in Color Awards Winners Book 2025
- Endurance in Ice | Photojournalism
- Amongst Sea Turtles – Aqua Ballet | Wildlife
Published in Best Of The Best Photographers Book – 2024
- In the categories of Travel and Landscape
2024
Top 100 – One Eyeland Photographer 2023
- Globally Ranked 50th
2023 One Eyeland Photographer of the Year
- 2nd Place in the United States
2023 One Eyeland Photography Awards
- Won 11 Photography Awards
Winner at the 17th Annual International Color Awards
- Honorable Mention – Photojournalism | Endurance in Ice
- Honorable Mention – Wildlife | Amongst Sea Turtles – Aqua Ballet
- Nominee – Architecture | Urban Gradient
- Nominee – Children of the World | Little Wanderer in a Desert Super Bloom
- Nominee – Fine Art | Fly me to the moon.
- Nominee – Nature | Super Bloom Wanderer
- Nominee – People | Patagonian Explorer
- Nominee – Sport | Hot Air Balloon Skies
- Nominee – Wildlife | Gentle Giant’s Bow
Won 5 2023 World’s Top 10 Landscape Photographers Awards
- Finalist – Underwater: Become one with the fish
- Finalist – Seas / Oceans: Become one with the fish
- Finalist – Lakes: Follow the Double Rainbow.
- Finalist – Sky: Follow the Double Rainbow.
- Finalist – Sky: Fly me to the moon!
Won 4 2023 World’s Top 10 Travel Photographers Awards
- Finalist – WILDLIFE: Majestic Blue Whale Under Grey Skies
- Finalist – OTHER: Witnessing what once was.
- Finalist – B&W: Into the Deep of the Pacific
- Finalist – ARCHITECTURE: Pier’s Endless Horizon
2023
Published in Best Of The Best Photographers Book 2023
- In the categories of Travel and Landscape
Published in the 2023 International Color Awards
- International Color Photographer of the Year – Vol 1 & Vol 2
Krav Maga Recognition
- West Coast Krav Maga Student Recognition – October 2023
2022 One-Eyeland Amateur Photographer Awards
- Place 2nd in the United States
2022 One-Eyeland 2022 United States Top-10 Photographers
- Ranked 4th in the United States
Won 4 2022 World’s Top 10 Travel Photographers Awards
- Bronze – ARCHITECTURE: Seaside Hotel Under The Stars
- Bronze – B&W: Seaside Hotel Under The Stars
- Bronze – LANDSCAPES: Seaside Hotel Under The Stars
- Finalist – PEOPLE: Below An Algal Bloom
2022 One Eyeland Photography Awards
One Eyeland recently revealed the recipients of its highly-regarded 2022 One Eyeland Photography Awards. The competition, which received thousands of entries from 54 countries and was judged by a panel of 29 renowned artists, identified outstanding images through a rigorous selection process.
- Bronze – ARCHITECTURE: Cityscapes
- Bronze – EDITORIAL: Travel
- Bronze – SPECIAL: Night Photography
- Bronze – NATURE: Underwater
- Finalist – FINE ART: Landscape
- Finalist – NATURE: Landscapes
- Finalist – NATURE: Other
- Finalist – EDITORIAL: Travel
- Finalist – FINE ART: Landscape
- Finalist – NATURE: Landscapes
- Finalist – EDITORIAL: Travel
- Finalist – NATURE: Landscapes
- Finalist – PEOPLE: Lifestyle
2022 World’s Top 10 Landscape Photographers Awards
- Silver – Underwater: (Amongst Sea Turtles)
- Bronze – Seas / Oceans: (Amongst Sea Turtles)
- Bronze – Other: (Amongst Sea Turtles)
- Finalist – Underwater: (Exploring New Depths)
- Finalist – Seas / Oceans: (Exploring New Depths)
- Finalist – Other: (Exploring New Depths)
16th Annual International Color Awards
The competition received a total of 6,573 entries from participants in 72 countries, spanning across 37 different categories.
- 6 Nominee Awards
- Children of the World – In Love with Fall
- Nature with Morning Light
- Nature with Colorado Skies
- Silhouette with Last Light
- Sport with Algae Bloom
- Sport with Dive-In
2022
Published in 2022 Best of the Best Photography International Annual Book
- Ranked 16th Globally
American Advertising Federation – 2022 Market Addy Awards
- Silver – Category: Online/Interactive Campaign
- Entry Title: Spenco Propel Campaign
- Silver – Category: Art Direction Campaign
- Entry Title: Spenco Propel Campaign
- Silver – Category: Integrated Advertising Campaign
- Entry Title: Spenco Propel Campaign
- Silver – Category: Animation, Special Effects or Motion Graphics
- Entry Title: Spenco Performance Propel Campaign
- Silver – Category: Internet Commercial
- Entry Title: Work For It!
- Silver – Category: Online/Interactive Campaign
- Entry Title: SKLZ – Work For It – Campaign
- Silver – Category: Internet Commercial Campaign
- Entry Title: Work For It!
- Bronze – Category: Art Direction Campaign
- Entry Title: SKLZ – Work For It – Campaign
- Bronze – Category: Video Editing
- Entry Title: Spenco Propel + Carbon Campaign
- Bronze – Category: Film/Video/Sound Branded Content
- Entry Title: Spenco Performance Propel Campaign
- Bronze – Category: Internet Commercial
- Entry Title: Spenco Propel + Carbon Campaign
- Bronze – Category: Animation, Special Effects or Motion Graphics
- Entry Title: Spenco Propel + Carbon Campaign
- Bronze – Category: Internet Commercial Campaign
- Entry Title: Spenco Performance Propel Campaign
2022 17th annual Black & White Spider Awards Photoshow
- Nominated in 2 categories
- Awarded in 1
15th Annual International Color Awards 2022 – 5 Awards
- Awarded in Americana
- Awarded in Architecture
- Awarded in Sport
- Awarded in Nature
2021
2021 One-Eyeland Photography Awards
- Awarded
- Finalist
- Finalist
2021 World’s Top 10 Landscape Photographers Award
- Bronze – Panorama – (Become one with our oceans)
- Finalist – Mountains – (Layers of Nature)
Published in 2021 Best of the Best Photography International Annual Book
- Ranked 34th Globally
2021 MPA
- Honorable Mention
- Honorable Mention
- Honorable Mention
2020
One Eyeland Awards
- Bronze – Nature – Underwater
- Finalist – Editorial – Travel
- Finalist – Editorial – Travel
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Insights on Marketing, Advertising, Design, and Artificial Intelligence.
Driven to create solutions for exceptional outcomes
- Creative Strategies
- Brand Development
- Storytelling
- Marketing Campaign Development
- Interactive Communications
- Photography, Videography, and Digital Imaging
- AI & Emerging Technologies
When I’m not immersed in my work, I’m fully engaged in the things that bring me joy and balance. Whether I’m spending quality time with my family, experimenting with new culinary creations, or embracing the beauty of the outdoors, I find inspiration in life’s simple yet meaningful moments.
You might also catch me chronicling my thoughts through writing, crafting visual art or compelling stories, or channeling my energy into martial arts and music. Even during my downtime, I’m driven by curiosity — constantly learning, exploring, and sharing knowledge with those around me.
I believe that everyone carries a unique perspective, and by embracing that exchange, we unlock endless opportunities to teach, grow, and inspire one another.