Full-service advertising agency scaling data operations across media and creative
REF+ is a mid-sized Brazilian advertising agency (51–200 employees) running integrated campaigns for brands like Decolar, Mercado Livre, and Barilla. Their tech stack reveals a data-heavy operation: Salesforce, Looker Studio, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, plus full Meta/Google/TikTok ad platform access and social listening tools (Brandwatch, Sprinklr, Talkwalker). Active hiring skews toward marketing (7 roles) and design (3), with concurrent projects around Salesforce integration, automated dashboards, and reporting automation—indicating they're moving from manual reporting toward self-service analytics infrastructure.
Notable leadership hires: Art Director
REF+ operates as an independent, full-service creative and strategic agency in São Paulo, founded in 2001 and ranked among Brazil's top five agencies by revenue. The firm manages end-to-end campaign work—from creative production (Art Director, design team) through media buying and performance optimization (marketing-focused hiring). Their client base includes travel, e-commerce, insurance, and fintech verticals. Current operational focus centers on integrating media performance data into Salesforce, building cross-channel dashboards, and automating downstream reporting—all upstream of creative and strategic decision-making.
REF+ uses Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop), BI tools (Looker Studio, Power BI, Tableau), Meta/Google/TikTok ad platforms, Salesforce for CRM, SQL for queries, and social listening platforms (Brandwatch, Sprinklr, Talkwalker). Google Analytics, DV360, and LinkedIn Ads round out the media measurement layer.
Active projects include Salesforce integration for campaign data, full-funnel performance dashboards, automated reporting systems, campaign planning for large brands, media strategy optimization, and media partner contract negotiation. Pain points center on data quality, actionable insight generation, and process automation.
Other companies in the same industry, closest in size