Creative Team

About

Dídima Arrieta Martínez + Dan Ahern

 
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¡Hola!

We’re D+D, a freelance creative duo who love big ideas, clever lines, and crafted design. The only thing we hate is talking about ourselves. But hey, this is our site, so…

D+D

art + copy

Dídima works visual wonders while Dan does the words.

spain + america

We combine refined European taste (Dídima) with blunt American idiocy (Dan). We’re now based in España, but we cut our teeth together in New York City.

work + life

We're both partners and life partners. As in, we're married. Most people say they couldn't imagine working with their significant other, but we can hardly imagine not doing it. 

awards + accolades

Dan peaked when he won Best Writer at Felix A. Williams Elementary School in 1995. It was all downhill from there, until he met Dídima. As a team we’ve picked up a few Effies, a Clio, stuff like that. And we won Ad Age's Small Agency of the Year with The Brooklyn Brothers, so that was neat. Also, people say we're nice?

experience + expertise

We excel in that ‘super senior’ role a lot of freelance projects need, and we’re CD-level if there are teams to manage.

Freelance (2020 - present)
Agencies include Highdive, Barbarian, VCCP (London), and more.

Full-time (2011 - 2020)
ACDs at VCCP New York; VaynerMedia
Senior creatives at Rokkan; The Brooklyn Brothers
Regular creatives at TAXI NY; Arnold Boston
Lowly Intern at Campfire (Dan)
Portfolio School Students at The Creative Circus (RIP).

more + more

Want to see more stuff?
Dídima’s site has plenty more personal and design-focused work to check out.
Dan’s site is an abandoned wasteland that you best steer clear of.
(No seriously, it hasn’t been touched in years. Not sure it’s even up anymore.)