The Flame of Creativity: A Look at the Burger King Work Produced During Fernando Machado's Reign

As Machado departs after 7 years, we look back at the legacy he leaves behind

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Standing on the stage of a Manhattan cinema in 2019, Fernando Machado, the poster child for the marketing sector for the last 7 years, said a campaign for Burger King (BK) once made him “want to throw up in my mouth.”

The campaign he was referring to was a 2012 ad featuring Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. “It was everything I hate about advertising,” he told an audience at the advertising conference. This was “an amazing brand” producing “shitty ads,” he said.

But

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