MIGUELESCOBAR

Work

Twelve years of stories and campaigns, from Manila to Singapore

Highlights

A shopkeeper raising her hand to a boy holding beer beneath an “Under 18” sign, from the Age Assurance Measures campaign

Public Service

Age Assurance Measures

A film, explainers, and ads for the Singapore IMDA, launching age verification in app stores
Ferdinand Marcos collaged over a redacted Wikipedia “Martial law” article, for “How to Whitewash a Dictator”

Investigative Feature

How to Whitewash a Dictator on Wikipedia

A feature on an invisible war for Philippine history, waged by Wikipedia editors through back-and-forth revisions
Halftone hands reaching toward pixelated images inside retro computer windows, for “A Pulpit for Pastors of Porn.”

Investigative Feature

Uncovering Intimate Image Abuse Networks

An exposé that sparked a nationwide reckoning, with a subculture of men sharing NCII across a network of Facebook groups
A hand in the dark, lit by the glow of a phone screen.

Public Service

Online Safety Commission Launch

Web copy, service articles, and explainer videos about online harms, for Singapore’s new commission

More Advertising Work

A woman laughing as Singapore dollar notes and gold confetti rain around her, holding up a Trust Bank cashback card.

Integrated Campaign

Trust Bank Cashback Card Launch

An award-winning campaign for the iconic Singapore digital bank: film, islandwide out-of-home, and a mobile cash chamber

A dramatic NBA promotional collage of San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks players over city skylines, with a golden basketball.

Branded Newsletter

NBA Asia-Pacific Weeklies

I wrote the league’s weekly newsletter copy for Australia and New Zealand, Japan, and the Philippines, tuned by market

A grinning presenter in a suit points to a framed portrait of a man held up before a seated audience, from the GoTyme Bank campaign film.

Integrated Campaign

GoTyme Bank Philippines Launch

Copy and concept for a film and three shorts on the human quality of the digital bank’s service

A woman working at a laptop in a warm-lit, elegant dark-blue office with abstract art behind her, from an Alcon campaign.

Brand Campaign

Alcon Contact Lenses

Film and visuals for PRECISION1™ and TOTAL1® developed for markets across the globe

More Editorial Work

Mocha Uson in a black coat, her mouth covered with a strip of grey tape.

Interview Feature

Politics in Esquire

Controversial features on Salvador Panelo, Dick Gordon, and Mocha Uson, published amid the dawn of online culture wars

A dramatic, low-key editorial close-up portrait of actor Eddie Garcia in a pinstriped suit against a dark background, from a feature in Esquire Philippines.

Interview Feature

Eddie Garcia for Esquire Philippines

I wrote and produced Esquire’s biggest and most-viewed celebrity feature ever, on an icon of Filipino cinema’s golden age
Tatler’s “Asia’s Most Influential” series title, set in white and gold serif lettering on black.

Profiles

Tatler Asia’s Most Influential

Over 100 microprofiles for the 2021 list, including honourees in Singapore and the Philippines
A football match on the town plaza pitch in front of the historic Barotac Nuevo church in Iloilo, for the Smile magazine cover story.

Cover Story

In Basketball Country, An Oasis for Football

Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, in the February 2020 issue of Smile, Cebu Pacific Air’s in-flight magazine

A man in a blue shirt holds a stack of books in front of library shelves.

Profile Series

A Few Good Men

Purpose-driven entrepreneurs, profiled for Esquire: Quintin Pastrana, Roy Moore, Henry Motte-Muñoz, and Carlo Delantar

Folded raw selvedge denim stacked in front of bolts of fabric.

Style Feature

The First Filipino Selvedge Denim Label

The local denimheads behind Léon Denim, the first Filipino-made raw selvedge jeans, for Esquire Philippines