Miguel
Escobar

Strategic Communications. Content Governance. Editorial Operations. APAC Markets.

A Singapore-based professional with a journalist’s instincts. Intellectually curious, plugged into culture and tech, terminally online and AI-pilled.

At Esquire Philippines, I covered culture, politics, and current affairs, writing, producing, and editing everything from daily articles to investigative features. Over 12 years I’ve moved across editorial, content operations, and strategic communications, working with brands like the NBA, Trust Bank, and Samsung across the Philippines and Singapore. I’ve managed high-volume content projects, enforced editorial standards across several publications, and built communications strategies and content governance frameworks for brands.

Now I’m learning code from the ground up, with a view to applying my skills in a more tech-forward context.

In all I do, I find purpose in telling stories that are honest, helpful, and human.

Some work

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

Age Checks Matter

A campaign — including outdoor ads, a film, and an explainer video — for Singapore’s IMDA, launching Age Assurance Measures in app stores

Ferdinand Marcos collaged over a redacted Wikipedia “Martial law” article, for “How to Whitewash a Dictator”

How to Whitewash a Dictator

An investigative feature for Esquire Philippines, on an invisible war for Philippine history waged by Wikipedia editors on hotly contested pages

Halftone hands reaching toward pixelated images inside retro computer windows, for “A Pulpit for Pastors of Porn.”

A Pulpit for Pastors of Porn

An Esquire Philippines exposé that shone light on a social media subculture of sexual predators in the Philippines, sparking a nationwide reckoning

A woman laughing behind a Trust cashback Visa card as banknotes rain down.

More Advertising Work

A selection of ads and campaigns I’ve worked on, including for the NBA, Trust Bank, and Alcon

A dramatic, low-key editorial portrait of an older man against a black background.

More Editorial Work

A selection of stories I wrote and produced, including for Esquire Philippines, Tatler Asia, and Smile Magazine