MIGUELESCOBAR

Editorial instincts and creative acuity for the scale and stakes of tech.

Miguel Escobar

My work has been about honest, helpful, human storytelling.

A woman laughing, a Trust cashback Visa card held over one eye, as banknotes and confetti rain down.

Fintech Campaign

Trust Bank Singapore: Cashback Launch
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 in App Stores
A dramatic, low-key editorial portrait of an older man against a black background.

Cover Story

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

Investigative Feature

The Wikipedians at War Over Truth
A hand in the dark, lit by the glow of a phone screen.

Public Service

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

Investigative Feature

Exposing Intimate Image Abuse Groups
Mocha Uson in a black coat, her mouth covered with a strip of grey tape.

Politics

Interviews With Controversial Figures

I’m based in Singapore with regional scope.

I moved here from Manila and have since worked agency-side, on local and APAC-wide campaigns for clients including the NBA, Trust Bank, and the IMDA.

My editorial background informs everything I do.

In Manila, I was an editor at the local edition of Esquire magazine, covering culture, politics, and current affairs. This formative chapter of my career is a core memory — it gave me a journalistic perspective that I’ve since applied in everything I do.

A pile of magazines, Esquire Philippines on top and Smile beneath it.
More Editorial Work

But the bigger chunk of my career has been in branded content.

Of my 12 years of experience, 10 have been in roles handling advertorials and brand campaigns. My strategic communication senses have been honed and sharpened for over a decade.

More Advertising Work

Now, I’m learning about content policy and online safety.

I’ve learned programming at NUS and have been plugged into tech news, especially global tech policy, for years. I’m looking to apply my editorial and communications skills towards custodianship of the internet.