Jufi Lima

About me

A path
that is not linear.

And that is exactly what lets me see what others don't.

Jufi Lima
Jufi Lima reading in the garden

Where I come from

Art before marketing.

I was born in São Paulo and grew up, until I was fifteen, in a neighborhood full of artists: actors, writers, photographers, theater people. I took painting classes and I still love abstract art.

In Manaus I wanted to study film. The entrance exam was cancelled that year. Advertising came in through the audiovisual lab. Twin Peaks and David Lynch are still references: exploring the image without a ready-made explanation.

The path

The person lent between departments.

I have worked since I was a young apprentice, still in high school. I was a social media manager when digital was still wild territory, interned at an agency in my second semester of college and worked as a filmmaker. That adds up to ten years in marketing and strategy. Since 2022 I have worked in a large global operation, across media, data, content, AI and people development.

Some experiences taught me, the hard way, what doesn't work for me. Today that became a filter: I choose who I work with.

The specialist is great at one thing. The strategist knows many, to connect the dots.

Understanding is the method, not the product.

Jufi Lima in her office

Out of the backstage

For a long time I was the backstage professional.

Nobody really knew what I did or why. The decision to step out of the backstage is what gave rise to this work.

At the end of 2024 I started studying AI seriously, and today I train other people to use AI at work.

What I deliver is direction, security and confidence to decide.

My work

I research.
You execute.

What I do is research: I investigate the business with academic rigor, read culture, people and operations, cross references and live the process from the inside. The diagnosis and the direction come out of that reading.

You execute. That is on purpose: if I execute, I stop seeing.

What I write about

Here you will find

Conscious decision

At work and in life.

Leadership

As a stance, even without a title.

AI and backstage

Applied AI and the real work behind it.

Pop culture

With strategy.

I am not everyone, and everyone is not me.

Shall we talk?

Shall we be happy in life and in business?