Before establishing his own graphic design studio, Manuel Estrada Diseño Gráfico, he collaborated with international advertising agencies J. Walter Thompson, McCann Erickson, and Ogilvy.  He designed logos and corporate identities for Metrovacesa, Riu Hotels, Escuela de Negocios, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos, Universidad Menendez Pelayo, Colegio de Economistas de Madrid, and Grupo Analistas Financieros.  In the field of editorial design he has worked on projects for Santillana, Anaya, Planeta, Aguilar, Alfaguara, and Edelvives; European publishing houses.