REGIONAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR WEST AFRICA

Date	August 2020 to present

Key responsibilities @ Publicis West Africa

• I oversee work for the Nestle brands across five West African Countries based out of Accra Ghana, Senegal, Bakino Faso, Cameroon and Nigeria. Brands like NIDO, Ideal, MILO, Nescafe, Nestle Pure Life Sparkling Water to name a few.

Type of company	Full Integrated Communications & Sponsorship and Digital Agency
Position held	EXECUTIVE CREATIVE & STRATEGY  DIRECTOR
Date	September 2018 to December 2019
Key responsibilities @ Group AFRICA Marketing

• Over saw a creative department of 10 people
• Was tasked to take the department to a "new" level creatively
• Reviewed all creative work from all teams (both copy and art direction)
• Made sure there was synergy between the creatives and client service

Integrated a digital department with MTN Springboks, and Standard Bank Proteas as main online digital work for 2019.

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE & STRATEGY  DIRECTOR

Key responsibilities
• Over saw a creative department of 33 people
• Was tasked to take the department to a "new" level creatively
• Reviewed all creative work from all teams (both copy and art direction)
• Made sure there was synergy between the creatives and client service
• Also had to run production on all jobs from DTP, to procurement and building of All sets for national activations

Reason for leaving: I left as I did not want to only do activations anymore. I want to go back into a creative agency.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Date	August 2013 to January 2015

Key responsibilities
• Art direction across all line (print, retail and digital)
• Photography
• Layouts and DTP services


Reason for leaving: I worked mainly on the Absa account, and wanted more variety

CREATIVE DIRECTOR / SENIOR ART DIRECTOR

Date	April 2009 to July 2013

Key responsibilities
• Graphic design and art direction including 3D animation
• Full conceptual thinking with animators
• Creating of ideas from start to AutoCAD design, stage designs, sets and lighting, event setup and then then running a full show using Watchout

Reason for leaving: I started to miss the advertising world, so wanted back in to main stream advertising and big brand work (Absa at The Jupiter Drawing Room)

EXPERIENTIAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Key responsibilities
• Art direction across all line (print, retail and digital)
• Copywriting (both short and long form)
• Layouts and DTP services

Reason for leaving: I was only working on the Telkom account so needed more variety

SENIOR ART DIRECTOR AND COPYWRITER

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Alan Marks: REGIONAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR WEST AFRICA

Alan Marks

PUBLICIS WEST AFRICA

GROUP AFRICA MARKETING

Full Integrated Communications Agency

Creative Agency

OMAGE EXPERIENTIAL

THE AGENCY

Wits University