Executive Creative Director at adam&eve\TBWA in London and firm believer that nobody wants to see your ad, so it better be good.

Mark being slightly too honest at the Irish Audio Awards in 2026.

Bio 📝

1982: Born in Dublin.
2004: Graduated with Nat. Dip. in Visual Communications, IADT.
2005: Graduated with BA Hons. in Design for Interactive Media, IADT.
2006: Creative / Art director at DDFH+B/JWT.
2007: Graduated with Professional Diploma in Creative Advertising, DIT. 
2013: Moved to London to work at Wieden+Kennedy.
2017: Made Creative Director on Nike.
2020: Joined adam&eveDDB as Creative Director.
2024: Returned to Dublin.
2025: Made Executive Creative Director at adam&eve\TBWA, London.

Client Experience 🤝

Nike. adidas. Puma. PlayStation. Amazon. Google. McDonald’s. The V&A Museum. Pot Noodle. John Lewis. TK Maxx. Bud Light. Foster’s. Waitrose. Peloton. Cisco. Angry Birds. Candy Crush. Mumsnet. Lipton Ice Tea. Finlandia. Smirnoff. Samsung. Huawei. Lionsgate+. Starz. Babbel. Ovo Energy. Stride Gum. KitKat. Smarties. Lucozade. Kenco. Graze. Quorn. Philadelphia. Knorr. Radox. National Lottery. Failte Ireland. Vodafone. Fyffes. Dublin City Council. Special Olympics Ireland. Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. SodaStream.

 

Awards 🏆

Cannes Lions Grand Prix x1
Cannes Lions Titanium x1
Cannes Lions Gold x4 
Cannes Lions Silver x8 
Cannes Lions Bronze x6

D&AD Yellow Pencil x9 
D&AD Graphite Pencil x3 
D&AD Wood Pencil x5
D&AD In book x8

One Show Gold x3 
One Show Silver x3 
One Show Merit x5 

British Arrows Commercial of the Year x1
British Arrows Best Crafted Commercial x1
British Arrows Gold x11
British Arrows Silver x3
British Arrows Bronze x3

Clios Gold x4
Clios Silver x6 
Clios Bronze x9

Eurobest Grand Prix x1
Eurobest Bronze x2

ANDY Awards Best in Show x1
ANDY Awards Gold x2 
ANDY Awards Bronze x1 

Creative Circle Gold of Golds x1 
Creative Circle Champions of Creativity x1 
Creative Circle Gold x8 
Creative Circle Silver x2 
Creative Circle Bronze x5 

Webbys Winner x1 
Webbys Honouree x1 

Art Directors Club Bronze x1

Art Directors Club, Germany Silver x2
Art Directors Club, Germany Bronze x1

ICAD Gold x1 
ICAD Silver x5
ICAD Bronze x5

Kinsale Sharks Gold x4
Kinsale Sharks Silver x1
Kinsale Sharks Bronze x5 
Kinsale Sharks Promo x1

New York Festivals Silver x2 
New York Festivals Bronze x1

London International Awards Grand Prix x1 
London International Awards Gold x1
London International Awards Bronze x2

Ciclope Gold x2 
Ciclope Silver x4 
Ciclope Bronze x1 

Shots Awards Gold x2
Shots Awards Silver x2

AICP Awards Nomination x8

Creative Review Annual Best in Book x1 
Creative Review Annual In Book x2  

A-List Hollywood Awards Gold x1

APA Collection 2025
APA Collection 2022
APA Collection 2018
APA Collection 2015

Campaign BIG Awards Gold x5
Campaign BIG Awards Judges Choice Award x1

Campaign Experience Awards Gold x1

Campaign Marketing New Thinking Award Winner x1

Campaign Media Awards Winner x3

Campaign Week Media Awards Gold x1
Campaign Week Media Awards Silver x2
Campaign Week Media Awards Bronze x1

Campaign Ads of the Day / Week / Decade

Thinkbox Awards Gold x3

ADFX Gold x1

NNI Press ad of the year Winner x1

An Post IDM Gold x2

Music+Sound Awards Winner x1

Digital Cinema Media Awards  Winner x1

LBB Immortal Awards Winner x1

American Photographic Artists Awards 2nd place 

Creativepool Awards Gold x2

Brand Film festival London Best of the Best x1 
Brand Film festival London Gold x2

Contagious Most Contagious x2

FWA FWA of the Day x1

Best Agency Awards Bronze x1

Adshel of the Year Winner x1

1.4 Awards Winner x1

Cresta Awards Silver x1

Epica Awards Bronze x1

Astroland Advertising Festival x1

Press 📰

The Irish Times
3 Great Ads I Had Nothing To Do With
It’s Nice That
Creative Review
Fast Company
Wallpaper
Adweek
Adweek
Adweek
Campaign
Campaign
Campaign
Creative Salon
Creative Salon
Creative Salon
The Drum
The Drum
The Drum
Hey Whipple, Squeeze This (5th Edition)
Thanks For The Feedback
D&AD
Creative Moment


Speaking 📢

Campaign Year Ahead, London
Prompt, Produce, Play, Irish Design Week, Dublin
Internet Advertising Bureau conference, Dublin
IAPI @ LBB Beach, Cannes
Most Contagious, London
ICADemy, Dublin
Creative Operations, London
House of Instagram at the ADE, Amsterdam
D&AD New Blood, London
Art of New Business, London
Art Start, London
Kinetic, Amsterdam
IAPI Rant Night, Dublin

Today FM Sunday Business Show
ICAD ReCreating Podcast
That’s What I Call Marketing Podcast
Saville Productions Purpose Podcast
Irish Marketing Podcast


Guest lecturer 🎓

Goldsmiths University of London
National College of Art and Design
Technological University Dublin
Danish School of Media and Journalism


Judging 🤨

AICP Awards
British Arrows
Effies
ICAD
Irish Audio Awards