Martin Announces Additions to Creative Staff

Over the past few months, we've added a bunch of creative talent to our roster. Meet the latest and greatest.

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Marco Worsham, Senior Art Director

A native of Richmond, Marco has spent time in Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston and New York working on brands like Adidas, Hummer, McDonalds and Mike’s Hard Lemonade. He also has a published children’s book inspired by his daughter.

Casey Hall, Senior Copywriter

Partners with Beth Fujiura, Casey is a talented illustrator, and got his start in web design and development, but found his calling as a writer while participating in the WK12.

Beth Fujiura, Senior Art Director

Both Beth and her partner, Casey, join us after several years in China, first at Wieden Shanghai, and then freelancing for BBH’s outpost there. They met through Wieden’s advertising school/intern program, The WK12, in 2009, and were subsequently hired on in Portland to work on Target, Dodge and Coke.

Jesse Mitchell, Art Director

Before joining Martin, Jesse spent the last three years at Olson, where he worked on Saucony, Whole Foods, Sharp, Pepsi and McDonald’s, among others.

Mik Manulik, Senior Copywriter

Before joining Martin, Mik worked at CP+B in Boulder and Miami for almost seven years. While there he worked on Microsoft, Velveeta , Angel's Envy, Burger King, Jell-O and American Express. Before that, Mik worked at Publicis in Seattle.

Scot Crooker, Senior Art Director

Scot joins us from Van Winkle + Pearce in Atlanta where he was running Ancestory.com and Homewood Suites. Prior to VW+P, Scot was at Brunner and before that, BBDO, where he worked as the creative lead on REI.

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Marcelo Mariano, Associate Creative Director

Marcelo joins Martin from JWT Brazil, where he worked as an ACD on Ford.

Andrew Maaldrink, Senior Copywriter

Alex Herwig and Andrew Maaldrink are a creative team from the Netherlands. Their combined height of 13.5” feet explains their nickname: the Tallest Team in Advertising. Previous to joining The Martin Agency Andrew worked as a copywriter in Amsterdam at TBWA, Y&R and Alfred. His best known work is security footage of a guy stealing a television (LG Thief). His personal favorite is a election quiz using people's brand preferences (Brand Voting). Art director Alex used to work at Havas in Amsterdam where he created a social media driven fundraising campaign for an orchestra (Tweetphony). He later joined DDB & Tribal Amsterdam to raise puppies and a lot of publicity for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Sherlock).

David Byrd, Associate Creative Director

David comes to Martin from EVB in San Francisco. Prior to that he was at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

Josh Leutz, VP/Creative Director

Previously, Josh was a Creative Director at Butler Shine Stern & Partners where he wrote a new global brand platform for MINI and worked on recruitment efforts for Google.

Alex Herwig, Senior Art Director

Alex Herwig and Andrew Maaldrink are a creative team from the Netherlands. Their combined height of 13.5” feet explains their nickname: the Tallest Team in Advertising. Previous to joining The Martin Agency Andrew worked as a copywriter in Amsterdam at TBWA, Y&R and Alfred. His best known work is security footage of a guy stealing a television (LG Thief). His personal favorite is a election quiz using people's brand preferences (Brand Voting). Art director Alex used to work at Havas in Amsterdam where he created a social media driven fundraising campaign for an orchestra (Tweetphony). He later joined DDB & Tribal Amsterdam to raise puppies and a lot of publicity for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Sherlock).


THE MARTIN AGENCY

About The Martin Agency

We are a full-service creative agency with a proven ability in leveraging audience and cultural intelligence to build distinctive brands globally. We’re committed to fighting invisibility with ideas that permeate culture, work that drives results for our clients, and a culture our employees are proud of. From creating the beloved GEICO Gecko, to modernizing UPS, a 115-year-old brand, by making them relevant to a new generation of culture-shifters and entrepreneurs, to lighting the internet on fire with Solo Stove’s “Snoop Goes Smokeless” campaign, we’ve been behind some of the most significant brand transformations in history. We're creating steady buzz for brands like Papa Johns, OREO, CarMax, UPS and TIAA, to name a few. And as Ad Age’s Agency of the Year (2023), 2x Fast Company Most Innovative Companies (2023 and 2024) and back-to-back Adweek Agency of the Year (2020 and 2021), our momentum is only building. For more information, visit www.martinagency.com.

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The Martin Agency | Katherine Sheehan | katherine.sheehan@martinagency.com

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