mark manion
CREATIVE DIRECTOR • WRITER • BRAND BUILDER
Mark Manion is an award-winning advertising Creative Director and Writer with a proven track record of success across a diverse mix of agencies, categories, mediums, and iconic global brands.
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Manion Creative is a creative consultancy built for today's CMO that brings together top creative talent from across the US to help brands tell their story, connect with their customers, and win. Without all the big agency nonsense.
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client testimonials
"Mark's work in repositioning St. Louis has received national acclaim and has been a critical asset in changing perceptions of our community. I've found Mark's style inclusive, engaged and collaborative. He works exceptionally well with clients in developing strategy and supervising work that is as strategically focused as it is creative and appealing."
BRIAN HALL
Chief Marketing Officer
Explore St. Louis Tourism
"If you’re looking for someone to lead your creative team with passion and vision, Mark’s your guy. He finds the right balance of doing what’s right for his clients to move the business, but champions against mediocrity and defends the integrity of the creative. He’s always done strong work for McDonald’s, and his reel is full of stellar work for other brands."
MARK CARLSON
Senior Creative Director
McDonald's
"Simply put, in all these years
I have never had a better experience than the five years I spent working with Mark. Mark is brilliantly original, sophisticated in his understanding of consumer behavior, a strong proponent of qualitative research, consistently on time and on budget, and, most importantly, creates and executes concepts that really work."