METOLIUS AGENCY - Key Persons
In his role in entertainment brand marketing for the animation studio LAIKA from 2007-2019, Mark worked on the publicity campaigns for five Oscar-nominated feature films: Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link. Before LAIKA, he managed PR and communications for Nike (in New York City and at WHQ in Oregon) and also worked for Monster.com's Diversity Leadership Program with a number of clients including Target, American Airlines, NY Life, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Cisco and Starbucks. This year he was a Mentor in Publicity and Marketing for SxSW Film in Austin. Mark serves on the Klamath Film Board of Directors (Oregon) and curates film programming at festivals around the world. A native of Seattle, Mark received his BA (English) from Colorado College and completed education studies at Lewis & Clark College.
Featuring significant, proven experience with work ranging from content production, consumer product development, feature film deliveries and the development of EPKs,TV spots, trailers and film featurettes, Martin has a unique vision and a deep understanding of emerging technologies and how they work, to developing new systems in-house with technology teams already in place. Utilizing complex data and insight analyses, Martin possesses the talent to set and realize realistic and targeted goals and strategies. While at LAIKA for fifteen years, Martin ensured all studio technological and creative deliverables, including social media, were on point with production and studio styles. Martin also managed the build of new departments, workflow, systems and pipelines at the animation studio. Originally from England, Martin attended the University of Greenwich and received his BSc in Media,