Marcus Wesson has spent his career doing something most agencies only talk about: making advertising that people actually want to encounter. Named to the Adweek Creative 100, he's led creative at the highest levels as ECD, CCO, and trusted collaborator to brands like Honda, Nissan, Activision, and Nestlé, earning recognition from the One Show, the Clios, D&AD, the Webbys, and a handful of other places, including, improbably, a couple of major motion pictures.
What drives him isn't the hardware. It's what he calls "unusual projects that take a step back and rethink paradigms", the kind of work that doesn't just sell something but changes how a brand is felt. Over a career leading multidisciplinary teams across every medium the industry has thrown at him, he's developed a consistent point of view: that the most effective creative isn't the most expected.
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Experience
Principal Creative Director
Digital Domain
2024 - present
Chief Creative Officer
9thWonder
2016 – 2024
Senior Creative
72andSunny
Carl's Jr, Hardee's, Coors Light 2015 – 2016
Creative Director
Omelet
Microsoft, Moët, AT&T, Bravo TV 2014 – 2015
Associate Creative Director
Dailey
Honda Powersports, Intuit
2009 – 2014
Associate Creative Director
DDB - Los Angeles
Activision, Wells Fargo, Clearwire
2005 – 2009
Senior Art Director
Mendelsohn Zien Advertising
BMW, Carl's Jr. Restaurants, Hardee's Restaurants, Taco Bueno, Boomers Amusement Parks, Los Angeles Avengers Arena Football
2000 – 2005
Art Director
Suissa Miller
Acura, Egreetings.com, Entrepreneur.com
1997 – 2000
Art Director
TBWA Chiat/Day
Nissan, Infiniti, Absolut Vodka
1995 – 1997
University of Texas at Austin, B.S. Advertising, Creative Sequence
e: mahhcus@gmail.com