Mark Edwards

Advertising Creative Director and Copywriter

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Associate Director of Copywriting at The Academy of Art University/School of Advertising
  • Creative Director/Copywriter at freelance (Sole Proprietorship)
Past
  • Senior Vice President/Group Creative Director at MRM Partners
  • Vice President/Creative Director at MRM Gould
  • Creative Director at M. Gould & Co.
  • Vice President/Associate Creative Director at Grey Direct NY
  • Copywriter at Ally & Gargano
Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin
Connections
206 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Mark Edwards’s Summary

Award-winning advertising for global brands.


Mark Edwards’s Experience

  • Associate Director of Copywriting

    The Academy of Art University/School of Advertising

    (Educational Institution; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    August 2006Present (2 years 3 months)

    Responsible for the copywriting program.

  • Creative Director/Copywriter

    freelance (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 1995Present (13 years 10 months)

    BMG Entertainment, Charles Schwab, Clarke American, Computer Integration Consultants, De Beers, EMI Records Group, First Union Bank, Johnny Loves Rosie, MBNA, McGraw Hill, NationsBank, Scudder, Sony, Under One Roof, Unilever

  • Senior Vice President/Group Creative Director

    MRM Partners

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 2004October 2005 (1 year 10 months)

    Worked at same agency from 1999 to 2005. We went from a private company to being purchased by Interpublic and integrated into the McCann Worldgroup.

    AMD, Apple Computer, Charles Schwab, Honeywell Aerospace, Lucent, Mexico Tourism, Microsoft, Nestlé, Oakland A’s, Starbucks, Sun Microsystems

  • Vice President/Creative Director

    MRM Gould

    (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 2002December 2003 (2 years)

    Worked at same agency from 1999 to 2005. We went from a private company to being purchased by Interpublic and integrated into the McCann Worldgroup. Thus, the three different company names.

    AMD, Apple Computer, Charles Schwab, Honeywell Aerospace, Lucent, Mexico Tourism, Microsoft, Nestlé, Oakland A’s, Starbucks, Sun Microsystems

  • Creative Director

    M. Gould & Co.

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    August 1999December 2001 (2 years 5 months)

    Worked at same agency from 1999 to 2005. We went from a private company to being purchased by Interpublic and integrated into the McCann Worldgroup.

    AMD, Apple Computer, Charles Schwab, Honeywell Aerospace, Lucent, Mexico Tourism, Microsoft, Nestlé, Oakland A’s, Starbucks, Sun Microsystems

  • Vice President/Associate Creative Director

    Grey Direct NY

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 1990February 1995 (4 years 6 months)

    Aetna, The Chase Manhattan Bank, Lexmark, Quick & Reilly

  • Copywriter

    Ally & Gargano

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 1987August 1990 (3 years 6 months)

    The Bank of New York, Dunkin’ Donuts, Saab-Scania, Showtime/The Movie Channel


Mark Edwards’s Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin

    BS, Advertising, 19801984


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