Hey. I’m Marco.

I call England, Portugal, and Italy home.

Over the last two decades, I’ve operated as a hybrid Creative Director and multi-disciplinary leader—spanning creative strategy, design, and technical direction. Whether embedded in lean internal teams alongside copywriters and strategists or leading high-stakes new business pitches, I bridge big-picture 360º campaign strategy with hands-on execution.

Defining cross-media campaign ideas and pitching to cross-functional stakeholders. Scaling campaigns, leading global rebrands, and maintaining strict visual integrity across complex brand ecosystems. Agile, hands-on troubleshooting—directing CGI, photoshoots, live-action, illustration, audio, and cross-media vendor partners on the fly to keep ambitious projects on track.

Brands: Google, Virgin Atlantic, Air New Zealand, YouTube, Channel 4, London 2012 Olympic Games, Rolls-Royce, Viacom, Discovery, Paco Rabanne, Microsoft, Issey Miyake, Samsung, BBC, Mastercard, ASDA, Al Jazeera, The Royal Foundation, Mastercard. Agents for Social Good: United Nations, Chatham House, Public Infrastructure Development Group, Plan International. Agencies (London, LA, NYC): AMV BBDO, Ogilvy, Accenture, VML, Future DeLuxe, Toaster, Red Bee Media, Hello Logan, Loyal Kaspar, Man vs Machine, Domo.

I sport ridiculously bright clothing colours
— great icebreaker on Zoom calls.

Telling it as it is.

  • You're navigating a brutal landscape of slashed budgets, uncertainty, hyper aggressive timelines, tech slop, and the urge for standout communication at a fraction of last year’s cost. Sigh.

    You need a partner who can grasp your ambition and translate it into tangible comunication: all touchpoints singing.

    Perhaps you are a startup defining your DNA, or an established brand evolving its presence, or an agency needing specialised creative firepower.

  • I'm an independent designer. My job is to get brands moving forward and help them grow, no matter their size.

    I take charge of projects, turning your business goals into strong creative concepts and visuals. I build full brand identities, from the main logo to a complete look and feel, and make sure they work everywhere you need them—in print, on the web, in videos, animation, analog and digital tools.

    You can expect clear conversations, a real understanding of who you're trying to reach, design that looks great and is easy to use.

    I can put together the right team for bigger jobs without a lot of fuss. And when time and money are tight—because let's be honest, when aren't they?—it's just me. I'm your go-to, one-person powerhouse.

  • I make things that move and some quietly still.

    I collaborate with Strategic and Technical partners to research, design, present to clients, build, and deliver complex and multidisciplinary projects for brands.

    Software & Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere, Figma, Cavalry.

    AI use: Omni, Nano Banana, Veo, Higgsfield, Firefly, Luma, Midjourney, Seedance, Runway, Flora, Magnific, Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

    Slack. Google (Docs, Sheet and Slides), Powerpoint, Keynote. Social Media.

    Multilingual.

  • I find joy when people and brands thrive on sincerity and openness; when they excel at what they do without strutting around, when honesty deletes BS.

    Communication doesn’t need neither pretense nor academic waffle. Creatives provide function, content, surprise and perhaps even make you smile.

    Doom? People chasing vague 'insights' cobbled together by some guru on LinkedIn.

    Dream project? Hearing a brave client say ‘wow, this is mad, but it’s great, I trust you, so let’s do it.’

Show me the work