conscience

My father was always aware of right and wrong. He had very defined moral guidelines. And yet, he was respectful and open to differing points of view and new ideas. I hope he passed those same traits on to me. I hope, if nothing else, he gave me a conscience. To my father, this site is dedicated to you.

The Chevy Positivity Pump.

Go online anytime and it's amazing how much hate is out there. Chevrolet is a brand that believes being positive is the...

Travel posters for Hillary.

I never thought when we created these that leaving the U.S. was even going to be an option to consider. B...

The Secret Weapon. (Not much longer.)

Hue&Cry is our very own world-class animation and design studio right in the building. When I say very own, I ...

The world's biggest asshole.

Sometimes, it all just aligns. An amazing idea, executed with perfection. And the best thing of all? It's working. Over 70...

Rewarding awarding.

It's been over a month since presiding over the 2016 Film Jury at Cannes. The week is still very much in my mind. Everything about it wa...

Here's to the Cobblestones.

The rocks of the agency. Time we gave them the award they deserve. http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/need-award-people-pave-cannes/1399...

Creffective.

Yes. Creative + Effective = Creffective. I know. The video explains it all. Well done, team.

Looking into the future.

Presiding over the 2016 Cannes Film Jury this week and it's been an eye-opener even before we get to the shortlist. Such a fun, funny, c...

You'll need that beard to wipe away your tears.

Fact: guys like fruity drinks but are embarrassed to order them at the bar. All great insights lead to great ideas - or should I say - most ...

Paint the town crafty.

Great idea, beautifully executed from the Ben Moore team. Provocative in a very boring category. Intelligent because the audience is. Nice. ...

Humbled. Excited.

Still feeling a little sheepish to be named the Jury President for Film at Cannes this year. http://www.canneslions.com/awards/the_juries/#...

Our latest pre-roll for GEICO. The second album.

Unskippable last year won the Film Grand Prix at Cannes. Now the daunting task of following up maybe the best campaign in the agency's h...

Keeping the bar high.

Some new work for GEICO continues a good run of work I'm proud of. Both campaigns are primarily online and pull social levers as well. B...

Being emotional is hard.

Creating emotional storytelling in film is hard. You have to get so much right. This new work for Experian does a lot right. The idea - cred...

B2B print. What the agency was built on.

Our first campaign for Purina feed. Reminds of the kind of print that put Martin on the map for FMC, Mobil, GE Locomotives and so many more...

The world's first pre-loader.

Tic Tac. So simple like all the best ideas. Go little. No, go big.

Rolling along.

The Oreo Wonderfilled campaign is now in 55 countries and growing. Love the latest animation from BUCK and music by Adam Lambert. Craft, cra...

One thread.

It's great to see this beautiful site come to life and go live. Created entirely in-house by our team. So good. A simple, elegant idea. ...

Mackenzie.

The Big Brain has always been a very curious one. Right now, I'm not sure where she is. Somewhere on the African continent. Hopefully, s...

Resolutions 2016.

That time of the year. The agency resolutions. We put them up for all to see and hopefully, achieve. I'm feeling good about 2016. Time ...

"Your father..."

For over 20 years, the agency has enjoyed an amazing partnership with GEICO. It's based on what the very best partnerships are always...

Humble and his producers.

Steve Humble is my long time EP partner and one of the best. He has created a juggernaut of producers across all media, but also has created...

Campaign of the year.

In the 50 years of the agency, we've made a lot of great work. But in my humble opinion, this is the agency's clearest, biggest winn...

Colorfilled.

Andrew Watson is one of our newest creatives stars from Amsterdam and this is his coming out party via OREO. Just love how fun this is creat...

Craft takes nerds.

I watch this behind the scenes video of the making of the Creativity Top 5 and it makes me smile. The guys and gals at Hue&Cry are the c...

From Lovers to Lizards.

So much fun and emotion celebrating our 50th anniversary last week. Four highlights for me: 1. a block party and craft beer contest featurin...

This is what we do for brands.

Explained, for the first time, in video. Thank you, Evan and Evan and the amazing talent at http://hueandcry.tv/

Already making a huge difference.

Retain and recruit the best talent. That was one of Mike Hughes' guiding principles and I'm sticking to it. These guys and gals have...

Funny GEICO spots. It's what we do.

The latest from GEICO. Simple, funny idea, executed to the nines. The most amazing CG Kraken in history.

Our first London ECD: Dan Fisher.

So great to have the talented Mr. Fisher joining the agency in London. He brings one of the best books I've seen in years. Plus, he'...

Why the hell would anyone stay at the same agency for 24 years?

That was the question I answered during the Friday Forum at the VCU Brandcenter. A level playing field, lots of new biz, I could grow at my ...

A new battle in Richmond.

The World Cycling Championships are coming to Richmond next week. Most of the race routes take place in and around famous Civil War battles....

You either made something today or you didn't.

There was a great Nike headline a few years back: You either ran today or you didn't. So true. And so true about what we do. We make. Or...

Chief Coat Tail Rider.

Very flattered to be named to a list like this. http://www.adweek.com/news-gallery/advertising-branding/10-chief-creative-officers-who-are-...

Welcome to the neighborhood, Mr. Robinson.

Today marks the first day for our first ever ECD in the NYC office, James Robinson. The guy has a book that's smart, witty and full of ...

A Grand Prix in Film.

We had highs hopes for GEICO "Unskippable" going in to Cannes. Cyber, Media, maybe Craft. But never in our wildest dreams did we t...

Hope it's not jinxed.

Adweek just picked the 20 favorites to win at Cannes and Geico Unskippable is on the list. Let's hope that's not the kiss of death. ...

The Martin Agency at 50.

The work of 50 years hangs on two giant walls at the agency. It could be double that - easy. I've been curating the wall with help of th...

Cannes is for lovers.

Headed to Cannes in a week for the Lions Festival. Our friends at McCann are throwing a beach party for us on Thursday night in honor of the...

Ace Scholarship winner #3.

Kennedy Xiong is the 3rd recipient of the Ace Scholarship. The gift was named in honor of my late dad, a life long educator, and goes to min...

The pre-roll roll continues.

Following 4 golds and a silver at The One Show, the Geico Unskippable campaign keeps rolling. I was in London for work and headed to the sho...

Unskippable is unstoppable.

The team for Geico - Neel and Mauricio - had a simple brief: make some pre-rolls. Thank God, they did much more. They re-invented probably t...

This staff.

This team of ours amaze me with their talent, but even more, with their hard work and resilience. Man, the demands we put on creatives these...

Oreo global: PLAY.

This is our best work so far in 2015. Just breaking and breathtaking. Will be OOH around the globe. The theme for the year: Play with Oreo. ...

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