Marlon McKenney is an Award Winning San Francisco-based illustrator, author and creative director with over 20 years of professional advertising experience working in San Francisco’s top ad agencies. As a hands-on creative leader with real production chops, Marlon has a diverse skill set including video, interactive and a strong communication and presentation background. Solution oriented and optimistic, he has worked with Fortune 500 brands like Apple, Sony, Suzuki, EA, Motown, Universal Records, and JPMorgan Chase & Co., and continues to push creative boundaries.
He began his career as a Flash designer and Art Director for Gap Inc, Electronic Arts, and a plethora of advertising agencies including DDB, Publicis, and Digitas. Shifting his focus from interactive to broadcast, he later expanded his skill set to include video directing, motion graphics and editing. Working on a wide variety of brands from technology and pharmaceutical to video games and urban culture, Marlon develops strong client relationships and delivers emotionally-resonant creative that successfully achieves business goals.
In 2016, Marlon McKenney founded the independent publishing company, Conscious Culture Publishing. CCP is now a leading creator in African historical fiction and diverse multi-cultural content. Leveraging 3D technology, Conscious Culture creates highly-detailed illustrations and animations that bring African histories, mythologies, and legends to life.
Apple
AstraZeneca
Box.net
Clorox
Disney
Eidos Interactive
Electronic Arts
Fox Interactive
Gap Inc.
Genentech
HP
Hyundai
Inuit
J.P. Morgan Chase
Macys
Michelin
Motown Records
Nike
Novartis
Nvidia
Pfizer
Sony
Sprint
Suzuki
Universal Records
Vodafone
Western Union