ALWAYS A STUDENT, NEVER A MASTER, HOW TO NEVER STOP GROWING AS A DESIGNER, with Marc Donaldson, Head of Art and Partner at The & Partnership

Marc is a London based Graphic Designer with over 20 years experience.

His career started as a 15 year-old on work experience. Marc would ‘paste-up’ in a screen-printing studio in Darlington. He’s since worked in some of the biggest advertising agencies in the world.

Marc’s work includes branding, creative/art direction, design, illustration and even custom typography. He’s picked up a nice host of awards along the way too. Although, as he says in his own words; “we don’t it for that, right?”.

Marc sat on the board of Creative Circle and recently helped launch the independent record label RAFT Recordings.

Marc spoke to me about jamming his foot in the door of a design company. But also about slowly sliding the rest of his body through said door and staying there.

You can see Marc’s brilliant work here.

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