Marc Sands
Marketing Director, The Guardian
Marc Sands left Cambridge in 1986 and immediately undertook an MBA. Following that he spent a little over 8 years in the advertising industry starting at DMB&B and ending up at HHCL and Partners. Following this spell in advertising, he went to work for LWT/Granada Television as Marketing Director. From there he was seconded to British Digital Broadcasting (later to become ONdigital) as one of the founding employees.
Marc joined the board at Guardian News and Media in July 2000. During his time The Guardian and Guardian Unlimited have been awarded the Marketing Week Effectiveness Award and the Media Brand of the Year award for The Observer by Media Week. The advertising and marketing created for the Guardian has won many awards, most notably at the Campaign Press Awards, frequent presence in the D&AD annual and most recently the IPA Effectiveness Award.
The Guardian and Observer have been at the forefront of the sustainability and environmental debate through a long-standing commitment to reporting the facts and opinions in this complex debate. The Guardian News and Media through its commitment to its Social Audit is developing a series of ‘green and sustainable’ company policies that will ensure over time that the way we run our organisation matches our editorial line. Marc cycles to work every day.
