A B O U T
Martins’ (he/him) work blurs the lines between advertising and content creation. He’s comfortable working with different mediums, whether it’s creating traditional ads or branded entertainment series. When creating campaigns, he looks for three main “ingredients”: big ideas, relevant talent, and the right platform.
As a passionate creative leader, Martins is always striving to produce innovative and compelling work. His collaborative leadership style, ables him to oversee multiple accounts, work with account and strategy departments to meet clients' business goals, and lead creative teams toward excellence.
When he's not making ads, Martins is trying to improve his discomfiting surfing skills, traveling to countries he hasn't been to before, catching up on the freshest anime series, or baking desserts for his colleagues.
R E S U M E
B I O G R A P H Y
Martins began his career as a graphic designer in Riga, Latvia. After five years designing, his love for conceptual design led him to advertising, and he enrolled in Miami Ad School San Francisco.
Straight out of advertising school, he landed a job at Droga5 (NY) in 2014, where he created award-winning work for Newcastle Beer, Motorola, and Jockey.
In 2016 Martins joined BBDO NY, where he received awards for his work on Foot Locker, Sandy Hook Promise, and other campaigns. In his first year as a creative director at BBDO NY, he created two award-winning campaigns for Foot Locker.
​In 2021 Martins returned to Droga5 as a creative director on brands like Meta (previously Facebook), Chase, IHOP and Essentia Water.
In 2022, Martins took on the role of Executive Creative Director at the creative production house Mustache. There, he built an entire creative department, hiring top A-list advertising creatives. Some of the brands he worked on include Google, Grammarly and Netflix, Martins also helped creating the new season of the TV series "Most Expensivest."
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Currently, Martins is a GCD at INNOCEAN USA, leading Genesis account.
R E C O G N I T I O N
Martins has been recognized in the advertising industry by several awards and publications AdAge AdWeek.
Cannes Lions 25 Total
9 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
8 Newcastle, Bands Of Brands
3 Foot Locker, Play My Tweet
1Newcastle, If We Made it
One Show Awards 7 Total
4 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
2 Newcastle, Bands Of Brands
1 FL ,Greatness Does Good
ADDY Awards 3 Total
2 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
Art Directors Club 3 Total
5 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
ANDY Awards 7 Total
1 The Endless World of Air Max
5 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
1 Foot Locker, Play My Tweet
Webby Awards 4 Total
1 The Endless World of Air Max
3 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
Ad Age Creativity 1 Total
1 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
AICP Awards 4 Total
4 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
Clio Awards 18 Total
3 The Endless World of AirMax
1 Foot Locker, For The Love
6 Sandy Hook Promise, EVAN
3 The Sun And The Snake
3 Foot Locker, Box Of Greatness
1 Foot Locker, Play My Tweet
2 Newcastle, Band Of Brands
