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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, Marc 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.
He 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.
Since October 2009 he has been responsible for developing Tate Media, the organisation's drive to develop the brand across online, broadcast and social media, to "strengthen Tate's relationships with audiences and build social networks for the organisation".
In 2011 Marc Sands was invited to Lithuania by the British Council, where he participated in a number of events.
Thursday, 17th March
2:30 pm at Ministry of Justice (GEDIMINO PR. 30/1, VILNIUS). The topic of the speech is “A decade in newspapers, ten years of change, declining revenues, growing influence and an unclear future”.
6:00 pm the speech on the topic: “Embracing social media and the digital space: Creative industries in the lead” in the Holiday Inn Hotel (Šeimyniškių str. 1, Vilnius).
Friday, 18th March
10 am in the LOGIN conference. Speech on the topic “How Libraries and Galleries will engage with audiences in the Future?”
4 pm at the National Gallery (Konstitucijos pr. 22, Vilnius). The topic is "How to engage with new audiences in the gallery space and beyond?”
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