Mark Stringer

Mark Stringer graduated from Salford, he started his career at a very large digital agency working in a team of 80+ staff for high-profile brands like Liverpool FC, Playstation, RiverIsland, etc. After 2 years he left and started as a studio manager at a much smaller agency in Manchester city center. He was client facing and managing a team too. It was full-on and it made him realize what was needed to manage a successful studio and the pressures involved in running a business. He left and started an agency called Devote and ran that for 4 years with a business partner. He was very ambitious and frustrated by the lack of progress. He felt there were too many concessions being made. He left in late 2007 and started working from his cellar! It was tough and the financial strain was huge but again He was just focused on the end vision. Looking back it was the successful mix of design and tech that allowed AHOY to grow and it’s still in the DNA of the agency today.