Mark Oliver

Mark Oliver is an experienced visual journalism leader currently serving as the Director of Special Projects (Global) at CNN since October 2016. In this role, Mark leads a team of editors and creative technologists to enhance visual storytelling across CNN's Visuals teams. Previously, Mark held the position of Creative Director for CNN International, where responsibilities included overseeing visual storytelling strategy and managing teams across multiple international bureaus. Mark's earlier experience includes serving as Head of Graphics at Telegraph Media Group and as an Online Graphics Editor, where skills in interactive graphics and infographic design were honed. Mark holds a Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design (Honours) from The University of Waikato, earned between 1997 and 2001.