A thinker, an entrepreneur, a creative, a doer, a go getter, a leader, a rule breaker, a change maker, a collaborator, a challenger, a designer.

Founder & Creative Partner @ Mark founded ROOK in 2011 to work with game changing brands. Mark approaches the creative process with great vision, passion and intuitive flair, believing that as a designer his role is to convey an experience, an emotion and fundamentally, a strong sense of connection. From February 2012 to Present (3 years 11 months) Creative Director & Co Founder @ "It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the hard, inflexible line created by man. What attracts me are sensual curves, the curves in my country's mountains, in the sinuous flow of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman." - Oscar Niemeyer, Architect from Rio de Janeiro, and winner of the 1988 Pritzker Prize. Discover Avuá (av-wah) Cachaça. From your first inviting sip which is COMPLEX and LASTING, to the end of your glass you’ll savor the adventure of discovering the Rio that stretches from the 1950’s birth of Bossa Nova to the magnificent vistas visible from the beach of Copacabana and embraces the WARMTH and PASSION of Brazil’s people. A unique hand-crafted, single sourced Cachaça – in both the silver Prata expression and the complex and unique Amburana aged expression. Throw away your pre-conceptions of what this Brazilian spirit is and let us guide you on a journey of new discoveries. Saude! From November 2010 to October 2013 (3 years) Creative Director @ From February 2010 to October 2011 (1 year 9 months) Greater New York City AreaDesign Director @ From July 2009 to January 2010 (7 months) Design Director @ From September 2008 to June 2009 (10 months) Senior Designer @ From January 2007 to August 2008 (1 year 8 months) Designer @ From January 2002 to December 2006 (5 years)

BA, Graphic Design @ Norwich School of Art and Design From 1999 to 2001 Mark Christou is skilled in: Concept Development, Design Strategy, Logo Design, Branding & Identity, Illustration, Posters, Graphics, Image Manipulation, Product Naming, Artworking, Adobe Creative Suite, User Experience