The Primal team gathered in the Bangkok office

The People Who Shape The Work

Every program at Primal is shaped by named senior practitioners. This page lists who they are, what they own and the markets they run. When a Primal page quotes a person, the quote links back here.

THE MODEL

Named Ownership, Senior Review, One Integrated Team

Primal does not run on anonymous account teams. Each discipline and each product has a named lead who shapes the work at the planning stage and reviews it as it ships. The people below are the ones clients meet in planning sessions and material reviews, and the ones whose names stand behind the positions published across this site.

  • 2

    Offices in Bangkok (headquarters) and Kuala Lumpur.

  • ~150

    People across the two offices.

  • 6

    Disciplines, each with a named lead on this page.

Every Leader, Listed

  • Mark, Founder at Primal

    Mark

    Founder

  • Ben, General Manager at Primal

    Ben

    General Manager

  • Pang, Head of Strategy at Primal

    Pang

    Head of Strategy

  • Chet, Technical Director at Primal

    Chet

    Technical Director

  • Neil, Art Director at Primal

    Neil

    Art Director

  • Jeanny, Media Team Lead at Primal

    Jeanny

    Media Team Lead

  • Ploen, SEO Team Lead at Primal

    Ploen

    SEO Team Lead

  • Shasha, Enterprise Team Lead at Primal

    Shasha

    Enterprise Team Lead

  • Thuch, Media Team Lead at Primal

    Thuch

    Media Team Lead

  • Eric, SEO Team Lead at Primal

    Eric

    SEO Team Lead

  • Pupue, Content Team Lead at Primal

    Pupue

    Content Team Lead

  • Nuknik, Content Team Lead at Primal

    Nuknik

    Content Team Lead

  • Chokun, Performance Marketing Team Lead at Primal

    Chokun

    Performance Marketing Team Lead

  • Jan, SEO Specialist Team Lead at Primal

    Jan

    SEO Specialist Team Lead

  • Pang, head of strategy at Primal
  • Chet, technical director at Primal
  • A Primal social media team member
  • A Primal technical team member
Mark McDowell, founder and CEO of Primal

OUR AMBITION

"We Will Become The Leading Digital Agency That Outpaces Every Competitor, Building Bold Strategies And New Approaches That Raise The Bar For Marketing In The AI Era"

Mark McDowell, Founder, Primal.

Primal is led by named practitioners who still run the work. The ambition above is Mark's; the people who carry it are on this page, and in these photos.

DEEP DIVE

How Primal Is Led

Primal is a founder-led marketing agency headquartered in Bangkok, with a second office in Kuala Lumpur. The agency was founded by Mark McDowell and employs around 150 people across six disciplines, which are strategy, search, performance, creative, social and data. Each discipline is led by a named senior practitioner listed on this page and each of Primal's platform products, INSTINCT and ElevateSEO, has a named owner accountable for it.

The Primal team working together in the Bangkok office

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