About Us

Building a world where everyone can build on-brand content.

About Marq

We are a team of individuals dedicated to our partnerships with brands like yours. We help organizations share their brand stories and grow their audience reach by creating impactful and consistent content. Through modern brand management and innovative tools, Marq empowers anyone within an organization to quickly build meaningful content without sacrificing brand integrity. Our product leverages intuitive and lockable brand templates and sophisticated brand profiles to meet even the most rigorous design standards. We enable organizations to scale content, build their audience, and experience growth by simplifying the brand management process and bringing everyone on their team into the fold on content creation.

With Marq, people know who you are.

Origin Story

Our origin story is one that you may have heard before, but we kind of doubt it. A group of ambitious individuals set out to solve a complex problem with a relatively simple solution. More on that later. From the metaphorical basement of a three billion-dollar tech unicorn, a platform was born. Lucidpress grew in a short period of time from a little sprout of a drag-and-drop editor to Sequoia-level sophistication. It took work, unwavering dedication, and a team of real masterminds. Like the unstoppable force of crashing dominos, the ideas began to take on a life of their own, sending us on a trajectory that would lead to the game-changing product that we sell today. If drag-and-drop could make content creation more accessible, what would ensure relevance, impact, and, dare we say, quality? While we believe creativity is endless and you never know who holds the next great idea, we'd argue that not all of those concepts, when translated, are on-brand. And so, we created a solution for that too. With intuitive and lockable templates, Lucidpress became the go-to brand-templating platform, and delivered a content creation formula that gave companies momentum to reach their audience faster.

After over six-million users, 600+ enterprise customers, and no plans to stop the idea-generation sprint that would ultimately raise the bar both for the platform, and for our customers' content game, Lucidpress was then acquired by Charles Thayne Capital. With real 2021 energy, this group of savvy investors recognized the potential for a modern brand-templating platform poised to help businesses build content at scale. Like a butterfly emerging from its pandemic cocoon, Lucidpress was now independent, and the company's future felt destined for greatness. July of 2022 dawned the Marq of a new era. Lucidpress rebranded to Marq and we set our eyes on the grandest of visions yet: Radically change how organizations approach brand management. In a lot of ways, this is only the beginning. Where we go from here is entirely up to our customers' intensity for greatness and our unmatched enthusiasm to come along for the ride, delivering the very best tools to help them get there.

From our point of view? The possibilities are endless.

On your mar(q).
Get Set.
GO.

Our Team

Our leadership team combines grit with experience in business management and startup growth.

Owen Fuller
Owen Fuller
Owen Fuller

Owen Fuller

Hailing from Alaska, the Land of the Midnight Sun, Owen joined Marq with years of entrepreneurship under his belt. Most recently he served as President of Qzzr, a venture-backed software company that helped brands, like ESPN and Red Bull, create intelligent interactive content. Previously, Owen built and sold Fit Marketing, an inbound marketing agency that had years of 100% annual growth and was recognized as one of Utah’s fastest-growing companies. Owen graduated from BYU’s advertising program.

Outside the office, you’ll find Owen listening to history podcasts or shooting hoops — occasionally he’ll even do both at the same time.

Josh Penrod
Josh Penrod
Josh Penrod

Josh Penrod

Josh has over 20 years of experience in product and user experience design and most recently worked as Chief Product Officer at Podium and prior to that he was Vice President of User Experience at Ancestry. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in psychology. Some of Josh’s favorite things are traveling with his wife and four kids, hiking, photography and volleyball.

Miglena Aaron
Miglena Aaron
Miglena Aaron

Miglena Aaron

Miglena brings 15+ years of experience as a CFO of a private company, Director of Finance for a public company, an auditor with Big 4 Accounting Firm, and a SOX compliance analyst for a public company. She is an outstanding leader with a collaborative approach to her work and excels in her ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, changing and diverse environment.

Lauren Hamberg
Lauren Hamberg
Lauren Hamberg

Lauren Hamberg

Lauren brings many years of product marketing experience to the team, most recently as a Director of Product Marketing at Pluralsight. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in business management. Her dynamic leadership and methodical strategy brings incredible energy to the Marketing team at Marq.

Nick Hatch
Nick Hatch
Nick Hatch

Nick Hatch

Nick brings exceptional leadership and sales experience to the Marq team. He spent just under 5 years at Lucid, as a Sales Team Lead, prior to joining the team at Marq. He has an incredible amount of passion and excitement, always bringing energy to the problems we solve here at Marq.

Wes Novak
Wes Novack
Wes Novak

Wes Novack

Wes most recently worked at Pluralsight, where he helped scale the company over the past seven years as a key leader on engineering teams in software, cloud, DevOps, architecture, platform and product security. Before Pluralsight, he held engineering roles at Verizon and MCI. Wes is an advocate for building and supporting engineering communities. He mentors Computer Science students, speaks at conferences, is an active member of meetup groups and he is a cloud technology author who has published multiple video courses and dozens of cloud labs.

Mike Willie
Mike Wille
Mike Willie

Mike Wille

Mike has many years of marketing and growth experience in startups including Localfluence and Capshare (now Morgan Stanley). He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in business management.

Andrew Packer
Andrew Packer
Andrew Packer

Andrew Packer

Andrew has a strong background in Customer Success, leading customer facing teams at Entrata, Podium, and Lucidchart prior to Marq. He is known for a relentless committment to help customers launch effectively and hit their strategic targets. He earned both an undergraduate and MBA degree from Brigham Young University.

Brandon Moss
Brandon Moss
Brandon Moss

Brandon Moss

Brandon brings extensive product management experience to the Marq team, having worked at tech companies Podium, Domo and DealerSocket. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in economics. Brandon loves spending his spare time trying to perfect his baking skills in the kitchen, reading a book or playing soccer with his kids.

Chandler Shipley
Chandler Shipley
Chandler Shipley

Chandler Shipley

Chandler was the Senior Manager of Sales Strategy and Operations at Lucid prior to joining the team at Marq, where his tenacity for solving problems makes him invaluable to the growth at Marq. Chandler’s leadership and sales experience make him and Nick Hatch the dynamic duo of Marq’s sales team.

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We’re always looking for new folks to join our ranks — especially people who value teamwork, innovation, and excellence above all else. Because, at the end of the day, we’re dedicated to building a product our customers love and that shines through in our work. Plus, the snacks aren’t half-bad either.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Marq's mission?

Marq's mission is to provide individuals and businesses with intuitive and powerful design tools that enable them to create stunning visual content. We strive to empower creativity and enhance brand identities through innovative solutions.

How does Marq stand out in the design software industry?

Marq stands out by offering a comprehensive suite of user-friendly design tools tailored to various needs. Our commitment to quality, continuous innovation, and a user-first approach sets us apart as a brand management software provider that truly prioritizes our users' success.

Who benefits from using Marq's design solutions?

Marq's design solutions cater to a wide range of users, from individuals looking to create captivating personal content to businesses seeking to establish a strong brand identity. Our tools are designed to accommodate both beginners and experienced designers, making creativity accessible to all.

How does Marq contribute to brand management?

Marq plays a pivotal role in brand management by offering tools that help businesses maintain consistency across their visual content. Our solutions allow users to design logos, graphics, and other assets that align with their brand identity, ensuring a cohesive and memorable presence across platforms.
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