Mark Salinas Esmana

Mark Esmana went to Engineering College where he was taught to pay attention to details and honed his logical ability. This together with his experience-borne creativity is Mark’s greatest asset.

When he worked in Dubai, U.A.E as a research and development officer in an engineering company, He formulated and suggested surprising and most of the time, out-of-the-box solutions.

He adds innovation and thinks of the best way to accomplish a task in consideration of the available resources. His forward-thinking ability pushed him to conceptualize and implement projects related to food security and environmental sustainability. Recently, he’s working on his experimental organic farm where he plans to integrate high-end technology into traditional farming. 

And as an Autodidact, He has been learning creative suites since 2009. Then, later on, he focused his attention on learning 3D modeling and animation--taking small steps into the realization of his dreams of creating his own 3D game. 

He has been on freelancing business since 2010 as graphic designer making logo, invitations, and tarpaulin layouts; but in 2017 he had an online US-based client who asked him to do SEO articles and blog reviews. His inclination to digital arts was later realigned to his passion when he was reintegrated into online freelancing through digitaljobsPH, a project of “Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

As a visionary man, he believes that everything is possible when passion and dedication work together. He sees the output more than the challenges on the table. For a fact, his bold decisions made changes to the small community he was once in. This manifested when he had revitalized a college publication, where he became editor-in-chief for two consecutive years. During the process of reorganization, He faced challenges but he was fueled by a greater purpose that made him achieve his plans for the institution. He together with his small team started the process from scratch-- recruitment of members to the production of a newsletter and a magazine.

He loves to travel in and out of the country, which helped him figure-out the psychology of designs and the effect of culture and tradition on the overall reference of people. He also observed how marketing works in the countries he visited.