Martin Drust has been Managing Director Marketing at FC St. Pauli since 2019. He has been doing strategic brand communication for 25 years. Before joining FC St. Pauli in 2015 as Head of Marketing, Martin worked for four years as Partner, Managing Director and Chief Digital Officer at thjnk. Prior to that, he worked for 10 years as Executive Creative Director and Managing Director at Tribal DDB in Hamburg. Martin has won more than 300 creative awards and has been a member of ADC Germany since 2008.

Throughout his career, Martin has worked for well-known clients such as Allianz, Audi, Commerzbank, Deutsche Telekom, Douglas, Lufthansa, Philips, Porsche, RWE and Volkswagen. Martin is actually a teacher for history and economics, today he teaches at the Miami Ad School Europe or at ADC Germany.