Derek Marckel - Creative Director - Football Support Staff

Derek Marckel

Title:
Creative Director
Email:
football@msu.edu
Phone:
355-1647

Derek Marckel is in his first year as the creative director for Michigan State football. Marckel supervises the Spartan creative team that produces original graphics and videos for Michigan State’s social media accounts and recruiting efforts.

Marckel arrived in East Lansing after spending one year at Colorado as the graphic designer for the CU football program in 2019.

Marckel, 26, joined the CU staff from the University of Toledo, where he was the assistant director of creative services for nearly three years (2016-19). He worked with all 15 varsity sports for the Rockets and was responsible for creating everything from billboards, posters, program covers, ticket designs and schedule cards to graphics for social media, the web and videoboards. He won several awards for his work for the athletic department. He had previously completed a graphic design internship for Toledo’s athletic marketing department in 2014, during the summer before his junior year in college.

Marckel graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in technology & visual communication technology.

His first job in the design field was right out of high school when he was just 18, working as a production artist intern at Haas-Jordan Umbrellas in Toledo. He joined the company as its full-
time head graphic artist shortly thereafter and held that position until he graduated from BGSU.

Marckel was born April 27, 1993 in Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from Whiteford High School in Ottawa Lake, Mich., where he lettered in football (team captain) and baseball. He is also an accomplished sports photographer.