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Meet, Mark Lazarus šŸ‘‹

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Mark Lazarus

About Me

After taking a punt on some work experience for a local web design agency, I taught myself how to code. I’d not even messed with HTML beyond customising my MySpace page (showing my age here!)… and about 15 years later I’m still discovering something new every single day. That’s probably what I love most about my role – it’s constantly evolving and there will always be fresh problems to solve.

Working with incredibly talented designers at OYS makes me almost ashamed to have ever called myself a ā€˜designer’ but I think that picking up the basics in the past has helped me make sure our work is pixel perfect.

In my spare time I love to cook (the kitchen is my happy place) and read fantasy books (if it’s got a dragon in, I’m probably going to like it).

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What tools or resources do you enjoy using for your work?

The one that’s come as a big surprise is AI. When a previous agency I worked at was using ChatGPT for content generation I thought (and still think) that it was lazy and had the capacity to backfire enormously. People can always tell.

However, when it’s used as a tool in your own arsenal, rather than completely relying on it, it can be an absolute game-changer. It’s often faster than scouring Google if I’m stuck debugging my code.

What’s the best professional advice you’ve ever received?

ā€œDon’t be afraid to fail. Fail fast and fail oftenā€.

As I recall, my mentor’s actual words were ruder than that, but you get the idea!

The point is that if you always strive for perfection, you’ll never accomplish anything. You have to be brave enough to try, even though you will likely fail the first time. Everyone makes mistakes, you just have to make sure you learn from them and don’t repeat them.

Do you have any hobbies or interests that people might find surprising?

I really enjoy musicals, although over the past few years I’ve not had much opportunity to go to the theatre. I’m looking forward to going to a couple of shows later in the year – I’m finally getting round to seeing Hamilton.

Whenever I’m the office DJ I have to make sure I don’t put my Spotify on shuffle. The Sales Team definitely wouldn’t enjoy their gangsta rap suddenly skipping to Disney classics!

What makes Own Your Space the perfect agency for our clients?

Each team at OYS has their own strengths and the combination of skills across the agency is ridiculous.

I think the biggest difference I’ve seen between other agencies and OYS is our transparency and accountability. If things aren’t going well, we’ll hold our hands up, but we’ll also work like mad to fix it and keep everyone in the loop.

Our focus on ROI means we’re all invested in making sure our clients’ sites perform to their max and it’s actually such a buzz seeing the difference our work makes. It’s great to see tangible results and knowing that you’ve been a major part of that success.

We’re also incredibly friendly and approachable… once we’re adequately caffeinated!

If you could switch jobs with anyone in the world for a day, who would it be and why?

Just for a day? In that case, I reckon it would have to be one of those baby panda carers that you see on social media. I don’t think I could do it for more than a day, it would be exhausting, but it would be such a fun time!

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Chris Ware

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Sam Lowe

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George Caus

George Caus

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Jessie Johnson

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