Mark Albin
Deputy Director, Marketing and Public Relations
The Newark Museum
A resident of New Jersey since 1992, Mark Albin is a marketing professional with more than 20 years of experience promoting public facilities. He earned his Bachelors Degree in communications at The University of Rhode Island. After a brief career in radio, he was hired as the director of marketing for Daytona Beach Resort Inns; as such, he strategized local promotions and field marketing programs for Fortune 500 Companies targeting college students on spring break.
From 1985–1991, Mark served as booking and production manager at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where he was later promoted to director of sales. During his tenure at the Garden, Mark orchestrated the planning and promotion for more than 250 events including concerts, sporting competitions, family shows, and business theater. In 1992, he joined the start-up team that successfully opened the $70 million Liberty Science Center (LSC) in Jersey City, serving as its director of group sales and facility rentals. In the spring of 1997, he left LSC to become part of the senior management team at the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum in New York City. As vice president of marketing and business development, he repositioned the World War II aircraft carrier museum as a family attraction and tourism destination, increasing visitation by nearly 50 percent over a six-year period.
In 2003, Mark was invited to join the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) as director of the museums of Lower Manhattan Campaign. There, he initiated a project to brand and market the 15 museums located around the World Trade Center site, with the responsibility of managing a $5 million grant allocated from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In December of 2004 Mark accepted the position as deputy director, marketing and public relations at The Newark Museum, overseeing all marketing and communications activities at New Jersey’s largest museum. He serves as the Mid-Atlantic co-regional director of the American Association of Museums Public Relations and Marketing Committee, north regional chair of the Jersey Arts Marketing Association, and as a marketing advisor to The Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau. In 1996 he was named Supplier of the Year by The New Jersey Chapter of Meeting Professionals International and in 2003, The New York Hospitality and Tourism Association presented him with a Community Service Award. His advertising campaigns for The Newark Museum have been recognized seven times by New Jersey Ad Club.