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Dublin's Marketing Agency

At Canvas Marketing Solutions, our dedication lies in our values of integrity, expertise, and a steadfast commitment to transparency and ethics.

Meet Our Team

A passionate team of marketers, strategists, and innovators dedicated to your success.

Strategy Team

Expert strategists who understand market dynamics and create data-driven growth plans.

Managed by Patrick McKenna

Creative Team

Innovative creatives who bring brands to life with compelling stories and visual experiences.

Managed by Sarah Hamilton

Analytics Team

Data specialists who measure performance and optimize campaigns for maximum impact.

Managed by Joe Sloan

Web Development Team

Technical specialists who build fast, accessible websites and custom applications that drive results.

Managed by Brendan Zuza

PR & Media

Professional press releases and media outreach that build authority and earn real coverage.

Led by Diane Burke

Our Mission

We believe in not just delivering effective campaigns but in crafting stories that resonate and build a foundation for sustainable success. Every venture is an opportunity for us to prove that with our knowledge and consultation, businesses can see sustainable year-over-year growth.

When you partner with Canvas Marketing Solutions, you're investing in a legacy of quality, innovation, and a promise to always prioritise your success.

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5+
Years Leading
250+
Happy Clients

Our Values

Integrity

Transparent processes and honest communication in every client relationship.

Expertise

Deep industry knowledge and cutting-edge marketing strategies.

Innovation

Creative solutions that push boundaries and drive results.

Results

Measurable outcomes that deliver sustainable growth.

250+
Clients Served
95%
Success Rate
500+
Projects Completed
24/7
Support Available

Our Journey

From a small startup to a leading marketing agency, here's how we've grown alongside our clients.

2019

Company Founded

Started with a vision to transform digital marketing through innovation and integrity.

2020

First Major Clients

Secured partnerships with Hireacamera and established our reputation for results.

2021

Team Expansion

Grew our team of specialists in strategy, analytics, and creative development.

2022

Industry Recognition

Received awards for innovative campaigns and client satisfaction.

2023

Global Reach

Expanded services internationally, helping businesses worldwide achieve growth.

2024

Future Innovation

Continuing to pioneer new marketing technologies and sustainable growth strategies.

2025

AI, Scale & Global Growth

Managed multi-platform paid media across Meta, Google and TikTok with strong ROAS for international clients. Developed a scalable influencer-driven advertising framework using UGC creators. Built internal AI tools for forecasting, campaign optimization and SEO automation. Launched privacy-focused SaaS product Geo-Gone.com. Implemented programmatic SEO and automated content systems. Expanded into PR, influencer marketing and advanced analytics.

About Our Founder

Meet the visionary leader driving Canvas Marketing Solutions forward with expertise and innovation.

Patrick McKenna - Founder and CEO of Canvas Marketing Solutions
Founder & CEO
Patrick McKenna

Patrick McKenna

Patrick McKenna leads Canvas Marketing Solutions with a blend of performance strategy, search visibility, and conversion-focused creative—grounded in rigorous analytics, testing, and compliance-aware messaging across regulated sectors like healthcare and finance.

He's partnered with e-commerce beauty brands, medical/aesthetic clinics, and creative services to build funnels that acquire new customers efficiently, remarket intelligently, and retain with genuine value. Companies trust him to steward millions of euros in annual ad spend with clear guardrails and measurable outcomes.

Beyond strategy, Patrick builds the systems that make growth repeatable: automation workflows that keep data clean and moving, custom internal tools and lightweight apps for reporting and lead flow, and modern websites/landing pages that are fast, accessible, and simple to publish.

Expertise at a Glance

Paid media & acquisition strategy
SEO and editorial content systems
Conversion rate optimisation & offer architecture
Marketing analytics & measurement planning
Automation design & data governance
App development for marketing operations
Web development & CMS implementation
Compliance-aware communications (healthcare & finance)
Stakeholder communication, training & enablement

Meet Our Creative Director

Where strategy meets creativity to deliver campaigns that convert and inspire.

Sarah Hamilton

Sarah Hamilton turns strategy into creative that actually converts. She leads the concepts, messaging, and design systems behind our highest-performing campaigns—pairing bold ideas with disciplined testing so every asset has a job to do.

Sarah builds modular brand libraries, UGC briefs, and landing-page experiences that move people from scroll to action. Her approach blends brand storytelling with clear offers, objection handling, and fast iteration across formats. It's creativity you can measure.

Why clients love her

Collaborative, data-literate, and fast. Sarah keeps brands coherent while we iterate quickly—so creative looks beautiful, stays on-brand, and delivers results.

Sarah Hamilton - Creative Director at Canvas Marketing Solutions
Creative Director
Sarah Hamilton

What Sarah Leads

Campaign concepts, hooks, and messaging hierarchies
Ad creative systems (paid social/search), UGC briefs, scripts, and storyboards
High-converting landing pages and persuasive UX copy
Creative testing frameworks tied to thumb-stop rate, CTR, CPA, and ROAS
Compliance-aware creative for regulated categories (healthcare & finance)

Who She Works With

E-commerce beauty brands
Medical/aesthetic clinics
Professional services
Education/creator businesses

"Want Sarah's eyes on your next campaign? Let's chat."

Meet Our Analytics Guru

Where data meets strategy to deliver measurement you can trust and decisions you can defend.

Joe Sloan - Analytics & Tracking Lead at Canvas Marketing Solutions
Analytics & Tracking Lead
Joe Sloan

Joe Sloan

Joe Sloan heads up Canvas Marketing Solutions' Analytics & Tracking Implementation—working at the intersection of account strategy and technical execution. He designs the measurement plans, builds the tracking infrastructure, and pressure-tests data quality so every decision we make is defensible and performance-driven.

How he works

Strategy + hands-on: Joe partners with founders and in-house teams as both account strategist and technical implementer, closing the gap between "what we need to know" and "how we capture it."

Compliance-aware: Builds privacy-first, consent-aligned analytics—especially critical for regulated categories like healthcare and finance.

Impact-oriented: Prioritises signal accuracy and completeness, improving spend efficiency, lead quality visibility, and revenue attribution.

What Joe Leads

End-to-end measurement planning: KPIs, conversion schema, event hierarchies, and attribution guardrails
Tracking implementation: clean data layers, server/event pipelines, consent-aware tagging, and deduplication logic
QA & governance: rigorous testing, naming conventions, UTM standards, and version-controlled documentation
Decision enablement: actionable dashboards and feedback loops that inform budget allocation, creative iterations, and landing-page testing

Joe's Impact

With Joe overseeing analytics, you get measurement that's trustworthy, scalable, and built to survive platform changes—so growth decisions are based on signal, not guesswork.

Trustworthy measurement infrastructure
Platform-change resilient tracking
Signal-based growth decisions
Scalable analytics architecture

Meet Our PR Specialist

Turning business stories into real media coverage that builds authority, earns backlinks, and drives brand awareness.

Diane Burke - PR Specialist at Canvas Marketing Solutions
PR Specialist
Diane Burke

Diane Burke

Diane Burke leads our Press Releases & Media Coverage service, bringing hands-on newsroom experience from Reach plc where she established the nostalgia department for Belfast Live and Dublin Live entirely from scratch. She holds a First Class Honours Master's in Journalism and Public Relations from Griffith College Dublin, with additional qualifications in digital marketing from Google Digital Garage.

With a background spanning editorial journalism, freelance reporting for Euro Weekly News, and social media strategy, Diane knows how to find the real story in your business and position it for media pickup. She identifies newsworthy angles, writes press releases that editors actually want to publish, and pitches directly to relevant journalists and publications.

How she works

Newsroom-trained storytelling: Diane spent nearly two years at Reach plc writing for national publications. She understands what editors look for and what gets published.

PR and media strategy: Her Master's dissertation explored the use of social media as a PR tool, and she brings that strategic thinking to every client engagement.

SEO-aware PR: Every placement is evaluated not just for brand exposure, but for the backlink authority and search visibility it brings to your domain.

What Diane Burke Delivers

Story development: identifying newsworthy angles around your business, launches, and milestones
Professional press releases written for real media pickup
Targeted media outreach to relevant journalists and publications
Coverage tracking and reporting on placements and backlinks earned

Why PR Matters

Media coverage builds trust faster than advertising
High-authority backlinks that improve Google rankings
Brand stories that travel further than paid ads
'Featured in' credibility that improves conversion rates

"With Diane Burke handling your PR, your business story reaches the right editors and earns coverage that builds lasting authority."

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