Managing Director,
Ziggurat Brands, London
Adrian Collins is the Managing Director of Ziggurat Brands, a London-based boutique brand design agency. For over 25 years, Ziggurat has worked for a wide range of global clients including PepsiCo, GSK, Unilever, Imperial Tobacco and Nestle.
Overseeing the day-to-day management of Ziggurat, Adrian is devoted to developing brands that have depth, a fundamental meaning and a truth. Most recently Ziggurat have helped create brands for Pepsi Raw, Tetley, Copella and Wall's and have won a number of awards including the coveted DBA Commercial Effectiveness award.
Ambitious and driven, Adrian is always looking for new and innovative ideas and believes strongly in the idea of brand storytelling—the notion that good brands have good stories that engage emotionally. His career path has taken him through the worlds of engineering, IT and finance and it is this broad experience that has given him a unique perspective on the brand design industry.
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