COLOSSUS:
We make advertising for people who hate advertising.
It’s no secret, people hate advertising. In fact, they actively avoid it. So we work to find things they do love and then we wedge ourselves into that instead – art, music, culture, purpose, all of it. We work on behalf of our brand partners to build a valuable exchange for time and attention. Ultimately creating things consumers seek out rather than avoid.
HOW WE GET THERE:
Not all journeys are fraught with dysentery.
There is no golden truth, except that shaping a brand the right way and breaking through the noise is hard. It takes time, risk and a willingness to be a bit uncomfortable — because there is no map to uncharted territory. Thankfully, you don’t have to go it alone. Because we believe that partnership matters. And that rolling up your sleeves, trusting each other and collaborating, early and often, can take you anywhere. Even through the most perilous of terrain.
HOW WE WORK:
We are experts in not having all the answers.
We believe in endless curiosity. And in asking a lot of questions. In turning things inside out, upside down and getting past the obvious answers. We don’t have a lot of patience for folks who “have it all figured out.” Because things change way too fast for that to ever be true. Instead, we believe that a yearning for knowledge and experimentation is what kicks open the door to great ideas. It’s perpetual motion. We work with brands who share that same sense of curiosity and optimism for brighter futures.
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Leadership
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Guides Strategy and Brand Management at Colossus. Previous lives as MD at Humanaut, President at Victors & Spoils and VP at CP+B. Winner of Cannes Titanium Grand Prix Lion and Gold Effie. Father to two sets of twins.
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Guides the Design capability at Colossus. Previous lives as Global Director of Operations at Arnold and Partner at A&Co. Professional Beekeeper and builder of bespoke treehouses.
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Professional wordsmith and overseer of the Creative product at Colossus. Previous lives at MullenLowe, Arnold, and others. 8x Emmy Winner and former standup comic.
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Champion of all things Production. Prior existence at Arnold, MullenLowe and SimpliSafe. Lover of long beach days, pop music, Cody Rigsby and rosé year round.
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Oversees the Creative product and artistic vision of Colossus. Behind some of the most iconic work for Jack Daniel’s, Volvo, New Balance and more. Former child actor and professional fighter.
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Leads media strategy, planning, buying, and analytics at Colossus with extensive experience spanning marketing strategy, programmatic and communications architecture at MullenLowe, Mechanica, and Carbon.
We Make Things
We Make Things
An Institution of Solutions™
+ Integrated Services
We don’t just generate ideas, we bring them to life: design, strategy, digital, social, production – all the greatest hits – and then some. If we don’t know how to do it, we probably have partners who do.
Strategy
Research, Insights, Brand Strategy, Creative Strategy
Advertising
Campaigns, Social, Brand, Performance, Web, Content, Activation,
Design
Brand Identity, Logo, Merch, Packaging, Naming, Brand Voice
Production
Photography, Illustration, Editorial, Motion Graphics, Creative Technology
Media
Strategy, Planning, Buying, Analytics, Measurement & Reporting
Things We Don’t Do
Space Crime, Vengeful Puppetry, Finish Carpentry, Finnish Carpentry, Back Waxing