Adam Collins

Current

• Senior Strategic Planner at TAXI

Past

• Strategic Planner at Zig, Inc.
• Communications Director at Leo Burnett
• Account Director at D'Arcy

• Junior Account Man at Ammirati Puris Lintas

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Education

• The University of Edinburgh

Connections

120 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Adam Collins’s Summary

A seasoned, british-trained creative planner who loves collaborating with eclectic thinkers on branded culture that’s of genuine value to people.

Adam Collins’s Specialties:

Really varied experience in packaged goods, beverage alcohol, financial services, telecoms, uk government & luxury.

Adam Collins’s Experience

• Senior Strategic Planner

  TAXI

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Lead planning on Aviva Insurance, Molson beer brands, TELUS, Viagra.
  
  2009 Cannes Gold Lion for Viagra, see http://work.canneslions.com/film/entry.cfm?entryid=9985

• Strategic Planner

  Zig, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  November 2003 — November 2006 (3 years 1 month)

  Planner on Molson Canadian beer, Unilever and others
  Won CASSIE effectiveness award for nation’s largest beer brand

• Communications Director

  Leo Burnett

  (Public Company; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 4 months)

  Continued in my role leading UK Government advertising campaigns as D'Arcy merged with Leo Burnett

• Account Director

  D'Arcy

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2000 — June 2002 (2 years 6 months)

  Swiftly climb ranks to run various uk government advertising campaigns and the Pan European Mars / Skittles accounts
  Win Gold at Cannes two years running for Social Work Recruitment

• Junior Account Man

  Ammirati Puris Lintas

  (Public Company; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 4 months)

  Learnt Ropes. Lots of late nights pitching etc.

Adam Collins’s Education

• The University of Edinburgh

  MA, 1st Class , English Literature , 1994 — 1998