Brian Collins

Brian Collins is Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS:, a design company dedicated to inventing brand experiences and communications that shape companies and people for the better. Prior to COLLINS:, Brian was Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of the Brand Integration Group (BIG) at Ogilvy & Mather. Brian’s clients have included Coca-Cola, CNN, Levi Strauss & Co., American Express, Motorola, Mattel, IBM, Amazon.com, MTV, Hershey’s and The Alliance for Climate Protection. Brian’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, ABC News and Fast Company, which named him one of five American Masters of Design. He is the founder of Designism, an annual symposium in New York City focusing on the role of social activism in design and advertising. In 2009, COLLINS: was awarded Gold from The One Show, The Clios, the 4A’s Gold for Strategic Excellence and a Cannes Silver Lion. Brian is a Distinguished Alumnus of the Massachusetts College of Art. He is Vice President of The Art Directors Club of New York and is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Art Center College of Design in 2008. He speaks globally on design and innovation including at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and is a member of the Forum’s Global Agenda Council.