True stories from a good liar.

Travis Robertson is a creative director, art director and multi-disciplinary designer from Boston. With more than 15 years of experience, he has worked at boutique studios and large holding company agencies alike.

He is the Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of design and advertising agency Colossus , AdAge’s 2024 Small Agency of the Year and Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agency 2024.

In a previous life, Travis worked as an actor in films like Little Giants and Now & Then. On tv shows like Law & Order and Pete & Pete. He trained and fought as a professional muay thai fighter in Thailand, worked as a butcher, a cable guy for DirectTV, and a line cook under a James Beard Award-winning chef. He received a degree in Film Production from Emerson College, with graduate studies in Design at Portfolio Center (now Miami Ad School). His work is on exhibit in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. He has won 8 Emmy’s for his commercial work and in 2024, Travis was named to Graphic Design USA’s “People to Watch."

Recognition

Cannes Lions, D&AD, The Andy Awards, The Effie Awards, The Art Directors Club, The One Show, Clio Awards, The Kelly Awards, The Emmy Awards, Type Directors Club, New York Festivals, FWA, AWWWards, Cresta, Graphis, Creativity, MITX, The Webby Awards, The Golden Award of Montreux, Communication Arts, Metropolis, The National Addy's, HPA, AICP, AAF, The Hatch Awards, Adweek, AdAge and others.

Speaking

Miami Ad School
NorthEastern University
Boston University
AIGA GenUX Symposium
AdAge Small Agency Conference, Chicago
Mirren Live

Publications

It’s Nice That, Brand New, Fast Company, Washington Post, Communication Arts, Metropolis, Graphic Design USA, Adweek, AdAge, Lürzer's Archive, Print Magazine, Creative Boom, Hypebeast, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Sports Illustrated, Monocle, Elle, etc.

Brands

BEER/SPIRITS
Jack Daniel’s, Jack Honey, Jack Fire, Budweiser, Michelob, Michelob Ultra, Woodford Reserve, Chambord, Southern Comfort, Gray Whale Gin, Cantera Negra Tequila, Guinness, Sol Cerveza, Brown Forman, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Deutsch Family Wines, Sam Adams, Cider Jack, Truly Hard Seltzer, Two Bears, Archer Roose Wine.

APPAREL & RETAIL
Adidas, New Balance, Reebok, Foster Grant, American Eagle, Burton, Converse, Titleist, Sperry, JCPenney, Pearle Vision, Brooks Running.

QSR/FCR
Subway, McDonalds, Outback Steakhouse, Bob Evans, Margaritas, Miller’s Ale House, Octane Coffee, Fado Irish Pubs 

CPG
Coca-Cola, P&G, Gillette, VitaminWater, Ocean Spray, Ken’s Salad Dressing, Sweet Baby Rays, Whole Moon Soy Milk, Illicit Elixirs, Q mixers, BIDI CBD, Bowery Vertical Farming, Wellness Pet Company, Kind Bar, Listerine, Ragu

TECH
Netflix, Square, TikTok, SimpliSafe, Amazon, LogMeIn, Google, Mimecast, SentinelOne, CyberArk, BetterAir, S/O/S, PetSafe

Health & Pharma
athenahealth, epocrates, Embark Vet, UNC health, Tylenol, Listerine, Neo-Synephrine, St. Joseph, Durex, Afrin, Genexa,

MOTORS
Toyota, Audi, Volvo, Harley-Davidson, Carvana, Car Gurus, Zipcar, Motional(Hyundai). 

FINANCIAL
Fidelity, Santander Bank, Huntington Bank, Putnam Investments, Avidia Bank, Globalization Partners, American Express, Earnest

INSURANCE
Progressive, Allways, AFLAC, CG Insurance, Sedgwick

CAUSE-RELATED
Truth, The American Legacy Foundation, NECC, ALS Foundation, American Heart Association, Humane Society of the United States, Good Shepard Food Bank of Maine, Outward Bound, Climate Reality Project 

EDUCATION
University of Phoenix, Bay Path University, Troy University, Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, CoachUp

SPORTS
Boston Bruins, Red Sox, Celtics, Liverpool, Premier League, NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, UFC, MLS 

TRAVEL
Carnival Cruise Lines, Amtrak, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Foxwoods Casino, Vail Resorts, Royal Caribbean

ETC
QuickCrete, Lionel Trains, CoachUp,  BetterAir