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Marlon Tate members
Nina Papas
Operations Manager
Nina is a project manager with a background in interior design (BA). She has extensive experience managing large-scale multistakeholder projects. She joined Marlon Tate in 2021 and is responsible for the overall coordination of the office; the smooth comms between the creative team and our clients; and manages design and production schedules while keeping them within budget. Over the last four years at Marlon, Nina has managed Wallis Road’s £1 million marketing budget and helped launch the place brand and wayfinding for Harrow’s new neighbourhood Eastman Village as part of a £1.75bn regeneration.
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Nikos Georgopoulos
Creative Director,
Founder
Nikos is a Greek-British art director and writer, best known for his narrative-driven work and fictitious storytelling. In 2020, he branded Greece’s first coliving brand as an imaginary country; in 2021 he launched East London’s biggest urban regeneration project as a festival of electronic music and in 2022, he launched Marlon Tate; an ad agency with offices in Athens, London, Jupiter and Mars (the last two offices are fictional).
Often described as ‘‘popstar art director’’, he came to international attention in 2019 when he collaborated with famous photographer friend Polly Brown on a trilogy of concept projects called ‘Time travel branding’. The first project, ”Xenia” premiered at the prestigious ATypI in New York to positive reviews from critics and press who praised his ‘fictitious but brilliant’ universe.
Nikos is also a Lecturer at famed art school London College of Communication, where he teaches a three-week studio. In 2024, he was nominated for inclusion in the Forbes 35 under 35 prestigious list. He has received various accolades including one Red Dot Design Award, 5 Ermis Awards, 9 Ebge Awards and a nomination for the prestigious Alan Davidson Award for Storytelling in London. He studied at Camberwell College of Arts (MA) in London, conducting practice-based research exploring the relation between Identity and Archives.
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Giannis Charitidis
Creative
Giannis is a graphic designer holding a BA in graphic communication from Vakalo College of Art & Design. He joined Marlon Tate in 2024 where he is working on different creative projects across different media including branding, editorial and digital design. At Marlon Tate, Giannis has worked on several high profile projects including the brand name and identity for Harko Athletic Club in Kolonaki, Athens; the exhibition identity and publication for “The Living Museum” as part of 2023 Elevsis European Capital of Culture; and the place branding for the affluent leafy Athens district of Filothei and Psyhiko (not yet launched in public).
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Rebecca Banks
Creative
Rebecca is a graphic designer holding a BA in Graphic Communication Design from Central Saint Martins in London. At Marlon Tate, Rebecca has worked on several large-scale place branding projects such as Jolles House in East London and Asda Park Royal, and, more recently, helped roll out the signage and wayfinding for The Twenty One hotel and the motion graphics for Isabella’s restaurant within the same hotel. Before joining Marlon Tate, Rebecca worked at Pentagram, NYC.
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Theo Adams
Digital & UX Director
Theo is a Web Developer specialising in frontend and backend solutions such as websites and web applications. He joined Marlon Tate in 2023 where he’s worked on sites for Wallis Road and The Hellenic Institute of Architecture.
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Paul Roberts
Strategic Director
Paul joined Marlon Tate in 2021 where he works in tandem with Nikos defining strategy and ensuring the visual approach reflects the thinking.
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