Ankur Naik

Ankur is an Associate Partner in Prophet's Marketing Excellence practice — a creative strategist who builds the bridge between what a brand stands for and how it actually shows up in the world.
 
He came up in brand strategy, spending a decade getting underneath what makes a brand uniquely relevant to the people it's built for. But strategy without activation is just a deck, and over time, his work moved with him — from defining platforms to launching them, from positioning to the campaigns, content, and paid programs that make it real. Today, he helps lead Prophet's marketing services work, helping clients strategically translate their brand story to market across paid, earned, and owned channels.
 
His clients have spanned categories and contexts, including Abbvie, AT&T, Bitsight, Burton Snowboards, Cash App, Coors Light, Dayforce, Google, Kellanova, Spotify, Showtime, Target, and more.
 
Before Prophet, Ankur was a strategist at Havas' Conran Design Group, working across the pharmaceutical ecosystem on strategy, naming, and activation. Earlier, he built the account function from the ground up at BBMG, with stints at CBX and Wolff Olins.

Ankur holds a degree in Marketing from the University of Maryland. Outside of work, he writes poetry and takes classes at his local Los Angeles community college.