I’m an award-winning creative and C-suite thought partner with a passion for building high-performing teams and shaping brands that help businesses grow.

At heart, I’m a builder: of brand systems across all touch points for businesses of all sizes, from enterprise rebrands to startups that need to scale quickly. I build teams and creative cultures that consistently deliver breakthrough work. I thrive on translating complex challenges into simple, powerful ideas that resonate and on fostering the kind of collaborative energy that brings out the best in everyone involved.

Over the course of my career in both the U.S. and Europe, I’ve helped some of the world’s most recognized companies craft ideas and experiences that drive growth, loyalty, and relevance. These include BMW, Microsoft, Nike, HP, McDonald’s, IBM, American Express, and Johnnie Walker. My strategic creative ideas and design skills have lead to me winning major international awards including Campaign Press, Campaign Poster, D&AD in the UK; Addy’s, Graphis, CA Advertising and CA Design, Effies and One Show in the US.

I believe that in the age of AI, brands need to engage, surprise and delight their audiences with ideas that are clear, original, culturally aware and have a heartbeat.

Here’s a recommendation from one of my clients:

I have worked with many exceptional creatives over the years. Kim is in rare company. He has operated at the highest level of our industry, global agencies, iconic brands, and award-winning work, but what truly differentiates him is his mastery. Kim is a craftsman in the truest sense. His attention to detail is forensic. Every word earns its place. Every font or visual choice has intent.
Every strategic implication is pressure-tested. I have partnered with Kim on multiple brand initiatives, and he is simply one of the best in the business.

He doesn’t just “do creative”; anyone or any bot can generate ideas. Kim architects brand systems that scale. He turns complexity into clarity. He challenges assumptions, and he ensures the work is commercially grounded, not just creatively admired. In a market obsessed with speed and AI tools, Kim brings something far more powerful: judgment, exacting standards, coupled with the ability to know not just what could work, but what will resonate and endure.

If you want breakthrough ideas that are strategically sharp, meticulously executed, and built to last, Kim is the person you want at the table.

Martyn Etherington, Chief Marketing Officer, BMC Software.

Experience

UK
Department of Education
Charles Barker City
Brunnings
Burkitt Weinreich Bryant and Partners
Wight Collins Rutherford Scott
Bates Dorland
Circus

US
Ogilvy & Mather New York
McCann Erickson San Francisco
John McNeil Studio Berkeley

Awards and recognition
TIA, Campaign Press, Campaign Poster, Creative Circle, D&AD annual, Addy’s, LIA awards, PDN awards, B2B awards, Typographic Design Excellence awards, Graphis, Icon awards, One Show, CA Advertising Annual, CA Design Annual, GDUSA People to Watch

Selected for the D&AD Direction Creative Futures 1988 for Advertising Typography.

Inaugural Member of the Typographic Circle board.

3 times D&AD juror

Education
BA Typography & Print Production, Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts (Camberwell College of Arts).