Kevin King

Rainy Afternoon in Figueretas

Comprehensive, strategic design for communications. Experience in most industries and media, from high-end fashion to packaged goods, bricks-and-mortar to digital.


Kevin King

Kevin King

Creative Director
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Smart. Resourceful. Insatiably curious. Builds and inspires awesome creative teams. And makes some pretty cool stuff.


Kevin King :: Résumé
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Portfolio includes

  • brand identity
  • advertising
  • online marketing
  • website design
  • multimedia
  • animation
  • packaging
  • print
  • infographics
  • store design
  • visual display
  • equipment

Brands

Backstory

Motherhaus LLC.
New York. 2011-present. Principal.
Cultivates curiosity, community, integrity and magic.

Motherhaus.
New York. 1995-2010. Creative Director.
Directed and produced smart, inspired creative that anticipated future needs of clients, such as branding applications across product categories and scalability over diverse media. Assembled and led specialized project teams. Worked individually as a design consultant. Hosted periodic workshops for artists looking for inspiration and motivation. Developed Motherhaus product line.

JWT INSIDE.
New York. 2008-2010. Creative Director.
Co-managed New York hub and directed all creative development pertaining to employer branding, internal communications, and talent acquisition for a roster of global and Fortune 100 clients.

Lowe Interactive/Lowe Lintas Interactive.
New York. 1999-2001. SVP/Creative Director.
Built a vibrant creative department from the ground up, personally selecting all designers, copywriters and site builders. In addition to heading the department, sold the work to clients and set the creative vision for the company. Annual billings: $16.8 million.

Giorgio Armani Corporation.
New York. 1994-1995. Graphic Communications.
Designed and directed graphics, retail standards, advertising layouts and in-store communications for all the Armani brands: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, and A/X Armani Exchange.

A|X Armani Exchange.
New York. 1991-1994. Associate Director, Retail Presentation.
Created the A/X brand as part of the Armani concept team. Designed and developed fixturing, equipment, signage, training materials, merchandising plans, music programming, packaging, stationery, and point-of-sale collateral. Supervised the roll-out of 25 freestanding stores and 13 in-store shops, partnering with Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bloomingdales.

Marithé & François Girbaud.
New York. 1987-1991. Retail Presentation.
Taught brand philosophy and merchandising to key accounts. Directed in-store merchandiser program. Planned and supervised the roll-out of in-store shop program (first of its kind).


Awards

Web Marketing Association’s WebAward, Best Employment Website 2010, NewYork-Presbyterian Careers Web site

Web Marketing Association’s WebAward, Employment Standard of Excellence 2010, American Express Global Careers Web site

Web Marketing Association’s WebAward, Employment Standard of Excellence 2010, Ernst & Young/EY Experience

Creative Excellence Awards, 2010 Best Multimedia Campaign, Third Place, NewYork-Presbyterian and the New York Yankees
Team Up for Nurses Week

Creative Excellence Awards, 2010 Non-Print Promotion or Collateral, Third Place, American Express Global Careers Website

Creative Excellence Awards, 2010 Employee/Internal Communications, First Place, Novo Nordisk Diversity Site

People’s Voice Webby Award, 2007, Unleashed

The New York Festival, 2001, Finalist, dennys.com

The Art Director’s Club 77th Annual Awards, 1998 Distinctive Merit Award, motherhaus.com

I.D. Magazine Design Review, 1992 Gold Award for Equipment, Armani Exchange hangers

ISP/VMSD Interior Design Awards, 1992 Store of the Year, Armani Exchange


Education

Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois. Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1986

School of Visual Arts. New York. Developing the Animated Series, 2004; Drawing Workshop, 2005, 2007

GLS Sprachenzentrum. Berlin. German Immersion Program, 2004

Université Laval. Québec, PQ. French Immersion Program, 1984