kelsey wilkins
FREELANCE CREATIVE DIRECTOR + WRITER
Kelsey grew up in Portland, Oregon, where she started her career at Intel, then worked at Swift Agency for 6 years until she became an Associate Creative Director at MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER. Now, Kelsey freelances full-time, flexing from copywriting to creative direction. She's worked on a variety of brands like Nike, adidas, Google, DoorDash, Nestle, Starbucks, Albertsons, Apple, Audi, Meta (Facebook), LinkedIn, and more.
Kelsey is a proud pacific islander with diversity, equity, and inclusion values at her core. Her Hawaiian middle name is 11 letters long, and it translates to a full sentence. Most describe her as an empathetic leader (or at least that’s what they say when they’re forced to write nice things about her during performance reviews). She judges people who don't believe in the Oxford comma, and she loves using ellipses... Kelsey also thinks it's weird to write bios in third person, yet here we are.
obligatory trophy case
I have a love/hate relationship with awards, but here are a few I’ll display on my digital shelf.
MTV Video Music Awards
2019 - Nominee
One show
2020 - Silver
Clio Award winner
2020 - Silver, 4x Bronze
New York festivals
2020 - Bronze
D&AD
2020 - Shortlist
D&AD impact
2019 - Shortlist
2018 - Winner
Communication Arts Advertising Annual
2022 - Shortlist
Shorty Awards
2021 - Silver - Best use of TikTok
2017 - Gold - Technology. Finalist - Education
2015 - Finalist - Technology
Epica awards
2019 -Gold
American Advertising Awards
2020 - Silver
Art Director’s Club
2019 - Merit
PR Week Awards
2019 - Winner - Community Relations
2019 - Top Honor - Best use of Creativity
2019 - Top Honor- Best Public Awareness
Business Insider’s Most Creative People Under 30
Listed 2016 & 2017
contact
CURRENT CITY: San Francisco, CA | Remote
EMAIL: kelseykwilkins@gmail.com
Resume available on request
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