LOS ANGELES, USA // Kelly Bayett is Founder of award-winning sound studio Barking Owl and Managing Partner of newly launched production company Love Song. Over the last ten years, Kelly has built a reputation as a creative leader and mentor, as well as a passionate challenger of the status quo. In 2009, Kelly launched award-winning, woman-owned music and sound studio Barking Owl, which now has studios in Los Angeles and New York. The studio has received numerous awards and accolades over the years including Ad Age’s A-List Sound and Music Company of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Barking Owl was also named LIA Music and Sound Company of the Year for 2018 and 2021 as well as Shots Music and Sound Company of the Year 2024.

In 2021, Kelly made the leap from music to commercial film production, launching Love Song with acclaimed director and co-founder Daniel Wolfe. Built on the same ethos as Barking Owl, Love Song represents a new paradigm for production, one that is purely focused on promoting, mentoring, and amplifying exceptional talent. The company won a Grand Prix at Ciclope for their very first project, the Facebook (now Meta) film “Skate Nation Ghana,” which also took home Gold and Silver awards at LIA, and the Advertising Excellence/Campaign honor at AICP. Love Song was named Shots Production Company of the Year Finalist as well as Production Company of the Year at the British Arrows 2024.

Kelly has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Campaign 40 over 40 and lives with 3 of her 4 kids, 2 bulldogs and 1 patient husband.