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Kia Heinnen
Creative Director
Freelance

NEW YORK, USA // Kia brings a unique perspective to advertising, having worked for Media Arts Lab in Los Angeles, Droga5 in New York, Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam and Colenso BBDO in Auckland.

Previously, she was a Creative Director for  at Media Arts Lab and led multi disciplinary teams on AirPods and Apple TV+. In 2023, her campaign for AirPods became part of the permanent collection in MoMA’s for Best Visual Style and received the Best of Discipline in Film Craft at the One Show.

Before MAL, she spent time at Droga5, where she led notable and award winning work for clients including Under Armour, Meta, Equinox, Nordstrom and Google Pixel.

Throughout her career, Kia’s work has been internationally awarded in some of the industry’s highest honors, such as the Cannes Film Festival, D&AD, One Show, AICP, Clios, Webby’s and more.

She was one of the first women to be selected to be a delegate for Cannes Lions ‘See It Be It’ program in 2015.

She would like to continue to create and guide work that is soulful, poetic and has a unique voice that deserves to be celebrated.