About
If you ask my friends and family, they’ll tell you, “Kai’s happiest when he’s working on something”.
And they’re right. Fueled by a background in Advertising and Graphic Design, a passion for Game Design, and ridiculous amounts of cold brew, I’ve made Super Bowl spots, integrated campaigns, 360 livestreams, surfboards, skateboards, board games, 3D animations, iOS apps, and my own companies.
I went to Savannah College of Art and Design where I picked up a BFA in Advertising and a minor in Graphic Design. My career began at A-list agencies including Droga5 and VaynerMedia. I then went in-house to a mission-driven tech company, Duolingo. I’m currently the Creative Director at Relatable where I oversee brand and package design, collaborate on marketing and product development, and invent new game concepts.
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Advertising
Gold Lion Branded Content 2023 for Duolingo High Valyrian Lessons
Cannes Lions Shortlist, Shorty Awards Winner x2 for Duolingo Bagel is Yiddish for Bagel
Caples Awards Bronze 2020 For GE Brings The World To Work
Caples Awards Shortlist 2020 For GE An Apollo 11 Story
Shorty Gold for LinkedIn 2019 For GE Brings The World To Work
Shorty Silver for Business to Business 2019 For GE Brings The World To Work
Shorty Audience Honor for B2B, LinkedIn, & LinkedIn Video 2019 For GE Brings The World To Work
Featured on Motionographer and STASH 2019
Radio Mercury Awards Finalist 2019
Shorty Gold in 2 categories - Best Use of Facebook Live and Best Use of Live Streaming Video 2019
We were given the #MVP award in Twitter’s #BrandBowl53 2019
Feature on Time People,USA Today, MSN, Nasdaq, Daily Mail, Elite Daily, Popculture, Delish, Campaign, Adweek, and AdAge in 2019.
Creativity Editor’s Pick 2018
Shorty Gold Distinction in Creative Use of Technology 2017
Shorty Audience Honor In Creative Use of Technology, & Business To Business 2017
Shorty Finalist In Artificial Intelligence 2017
Featured on Adweek 2017
Telly Winner 2017
Shortlisted for Cannes Future Lions 2015
Third Place at One Club Creative Camp 2014