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Nicola Kemp

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About

Nicola Kemp is Editorial Director for Creativebrief, where she oversees consumer trends, innovation, and interviews with industry thought-leaders from across the creative industries for all areas of the business. She is a member of the Associate Board and focused on growing the reach, relevance and reputation of Creativebrief and BITE. She started her career as a financial journalist before specialising in technology, social trends and marketing. Her work has appeared across titles including Campaign, WGSN, M&M Global, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Guardian and The Observer. A passionate advocate for diversity in all its forms she won The Women in Marketing Journalist of the year award for her work championing diversity in the creative industries, and was featured in Timewise’s Power 50 for her work on flexible working. She was named as one of the 200 women redefining the creative industry by The Dots an #EverydayAction award winner by Bloom, a Pitch 100 Superwoman and a Campaign Trailblazer of the future. With a 5-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son, Nicola is always on the look-out for new feminist fairy-tales to add to their ever-increasing book collection.


More from Nicola Kemp

Thought Leadership

Has International Women’s Day jumped the marketing shark?

By Nicola Kemp

It is easy to be cynical about performative feminism but industry experts agree that the original activism which inspired IWD has never been more necessary.

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Voices

SheSays launches recruitment drive for allies

By Nicola Kemp

The ‘SheSays, We Act’ campaign aims to recruit gender equality allies.

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Interviews

Random acts of creativity

By Nicola Kemp

Javier Campopiano, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at McCann Worldgroup and Worldwide Chief Creative Officer at McCann, on the importance of making things, creating room for the random and building cultures of creativity.

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Voices

Saoirse Ronan’s viral moment sparks IWD campaign

By Nicola Kemp

Charity Beyond Equality has teamed up with Forsman & Bodenfors to launch a new campaign to engage men in women’s safety.

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Trend

Persil and Arsenal embrace the power of stains

By Nicola Kemp

The brand has launched a powerful new campaign to tackle the shame surrounding period stains in sport.

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Voices

Pregnant Then Screwed launches Career Shredder to highlight motherhood penalty

By Nicola Kemp

An independent team of creative parents have launched a hard hitting campaign to break the silence surrounding maternity discrimination.

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Trend

Kevin Pietersen’s Dram Bell whiskey expands in India

By Nicola Kemp

London-based Roll Dot Agency’s Indian arm will drive the cultural narrative for Dram Bell Whisky.

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Thought Leadership

Social media is this generation’s smoking

By Nicola Kemp

Industry leaders have their say on the impact of social media on children’s mental health.

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Fuel Your Imagination

Nike highlights double standards in epic spot

By Nicola Kemp

The anthem to female athletes, created by Wieden+Kennedy, features Jordan Chiles, Sha’Carru Richardson and Caitlin Clark.

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Thought Leadership

Three Things on a Thursday: Overwhelm, wellness and escapism

By Nicola Kemp

BITE’s weekly series rounds up the must-read articles of the week.

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Voices

Ghosting, late payments and a crisis of confidence

By Nicola Kemp

Research from Leapers into the experience of freelancers in the creative industries reveals that the industry is falling short.

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Voices

The Mayor of London and McCann London team up to send a message of love

By Nicola Kemp

Valentine's Day provided the launchpad for a powerful campaign to celebrate diversity in polarizing times.

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Trend

Suicide&Co campaign aims to break the cycle of grief

By Nicola Kemp

A hard hitting campaign from VML highlights the generational impact of suicide bereavement.

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Voices

Women in PR launches research to help tackle ageism

By Nicola Kemp

The group is calling on industry professionals to share their experience of ageism in the PR industry to tackle the taboo of gendered ageism in the workplace.

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Voices

The IPA outlines 10 steps to support employee mental health

By Nicola Kemp

The new report supports President Josh Krichefski’s People First agenda.

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