Kwame Taylor-Hayford
- Co-Founder
Kwame Taylor-Hayford is a creative executive and entrepreneur with a career spanning advertising, fashion and philanthropy. He is Co-Founder of Kin, a company that creates social change through culture for brands including Mailchimp, Delta Air Lines and Ben & Jerry's.
Prior to launching Kin, Kwame worked at Chobani where his team was named 2019 In-House Agency of the Year by Advertising Age and, citing the creative work on the brand, Fast Company included Chobani on its Most Innovative Companies list three years in a row. Earlier in his career, Kwame was a Partner at Sid Lee and led teams at Anomaly and Saatchi New York.
Kwame was included on Adweek's Creative 100 list in 2022, on Adage’s 40 Under 40 list in 2020 and was inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Hall of Achievement in 2019. He has been on the D&AD Impact Council since 2017, serving as Impact Jury President in 2020 & 2022 and is currently a member of the D&AD Board of Trustees.
He is also a Co-Founder at SATURDAY MORNING, a not-for-profit organization that brings awareness to and shifts perceptions on racial bias and injustice.
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D&AD Awards (13)
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Bloom Season
- Branding
- Branding
- Digital
- 2022
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Give Where You Live
- Illustration
- Illustration
- Digital
- 2023
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Give Where You Live
- Illustration
- Illustration
- Animated
- 2023
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Give Where You Live
- Impact
- Impact
- Local Solution
- 2023
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8:46 Films
- Entertainment
- Entertainment
- Scripted Long Form
- 2022
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Big Change Starts Small
- Illustration
- Kin
- Mailchimp
- Illustration
- Animated
- 2021
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The Look
- Film
- Saturday Morning
- Procter & Gamble Corporate
- Film
- TV/VOD Commercials 61 - 120 Seconds
- 2021
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Re-imagination of Chobani
- Branding
- Chobani
- Chobani
- Branding
- Branding Schemes/Large Organisation
- 2018
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UNIQLO Recipe
- Art Direction
- Projector
- UNIQLO
- Art Direction
- Art Direction for Mobile Marketing
- 2014
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UNIQLO HairDo
- Branding
- Projector
- UNIQLO
- Branding
- Digital Brand Expression
- 2014
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Bloom Season - 2512 - Digital Publications
- Magazine & Newspaper Design
- Magazine & Newspaper Design
- Digital Publications
- 2022
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The Look
- Film
- Saturday Morning
- Procter & Gamble
- Film
- Cinema Commercials 61 - 120 Seconds
- 2021
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Big Change Starts Small
- Animation
- Kin
- Mailchimp
- Animation
- 2D Computer-Generated
- 2021