# Nick Kidd — Creative Director

> Nick Kidd is a creative director based in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, with 12+ years leading award-winning integrated campaigns, brands, and digital experiences for global technology and consumer brands — Qualcomm (Snapdragon, Dragonfly), Audi, Samsung, T-Mobile, and Fluence Energy among them. He works directly with CEOs and agency leadership on creative strategy, and builds the teams, workflows, and AI-enabled systems that make great work repeatable.

## At a glance

- Role: Creative director. Currently Associate Creative Director at Transmission Agency, working at creative-director level with full creative ownership of key global tech accounts.
- Location: Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Open to remote.
- Strengths: creative vision and campaign leadership, brand strategy and storytelling, client relationships, creative operations and org design, AI-enabled creative workflows, video production, art direction, UX and web.
- Results: on current accounts, lifted recommendations 29.4%, brand preference 60%, and branded attention 158% over average.
- Clients: Qualcomm, Audi, Samsung, T-Mobile, Fluence Energy, AMD, HP, HPE, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Pizza Hut, F5, Pepsi, Software AG, Nutanix, Poly, Citrix.
- Awards: Silver ADDY, Bronze at The Drum Awards, Gold B2 Award, Gold Reggie, and Silver Telly (2026); Gold MarCom (2024); 32 Under 32 (2019); Gold National ADDY (2018).
- Education: BA in Advertising, Texas Tech University.

## Contact

- Email: contact@nickkidd.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickkidd/
- Resume (PDF): https://www.nickkidd.net/assets/nick-kidd-resume.pdf

## Experience

- 2024 - now: Associate Creative Director, Transmission Agency. I storyboarded, pitched, and co-directed a global, multi-channel campaign spanning video, animation, photography, web, and sales enablement. I maintained $1M+ client relationships, led a creative team of 7 into deeper brand understanding, introduced scalable workflows, and partnered with the VP to drive revenue growth, account expansion, and long-term client retention.
- 2022 - 2024: Design Director, Pathfinder Studios. I partnered directly with the CEO to lead creative strategy, UX, and brand execution across websites, SaaS products, and agency initiatives. I managed cross-functional teams, drove business development, and translated complex systems into elegant experiences, often serving as the primary client lead and interim product partner.
- 2020 - 2022: Senior Art Director, Transmission Agency. I led award-winning campaigns for global tech brands. I shaped creative culture, rebuilt agency workflows, partnered on executive-level strategy, and delivered international digital campaigns consistently exceeding deadlines, driving upsells, and strengthening cross-agency collaboration.
- 2015 - 2020: Art Director, TracyLocke. I began as a Studio Artist managing the high output needs of global brands and quality checking every piece that left the agency. Then worked my way up to be an Art Director for Audi and Samsung leading award-winning work.

## Work

- [Dragonfly Brand Launch](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/dragonfly-brand-launch): Campaign · Qualcomm Dragonfly · Creative Director · 2026 — We launched Qualcomm's new flagship AI inference brand for them to announce in front of millions, and won the affection of their CCO and CMO.
- [Let's Give 55%](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/snapdragon): Campaign · Qualcomm · Associate Creative Director · 2025 — B2B campaign that went viral. We helped Snapdragon take a swing at Intel with storytelling that doesn't feel like B2B.
- [Pathfinder Studios](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/pathfinder-studios): Branding · Pathfinder Studios · Design Director · 2024 — Leading design and operations for a digital studio. Brand evolution, website rebuild, ops innovation.
- [Fluence Design and Content](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/fluence-design-and-content): Campaign · Fluence · Creative Director · 2026 — Fluence needed to establish themselves as experts in a volatile market. But their design system wasn't distinct and their content was bare. So I created a new design system for them and filmed SME interviews to build trust and educate customers.
- [National Day of Racial Healing](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/ndorh): UX · W.K. Kellogg Foundation · 2023 — The W.K. Kellogg Foundation takes racial equity seriously and needed a website capable of activating their entire community toward a common goal.
- [Audi Illustrations](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/audi-illustrations): Design · Audi · 2018 — We illustrated posters as a gift to our clients and won 8 awards, including Gold National Addy
- [Roomvy](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/roomvy): UX · Roomvy · 2024 — We rethought event housing from the ground up, making it simple to create events, send RFPs, negotiate bids, manage reservations, and get real time analytics.
- [Sugar Lane](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/sugar-lane): Branding · Sugar Lane · Creative Director · 2026
- [Great Minds](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/great-minds-poc): AI · Snapdragon · Associate Creative Director · 2025 — A fun AI proof of concept with Snapdragon, bringing to life old legends.
- [Playwrights' Center](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/pwc): UX · Playwrights' Center · 2024 — The Playwrights’ Center needed a complete refresh to their platform to give users easy access to new opportunities, events, and personalization, while navigating the hidden complexity of the backend.
- [4R Fences and Patios](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/4r): Branding · 4R Fences and Patios · Creative Director · 2024 — Built for your family. By our family.
- [VistaJet](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/vistajet): UX · VistaJet · 2024 — We wowed a private jet powerhouse with a next level experience
- [Crowns of Resemblance](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/crowns-of-resemblance): Design · H.K. Laurin · 2024 — I was honored to create the cover of H.K. Laurin's Special Edition release of Crowns of Resemblance.
- [Mason & Magnolia](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/masonmagnolia): Branding · Mason & Magnolia · 2021 — The Southern Hospitality of Real Estate
- [Audi Dealership](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/audi-dealership): Campaign · Audi · 2015-2020 — Interactive dealership experiences and shopper marketing.
- [Encanto](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/encanto): Branding · Me · Owner · 2019 — I have a passion for print. There is nothing more rewarding than creating something by hand and making a special moment for someone else. From foil stamping to letterpress, I love learning new printing techniques. So in 2019 I decided to start my own business and create the worlds first magical paper company.
- [Don Julio](https://www.nickkidd.net/projects/don-julio): Design · Don Julio · Art Director · 2019 — A special edition fit for the Dodgers

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.nickkidd.net/): overview, showreel, and featured work
- [Work](https://www.nickkidd.net/work/): every project
- [About](https://www.nickkidd.net/about/): background, experience, beliefs, testimonials, clients, awards