Hello!
My name is Kieron Lewis and I'm a south London born freelance graphic designer and public speaker with a BA (Hons) within Graphic Arts. My core skill sets include Editorial design, Marketing, Branding and UI design.
Current roles:
• Host at Adobe Live.
• Co-founder at Olga & Kay.
• Freelance Graphic Designer at POCC
Exhibitions:
• Still Breathing publication | Jubilee Library | Brighton
• Still Breathing publication | Ironworks Studios Brighton
• Still Breathing publication | Plus X innovation hubs | Brighton
• Too Much Source, We Built This City, Carnaby Street.
• 3rd Year Graphic Arts Degree Show, Winchester School of Art.
• New Natives Directed by Recuperate, Brick Lane, London.
Timeline:
[2022]
• Speaking at CreativePro Week on May 9th 2022 in Washington, D.C.
• Adobe Host for brand designer Whitney Kerney. Live streamed on Adobe’s YouTube and Behance.
[2021]
• Featured on The Dots 100 Black trailblazers redefining the industry list
• Speaker at Fail Better Talk at YCN, Shoreditch
• Speaker at Right Aligned Online
• Speaking at Adobe MAX 21'. Talk titled, "Empowering Community Through Collaboration & Editorial Design."
• Podcast with Creative Boom
• Featured on Campaign
• Adobe Host for communication designer Ester Wikström. Live streamed on Adobe’s YouTube.
• Podcast with CreativePro
• Mentor for The Arena.
• Adobe Host for YouTuber & designer Lisa Siefert. Live streamed on Adobe’s Behance & YouTube.
• Featured on Creative Boom.
• A portfolio reviewer for Creative Lives in Progress.
• Podcast recording with Nodes of Design on Spotify & Apple.
• Adobe Host for Graphic Designer Isabelle Poirier. Live streamed on Adobe’s YouTube and Behance.
• Speaking in July at The Photographers' Gallery.
• Invited by D&AD to have a discussion on the power of words within advertising.
• D&AD Awards Judge on the Writing for Design Jury.
• An interview with Lovers Magazine.
• A speaker at • Adobe Host for Art Director Rachel Roth. Live streamed on Adobe’s a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSof4fAAogc" target="_blank"bYouTube/b/a and a href="https://www.behance.net/live/videos/11029/Designing-a-Typographic-Zine-with-Rachel-Roth-1-of-2?tracking_source=to_replay&from_row=Adobe_Live_Schedule" target="_blank"bBehance/b/a.
• A speaker at ba href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsa/index.page" target="_blank"Winchester School of Art/a/b
• An interview with a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CL_3ZCTFQxm/" target="_blank"bBisi Atkins/b/a show, a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc9CzSc1zA0&fbclid=IwAR3s3vFbV-JQ8vmsYH13BZRG8863k4SXdzBwYFXkzs7XhdyldDxJvGUzDP4" target="_blank"bHi, I'm Black/b/a.
• Designing live on Adobe’s a href="https://www.behance.net/live/videos/10283/Designing-a-Bat-Friendly-Booklet-with-Kieron-Lewis-1-of-3?tracking_source=to_replay&from_row=Adobe_Live_Schedule" target="_blank"bBehance/b/a and a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4S4HZlvjMM" target="_blank"bYouTube/b/a, alongside their Host, Kladi Vergine.
• A portfolio reviewer for a href="https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/article/february-portfolio-reviews-design"_blank">Creative Lives in Progress.
• Featured on It's Nice That.
[2020]
• Featured on Campaign,
• Featured on Clear Channel
• Featured on Little Black Book.
• Guest speaker at Kingston University.
• Guest speaker at Brunel University.
• D&AD New Blood Judge.
• Interview with Tern Heads.
[2019]
• Freelance Creative Director for LEVILE.
[2018]
• Olga & Kay were invited by Westminster City Council to speak at National Enterprise Week.
• Olga & Kay guest speakers at Greenwich University.
• Olga & Kay speaking on BEN Television.
• Olga & Kay spoke at BBC Radio London.
• Olga & Kay were invited by Eric Festival, to be guest speakers at their event hosted at Somerset House.
[2017]
• Freelance Graphic Designer for TEDxEuston.
• Olga & Kay were guest speakers at Westminster Kingsway College.
• Olga & Kay were invited by The St Marylebone School to participate in their Careers Fair.
• Eric Festival invited Olga & Kay to conduct workshops designed to help young people understand the importance of self directed projects and the beauty of collaboration.
[2016]
• Young Gold Teeth invited Olga and Kay to speak at their one day festival at Google Campus.
• A podcast interview with The Wall Breakers.
• Bright Ideas Trust invited Olga & Kay to be guest speakers at their Global Enterprise Week.
• Olga & Kay was born!
[2015]
• Finalist for Jack Wills Young Brit Award.
• A podcast interview with The Wall Breakers. The title of our discussion was 'Ways to Harvest Your Skills to Become Financially & Creatively Independent’.
[2014]
• An interview I conducted with Handsome Frank was published in their first issue newspaper, Frank.
• Shortlisted for Your Lightbulb Moment. I was given the opportunity to pitch my business idea to Margaret Mountford from The Apprentice, and Tim Campbell MBE.
[2013]
• Winner of Creative Pioneers 2013, Institute of Practitioners in Advertising.
• Featured in The Metro as part of the Class of 2013.