NA Collective Promotes Kevin Starkes to Partner

NA Collective, a hybrid agency model of creative agency meets production company, has promoted Kevin Starkes to Partner, joining founders Chiara Adin and Aaron Mason on the executive leadership team.

In the new role, Starkes will be responsible for growing NA Collective’s production capabilities and helping to drive the company’s overall vision. He will also resume his duty as Director of Production for the agency leading creative production for their clients including Tommy Hilfiger, Twitter, Sound Cloud and more, to create ‘virally experiential’ activations - a speciality of NA Collective. The model has brought stronger ROI to experiential advertising and helps brands more effectively bring their narratives to life through activations, reaching millions with the use of social media.

Starkes has been a part of the NA Collective team for three of the agency’s four years existence and has played a big role in producing some of the shop’s biggest projects, including the epic TommyXNadal strip tennis event in Bryant Park, which garnered over 111 million impressions within the first hour.

The appointment of Starkes to Partner comes at a time of growth for the agency, as they take on more adventurous projects for brands like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and CoverGirl. 

Kevin Starkes said on the promotion: “The last three years at the agency have been amazing for my career. I have been able to do what I love, while working with a phenomenal team. Being promoted to partner opens up an entirely new side of the business at Na Collective I have yet to be exposed to,” said Starkes. “I am grateful for the opportunities this will bring and I look forward to being an integral part of the continued growth of the agency.” 

Chiara Adin commented: “Kevin is an invaluable member of our team. Since joining three years ago, he’s grown to become our trusted partner in making key business decisions as well as a mentor and leader to the team regardless of their department or position,” said Adin. “We could not be more thrilled to have Kevin become an official partner and become a larger part of the  leadership team. Together we see a bright future, one that will continue growing, strengthening the foundation of the agency amongst the building blocks we’ve already put in place.”