About

Kelly Hobkirk has worked as a creative director, art director, graphic designer, and copywriter for local, national, and international brands, notably Allstate, Antioch University, AT&T, Bilingual Books, Cascade Bicycle Club, Emergency Press, Futurepast, Galaxy, KNOCK, Pepsi, Security Pacific Bank, Seibu, State of Washington, and Vienna Acoustics.

He has held the positions of in-house Graphic Designer, Sr. Designer, and Marketing Director, as well as ad agency Art Director, Sr. Copywriter, and Creative Director. He particularly enjoys brand development and publication design.

His multi-skillset includes brand strategy, positioning, and naming; type design, copywriting, advertising design, art direction, marketing, and package design. He is an expert in helping people and companies visually and verbally express their best brand face across all touch points.

He is the co-founder and creative director at the branding and advertising firm, Train of Thought, and he is always seeking new challenges.

Hobkirk occasionally takes on special projects, usually in the form of poster, book and publication design. Check out samples of this work in the Portfolio.

To see what he is doing now, see the Now page.