Kasia Canning is a VP CD at Maximum Effort. Previously she was Executive Creative Director at BBH in New York. As a GCD at BBH, she was honored as the Most Awarded GCD Globally at the 2022 One Show. She has also led teams at 72andSunny, Barton F. Graf and Johannes Leonardo. 

Her work on Google Black-owned Friday was highly awarded in Cannes, recognized for the Fusion Pencil and Best of Integrated at the One Show and earned a Grand Clio. Previously, her work in Amsterdam on ING's The Next Rembrandt won two Cannes Grand Prix and was featured everywhere from BBC News to Bill Nye Saves the World on Netflix. 

Kasia has spoken on panels for AICP Bootcamp, been a mentor for the Cannes Lions initiative See It Be It, the Manhattan Early College for Advertising, and D&AD Shift, and judged international awards shows including the One Show, AICP, and Radio Mercury. She has served on the advisory board of the Creative Circus, taught at Miami Ad School in New York and been a finalist for AdAge Creative of the Year.