kasiahaupt@gmail.com // 646.853.0533 
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.
EXPERIENCE:
Maximum Effort

executive creative director
(August 2022 - present)
group creative director

BBH New York
executive creative director
(August 2022 - present)
group creative director
(May 2021 - August 2022)
One Show - Most Awarded GCD Globally
May 2022

Manhattan Early College for Advertising
ReACT Mentor - 2022


72andSunny New York
creative director

Barton F. Graf 
creative director

Johannes Leonardo
associate creative director
 

​​​​J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam

creative

Translation
associate creative director

TBWA\Chiat\Day 
creative

Cliff Freeman & Partners 

creative

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
2017 AdAge Creative of the Year Finalist
Cannes Grand Prix (Cyber) - The Next Rembrandt
Cannes Grand Prix (Creative Data) - The Next Rembrandt

Cannes Titanium Shortlist 2022 - Black-owned Friday
Cannes Innovation Lion - The Next Rembrandt
Cannes Gold (Digital Craft) - Black-owned Friday
Cannes Gold (Entertainment for Music) - Black-owned Friday
Cannes Gold (Outdoor, Outdoor Events, Digital Craft) - The Next Rembrandt
Cannes Silver (Film) - Value City Furniture
Cannes Silver (Film Craft) - Black-owned Friday
Cannes Silver (Direct) - Black-owned Friday
Cannes Silver (Design - Data Vis, Creative Data - Enhancement, Storytelling) - The Next Rembrandt
Cannes Silver (Direct, Promo & Activation, Cyber) - The Next Rembrandt
Cannes Bronze (Creative Data, Digital Craft - Storytelling, Entertainment) - The Next Rembrandt

Cannes Bronze (Digital Craft) - BOF 3.0
Cannes Bronze Lion (Outdoor) - Het Parool 
 

AICP (Excellence in Humor) - Value City Furniture
AICP (Original Music) - Black-owned Friday
AICP (Web Film) - Black-owned Friday
ANDY Gold (Craft) - Google Trending Billboards
ANDY Gold (Craft) - Black-owned Friday

Webby - Google Shop Small Murals
Webby - Black-owned Friday
Webby (Music Video) - BOF 3.0
Webby (DE&I) - BOF 3.0 
Webby (DE&I - People's Voice) - BOF 3.0 
Webby (Best Use of Video - People's Voice) - BOF 3.0 
Grand Clio (Social Video) - Black-owned Friday
Clio Gold (Branded Entertainment) - The Next Rembrandt
Clio Gold (Digital Craft) - BOF 3.0
Clio Silver (Out Of Home) - Google Trending Billboards
Clio Silver (OOH Craft) - Google Trending Billboards
Clio Silver (Music) - Black-owned Friday
Clio Silver (Film - Scripted) - Black-owned Friday
Clio Silver (Branded Entertainment - Audio) - Black-owned Friday
Clio Silver (Out of Home Craft - Illustration) - Google Shop Small Murals
Clio Silver (Audio Craft) - BOF 3.0
Clio Silver (Branded Entertainment) - BOF 3.0
Clio Silver (Design) - Google Trending Billboards
Clio Bronze (Microsite) - Black-owned Friday
Clio Bronze (E-Commerce) - Black-owned Friday
Clio Bronze (Integrated) - BOF 3.0
Clio Bronze (Direct) - The Next Rembrandt
Clio Bronze (Experiential) - The Next Rembrandt

Clio Bronze (Billboard) - Google Shop Small Murals
Clio Bronze (Film) - Value City Furniture
Clio Music Silver (Use of Music in Audio) - Black-owned Friday
Clio Music Bronze (Use of Music in Film) - Black-owned Friday

One Show Best of Integrated - Black-owned Friday

One Show Fusion Pencil - Black-owned Friday
One Show Gold (Film) - Value City Furniture
One Show Gold (Experiential, Innovation in OOH) - The Next Rembrandt
One Show Gold (Digital Design) - BOF 3.0
One Show Gold (Craft - Art Direction ) - BOF 3.0
One Show Silver (Innovation in Integrated Branding) - The Next Rembrandt
One Show Silver (Dynamic Data Visualization) - The Next Rembrandt
One Show Silver (Ambient Media) - The Next Rembrandt
One Show Silver (Branded Entertainment - Art Direction Craft) - Black-owned Friday
One Show Silver (Interactive - E-commerce) - Black-owned Friday
One Show Silver (Interactive - Online Video) - Black-owned Friday
One Show Silver (Interactive Video) - BOF 3.0
One Show Silver (Branded Entertainment - Music Video) - BOF 3.0
One Show Silver (Direct Marketing - OOH) - Google Trending Billboards
One Show Bronze (Craft - Art Direction) - Google Trending Billboards
One Show Bronze (Craft - Printing/Production) - Google Trending Billboards
One Show Bronze (Branded Entertainment - Music Video) - Black-owned Friday
One Show Bronze (Design - Moving Image) - Black-owned Friday
One Show Bronze (Interactive Video) - Black-owned Friday
One Show Bronze (Music & Sound Craft) - Black-owned Friday
One Show Bronze (Craft - Music & Sound) - BOF 3.0
One Show Bronze (Website) - The Next Rembrandt
One Show Bronze (Installations) The Next Rembrandt


D&AD Yellow Pencil (Innovative Use of Technology) - The Next Rembrandt
D&AD Graphite Pencil (Technological Innovation, Ambient, Website) - The Next Rembrandt
D&AD Graphite Pencil (Digital - Storytelling) - BOF 3.0
D&AD Wood Pencil (Data Visualization) - The Next Rembrandt
D&AD Wood Pencil (Casting) - Black-owned Friday
D&AD Wood Pencil (Promotional Website) - Black-owned Friday
D&AD Wood Pencil (E-commerce) - Black-owned Friday
D&AD Wood Pencil (Entertainment - Integrated) - BOF 3.0
D&AD Wood Pencil (Commerce - Cultural Experience) - BOF 3.0
D&AD Wood Pencil (Integrated - Collaborative Campaigns) - BOF 3.0
D&AD Wood Pencil (Environmental) - Google Shop Small Murals
D&AD Wood Pencil (Film) - Value City Furniture


Radio Mercury Awards Shortlist - Little Caesars "Wrap Me in Bacon"

London International Awards: Grand LIA (Digital) - The Next Rembrandt
LIA Gold (Digital) - The Next Rembrandt
LIA Gold (Innovative Use of Digital) - The Next Rembrandt
LIA Gold (Innovative Use of Design) - The Next Rembrandt
LIA Gold (Visual Design) - The Next Rembrandt
LIA Gold (The NEW: Creative Technology) - The Next Rembrandt
LIA Silver (The NEW: Technology Development) - The Next Rembrandt
LIA Bronze (Non-traditional) - The Next Rembrandt

EPICA Digital Grand Prix - The Next Rembrandt
EPICA Gold (Creative Technology) - The Next Rembrandt
EPICA Gold (Online Campaigns) - The Next Rembrandt
EPICA Gold (Digital) - The Next Rembrandt
EPICA Silver (Websites) - The Next Rembrandt
EPICA Silver (Films & Series) - Elan
EPICA Bronze (Online & Viral Films) - The Next Rembrandt
EPICA Bronze (Humour) - Elan

Eurobest Grand Prix (Digital Craft) - The Next Rembrandt
Eurobest Gold (Digital Craft) - The Next Rembrandt
Eurobest Gold (Creative Data) - The Next Rembrandt
Eurobest Gold (Innovation) - The Next Rembrandt
Eurobest Gold (Media) - The Next Rembrandt
Eurobest Silver (Promo & Activation) - The Next Rembrandt
Eurobest Shortlist (Interactive) - Elan


Panelist, AICP Boot Camp (2018)
Navigating the Maze of Digital Deliverables

Creative Circus Board of Advisors (2017)


Miss Congeniality, Starkville High School Beauty Revue (2002)


PR:
AdAge: Finalists Announced for AdAge's New Creativity Awards
AdAge: 'Discount' doesn't mean 'cheap' in Bob's Discount Furniture's first campaign from Barton F. Graf

Adweek: Google Translate Totally Fails Foreign Couples Trying to Say Their Wedding Vows in English
Adweek: JWT's 'The Next Rembrandt' Wins Two Grand Prix at Cannes, in Cyber and Creative Data 

Adweek: Finally, Ads for Discount Furniture That Don't Just Yell, 'Come On Down!'
Spike TV: #1 Funniest Commercial of the Year 2014
The Drum: Canals, coffee shops, creativity: Is Amsterdam the marketer’s Shangri-La?
Huffington Post: Sandwich Monsters, By Kasia Haupt, Are Almost Too Cute To Eat
The Today Show: Seriously Sinister Monster Sandwiches
BuzzFeed: Adorable Sandwich Monsters
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