Why do we celebrate the guy who came in second? 

Because he didn’t play it safe with scientific best practices like the first guy. He took a kid’s toy into a thunderstorm with ambitions to change the world.

And that’s a tale worth remembering over 270 years later.

We started Fire Kite to help brands be more like Franklin. To help them capture and hold the imagination of their audience.

And be talked about for a long time to come.

IN 1752, SOME LONG FORGOTTEN FRENCH SCIENTIST DISCOVERED THE ELECTRICAL NATURE OF LIGHTNING.

A MONTH LATER, BEN FRANKLIN DID HIS OWN EXPERIMENT AND BECAME THE FATHER OF ELECTRICITY.

WHAT
WE DO

End-to-end creative chops
to do your story justice.

RESEARCH

OBSERVE
HYPOTHESIZE
INTERROGATE

Qualitative + Quantitative Research
Trend Monitoring
Thought Leadership
Brand Tracking
Competitive Analysis

STRATEGY

TRANSLATE
INSPIRE
ORCHESTRATE

Positioning
Personality
Audience Development
Journey Mapping
Brand Strategy 
Comms  Planning

CREATIVE

IDEATE

Platform Development
Copywriting 
Art Direction
Tone of Voice 
Style Guides
Illustration


DESIGN

Logo & Visual Identity
Brand Guidelines
Product +  Label
Social + Digital
Experiential

PRODUCE

Music & Sound Design
Video Production
Post-Production
Photography
Editing
VFX

OUR TEAM

The core team are industry veterans with experience working with some of the best agencies and brands in the world.
When they need more hands, no problem. Their connections run deep.

  • Founder & Executive Creative Director

    As a copywriter and creative director, Alex has created award-winning national and global campaigns for brands like Google, Nissan, NBC News, Qatar Airways and PlayStation.

    Born in Brazil, raised in the UK and now a U.S citizen, Alex has managed teams at top network agencies, boutique independents, and in-house creative departments in Amsterdam, NYC, LA and Nashville, writing and producing across a range of style, tone and media.

    Fire Kite is a dream 10 years in the making, according to his wife who has put up with him jabbering about it for a decade before he finally decided to do something about it.

  • Head of Strategy

    With over 20 years of integrated marketing experience across Advertising, PR, Digital, and Social Media, Tim has stewarded upcoming and iconic brands across all the major industries.

    He’s a 6x Ironman finisher, 10x Half Ironman finisher, and plays things like SpeedGolf and Beach Tennis. He’s also explored more than 17 countries and counting.

    [Editor: you know Tim, I ask for you a bio, and apparently you’re freaking He-Man. I can’t decide if it’s really humble or really not that you never told me all this before, but whatever.]

  • Creative Director

    With over a decade in the industry, Zach has worked with some mammoth brands— NBA, Miller Lite, Adobe, Maker’s Mark, P&G, and Heinz. But according to his Dad, none of that matters because he once did a project for the Dallas Cowboys. A lifelong dream fulfilled for the two of them [Editor again: for a team Ben Franklin never heard of ooooooo] 

SOME PRIOR KITES

Honda
Sony Playstation
Carlsberg
Nissan