Adam Kahn (Kahncept)
As Chief Creative Officer at Grey Midwest Adam oversees all aspects of the creative output across 30+ brands and is the Global creative lead on Circle K. He's been recognized for making lawyers funny in PracticePanthers - Hoffman, Hoffman, Hoffman & Hoffman. Creating the worlds first interactive Super Bowl commercial for P&G. Slipped Febreze into people’s playlists with The Most Undisruptive Radio Ads, made fashion out of social conversation with Verizon + Christian Siriano, and built a game with NASA to classify uncharacterized asteroids to help save the earth from mass extinction to name a few.
In addition Adam continues to spearhead AI & web3 creative development and strategy for brands out of Grey Midwest.
His diverse background in film, tv and game development have helped him navigate the ad industry with dimensionality and award-winning innovative work in Cannes, Clios, OneShow, Effies, Webbys and more.
In addition, under the pseudonym Kahncept, I’m the creator of the sold-out Careless Bears NFT Collection, have been a guest artist on multiple blue chip NFT projects and have appeared in art shows from LA to NYC to Paris.
Awards / Recognition
CANNES - 3 Gold / 2 Silver / 1 Bronze / 6 Shortlists
One Show - 1 Silver / 1 shortlist / 2 Merit
Clios - 1 Bronze / 2 Shortlists
AICP - 1 Winner
Cresta - 1 Bronze
Epica Awards - 1 Silver
Digiday - 1 Winner
WEBBY - 2 Winner / 1 Peoples Choice / 6 Honorees
National Addy - 1 Gold / 1 Silver
ADDYs - 4 Best in Show / 6 Judges Choice / 59 Gold / 54 Silver
Creativepool - 1 Silver / 2 Bronze
NYF Awards - 2 Finalists / 4 Shortlists
The Side Show - 1 Gold
Effies - 1 Silver / 3 Bronze NA / 1 Bronze Global
WPPed Cream Awards - CRÈME DE LA CRÈME
Dentsu Innovation Awards - 1 Bronze
W3 - 1 Gold / 9 Silvers
Radio Mercury - 2 Finalists
IAC - 9 Winners
FWA - 2 MFWA’s
Mashable Awards - 1 Finalist
Cynopsis: Kids !magination Awards - 1 Finalist
Apple App Store - Featured in “New and Noteworthy” / “What We Are Playing” - 3 weeks
Apple App Store - Featured in “Adventure” and “Arcade Games“ - Ranked #3 for 3 weeks
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Artwork featured on:
Creativepool - 5x
Behance - 2x
Adobe Inspiration.is - 2x
Boardpusher - 2x
NFT Catcher.io
NFT Collectors Club
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Art Shows:
Los Angeles - 1
Paris - 1
New York City - 3
Salt Lake City - 1
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Speaker:
#5Things Podcast - Artificial Insanity: The Intersection of Creativity, Culture ad Tech
Suzy: State of Consumer Webinar - Your AI Cheat Sheet for Back to School Season
Arizona State University - How a Creative Uses AI
NFTNYC - Advertising in Web3
NFT Catcher Podcast - Episode 50 | LIVE on Twitter Spaces
Web3 Weekly Podcast - Kahncept Interview