Kelly Guenther is creative director of Guenther Group, Inc., a boutique agency based in Seattle, WA. Emmy-Award-winning creative and communications strategist with over 25 years of experience serving large to small clients. After a TV news career, Kelly founded Guenther Group, earning Emmy, Davey and Telly Awards for the firm’s global communications work.

Kelly Guenther

3444 California AVE SW

Seattle, WA 98116

206-***-****

www.guenthergroup.com

vimeo.com/guenthergroup

Background:

With studios based in West Seattle. Kelly and Guenther Group specialize in telling and marketing complicated visual stories for clients as varied as health and technology to Starbucks and Premera Insurance. Kelly is a jack-of-all-trades – cinematographer, writer, digital marketer, media relations manager, spokesperson and businessman.

Kelly left an Emmy-award-winning career as a TV reporter and photographer at KING-TV in Seattle where his last position was running the investigative unit and specializing in crisis communications.

Guenther Group’s clients include Microsoft, Premera Insurance, Comcast, Starbucks, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, The Essential Baking Company, Vexcel Imaging, Vulcan, Fred Hutch Cancer Research, Costa Mining, Leisure Care, Valley Medical Center, Seattle City Light, and a number of media organizations, including NBC News.

Creative Director & Strategist – Guenther Group. All management and sales, global content creation, TV commercials, media buying, social media initiatives, cinematography, still photography, media relations consulting, crisis communications consulting, managing creatives, and consulting on a wide variety of digital and traditional marketing initiatives for companies to tell their stories and further their brands.

Seattle Channel Producer – Seattle, WA. Kelly occasionally hosts, reports and shoots occasional news stories for this #1-ranked municipal TV station.

Health Talk Host -- Seattle, WA. Kelly hosted a weekly satellite radio show discussing cancer issues, latest treatment options and resources for survivors (through 2007).

Investigative Producer -- KING-TV, Seattle, WA. Kelly managed the investigative unit and was responsible for a number of award-winning high profile investigations including exposing medical fraud at Labor & Industries (through 2000).

TV Reporter -- Northwest Cable News, Seattle, WA. Emmy-Award-winning reporter specializing in politics, the environment and investigations (into 1999).

TV Reporter -- KMTR-TV, Eugene, OR. Beats included politics, environment and investigations. Covered state legislature on daily basis while in session (1995).

Communications Director, O’Neill & Company, Seattle, WA. Oversaw communications and lobbying for a downtown-based environmental and public policy firm. Earned multiple advertising, public relations and communications awards (1991 – 1995).

Freelance Reporter, Aarhus, Denmark – Covered the progress of new nation-states following the collapse of the Soviet Empire, media lecturer at Aarhus Universitet, worked on local video productions and did international voice-over work (1990 – 1991).

On-Air Reporter, KOTI-KOBI-TV, Klamath Falls & Medford, OR – Duties included general assignment, environmental reports and investigations (1989 - 1990).

References:

Jamey Tisdale: aczj01@r.postjobfree.com

(Former head of commercial storytelling, Microsoft)

Steve Kipp, Premera Insurance: aczj01@r.postjobfree.com

Dan Hubbell, Microsoft: aczj01@r.postjobfree.com

Chris Peterson, Leisure Care: aczj01@r.postjobfree.com

For examples of Kelly’s work go to www.guenthergroup.com or vimeo.com/guenthergroup

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