Kari Luna
Creative Director * Copywriter * Branding Consultant * Writer
- Role
- Novelist and Whimsicologist at Penguin Publishing Group
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kari Luna
I\'m a creative director, copywriter, and verbal identity specialist who creates successful brands, naming, and advertising for agencies, global companies, and entrepreneurs at my studio, For The Curious Ones. As a long-time freelancer, I bring agency experience, an entrepreneurial spirit, a love of strategy, and a knack for producing work that sings. Sweet spots: branding, verbal identity and naming, visionary campaigns, humor, turning insights into ideas, leading with curiosity, and anything that needs a script. Well known for making clients and collaborators smile. I\'m also an award-winning author.See branding, verbal identity, and advertising at my new portfolio site: very-kari.comSee more advertising, TV, OLV, and digital at my studio: forthecuriousones.com/the-work/
Experience
Novelist and Whimsicologist
Mar 2013 — Present
My debut YA novel, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, is out now on Philomel/Penguin. Winner of the 2014 Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature, shortlisted for the Oregon Spirit Book Award and listed with Outstanding Merit on the 2014 Bank Street College\'s Best Children\'s Books of 2014. I teach classes and give presentations for kids and the kid in all of us. Always have several manuscripts in progress.
Education
University of North Texas
Bachelor of Science in Journalism/Advertising
1989 — 1993
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