Kelly Bjork
Partner, Sr. Executive Design Director @ IDEO | High Impact Leadership
- Role
- Partner, Sr Executive Design Director at IDEO
- Location
- Santa Fe, NM, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kelly Bjork
Kelly Bjork is a Partner and Senior Executive Design Director at IDEO who leads multidisciplinary teams in solving complex challenges across product innovation, user experience, brand transformation, and organizational strategy. Over her two-decade career, she has guided Fortune 100 companies, cultural institutions, and emerging businesses in leveraging design to create meaningful impact at scale.Her experience includes serving as Managing Director of North America, where she helped navigate organizational change while strengthening the organization\'s commitment to design excellence and craft leadership. Throughout her career, Kelly has focused on creating the conditions for exceptional design work to thrive—building strong multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of creative excellence, and establishing clear paths for growth and development.Working across technology, healthcare, consumer goods, and financial services, she brings deep expertise in leading teams that integrate strategic thinking, creative excellence, and technological innovation to deliver solutions that drive business growth while meeting genuine human needs. Her leadership style emphasizes accountability, inclusive growth, and celebrating both the work and the people who create it.Her contributions to the design community include serving on the boards of AIGA Chicago and AIGA Minnesota, and her work has been recognized by The One Show, AIGA 365, Communication Arts, Print, Graphis, and Rebrand 100.
Experience
Partner, Sr Executive Design Director
Aug 2022 — Present
As Partner and Senior Executive Design Director at IDEO, I drive innovation through creative leadership and collaborative problem-solving. I guide organizations in leveraging design thinking to transform their brands, innovate within their industries, and achieve meaningful business growth. I am passionate about uniting diverse teams to craft solutions that integrate creativity, technological insight, and strategic thinking, delivering lasting impact for clients and their customers.
Education
HAWK - University of Applied Science and Arts
Graphic Design
Columbia Business School
Executive Education, High Impact Leadership
2019 — 2019
Yale School of Management
Executive Education, Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders
2018 — 2018
University of Wisconsin-Stout
BFA, Fine Art; Concentration: Graphic Design
1988 — 1992
Skills
- Corporate Identity
- Logo Design
- Corporate Branding
- Annual Reports
- Art Direction
- Interaction Design
- Design Strategy
- Typography
- Creative Direction
- Branding & Identity
- Information Design
- Web Design
- Packaging
- Environmental Design
- Concept Development
- Experience Design
- Visual Communication
- Communication Design
- Visual Identity
- Collateral
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