AKQA Australia has appointed Kyle Duckitt as Executive Strategy Director, joining its leadership team. As part of the Australian leadership team, Duckitt will report to AKQA Australia Managing Director Justine Leong and work with Tara McKenty, Chief Creative Officer; David Clarke, Executive Experience Design Director; Rodney Greenfield, Data & AI Director; and Eric Orton, Chief Technology Officer.
In this role, Duckitt will lead the agency’s strategic discipline, partnering across creative, experience design, technology, data, and client services to address business challenges and identify opportunities for clients.
Duckitt joins AKQA with over a decade of experience, having worked across five continents with brands including Nike, Porsche, Samsung and WWF.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kyle to AKQA Australia as Executive Strategy Director. Kyle’s global insight and impressive client experience provide a solid foundation, but it’s his visionary perspective on the future of strategy that truly excites us,” said Justine Leong, Managing Director of AKQA Australia
“His forward-thinking mindset will be crucial in empowering our clients to not just adapt, but to boldly imagine and shape what’s next. I am genuinely excited about the fresh thinking he will bring.”
Duckitt added: “Our industry, and our clients’ industries, are going through the most dramatic shift we’ve seen in a generation. Yet most agencies are responding by running the same old playbook, just faster and with fewer people. I didn’t come to AKQA to do that.
“I came because this is a place that has always operated at the frontier, where creative ambition and technical capability aren’t just talk but how the place actually operates. Where the focus isn’t efficiency but rather knowing where new value lives and helping our clients get there first. That’s why I’m here, and I can’t wait to get to work.”
