Katy Hornaday

Katy Hornaday is the current Chief Creative Officer at Barkley. Katy has 10 years and 2 months of experience at Barkley, where they have held various titles including EVP/Executive Creative Director, VP/Creative Director, and Associate Creative Director. Katy is responsible for leading the creative, content, production, and Barkley Films teams at Barkley.

Prior to their time at Barkley, Katy was an Associate Creative Director at Mullen for 1 year and 10 months. At Mullen, they led work for zappos.com as well as key members of the US Cellular, Barnes and Noble NOOK, JetBlue, and new business teams.

Before Mullen, Katy spent 2 years and 3 months as a Senior Copywriter at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. During their time there, they worked in every medium from TV and print to digital and experiential.

Katy's journey in the advertising world began when they attended The Creative Circus for 2 years as a copywriting hopeful.

Katy Hornaday has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a Copywriting degree from The Creative Circus.