Ken Buraker

Chief Creative Officer at Urban Emu

Ken is a gifted storyteller and strategist who connects hearts and minds to compelling issues. As Chief Creative Officer and co-lead of the Washington, D.C. office, Ken drives the creative vision, innovation and execution for a diverse portfolio of respected corporate, federal agency and nonprofit clients.

With nearly 30 years of award-winning B2B and B2C engagement, Ken has always lived his career seeing what’s next. He draws insight from pop culture and today’s “meta moment,” but has the foresight to focus on tomorrow’s promise. He cultivates fearless creativity among his teams and clients by intersecting brand strategy, visual storytelling and digital innovation to inspire transformative customer experiences through every touchpoint in multi-channel delivery.

With roots in leading creative and digital divisions at big agency brands Ketchum and Porter Novelli, Ken’s passion is making creativity and technology work as a force for good. He is a member of PRSA NCC, the Human Rights Campaign and the ACLU.

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