Erik Kessels is the founder of KesselsKramer. KesselsKramer is an international communications agency based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It has been operational since 1996 and comprises 35 people from 8 nationalities.
KK is responsible for creating a range of very diverse work in a variety of media. Campaigns include J&B, the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, Diesel and Unilever. The agency also produced an internationally awarded film, “The Other Final”, which told the story of a football match between the world’s lowest ranking teams taking place on the same day as the 2002 World Cup Final. As well as advertising, KesselsKramer develops projects for its own imprint, KesselsKramer Publishing.
In 2008, KesselsKramer set up London’s KK Outlet, a space which combines a communications agency, gallery space and shop under one roof.
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