About Me

Kelly Butler

How I can help

Over the past 15 years, I’ve worked at top agencies, consultancies, and in-house companies on various B2B/B2C/DTC accounts. I thrive on the camaraderie and creative energy found in team environments. So whether it’s “permalance” or full-time, I prefer to see projects through from start to finish, working with the same cast of characters.

Since moving to Los Angeles, in addition to working with brands, I built a California-based women’s freelance group of 7K members, led 10-week accountability courses that guide creatives from ideation to execution of a project, and ran the AI Music, Media, and Entertainment panel for AILA’s 2026 annual AI Safety conference. I also created an app using Codex and Claude called “Halfway” that facilitates midway meetups, so if you’re in LA, let’s grab coffee!

“Kelly kicks ass. I had the pleasure of being her partner at FCB and we made some great work and had a lot of fun in the process. She is a clever writer and truly loves what she does. If this was a star rating system, I’d give her five out of five.”

—Myra Mazzei Nussbaum, VP, Global Brand, Moen

“I consider Kelly a mentor. She’s thoughtful, driven, a natural leader and just a creative talent. I wanted to emulate her when I was a student and that hasn’t changed even when we were peers. Any company would be lucky to have her strategic, thoughtful ideas.”

—Cassidy Buzin, Group Creative Director, Energy BBDO