David 🌙 Ki Lee is a seasoned C-Suite 👔 leading a team of 🧠’s and ✏️’s who thread all Brand Strategy, Creative, Design & Production for Squarespace.

In his ten years at Squarespace, David has been 🏆 as Brand Chief Creative Officer of the Year & Ad Age In-House Agency of the Year. In 2023, David’s team was honored by the Art Directors Club as the Brand of the Year, & became the 🥇 globally recognized & awarded In-House Agency of the Year by the One Club for Creativity.

David has been included in the Adweek Creative 100 List as a Branded Content Innovator, raising the bar for 📖 and ✏️ integrity. He was named one of the Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company & has recently been 🏆 as one of the Best Designers in Technology by Business Insider. In addition, David has been ⭐ by Gold House in the A100 list, honoring Asian Pacific leaders who made the greatest impact on culture and society.

You can 🎧 to his discussion about creative leadership on this podcast & read how the 🇰🇷 immigrant fable became the secret to his success. You can also watch this 📺 to get a peek under the hood about what it’s like to 🏢 at Squarespace. You can also learn about some of his life+work hacks and get some quick inspiration from this creative portrait.

Since joining Squarespace in 2013, David has masterminded a total of 9 🏈 campaigns and 🏆 an Emmy Award for the most Outstanding Commercial of the year. He has also led the successful 🖥️ launches of Squarespace Logo & Squarespace 7. David was also the Founder & Designer that created a dynamic presentation platform that won best 🏫 product of the year by SXSW Interactive.

Prior to Squarespace, David served as the 🌎 Digital Executive Creative Director of TBWA. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy 🇬🇧 & AKQA 🇺🇸, & started his career as a Designer and Art Director at Sid Lee in 🇨🇦.

In addition to being on the Board of Trustees at RISD, he also serves as an👔 Member of the IADAS and advises on the board of D&AD in addition to other 🚀’s.

David has 🥇 & served as a 🧑🏻‍⚖️ for almost every industry award show, including the Cannes Lions, D&AD, ADC, One Show, Clios, Andy Awards, AICP, The Webby Awards, Creativity, Ciclopes, Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW & Fast Company.

He 🎓 from RISD with a BFA in Graphic ✏️. David is also a frequent guest 🎤 at Harvard, Cornell and Columbia University in addition to speaking at industry events.

David is proudly a 🇲🇶 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇰🇷. A native of Montréal, he now splits his time between 🗽 & 🌴 with his Family in addition to his 🐶 Bruce Lee. He can also be found traveling the 🌎 & documenting through his 📷 at this photo gallery.