Barkley Elevates Hornaday To Chief Creative Officer

• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, February 27, 2020

Kansas City-based independent agency Barkley has elevated Katy Hornaday to the role Chief Creative Officer.  

In her previous role as executive creative director, Hornaday is credited with helping the agency achieve record growth in 2019, including a streak of 13 consecutive new business wins. 

The agency’s clients include Dairy Queen, Planet Fitness, Terminix, Taco John’s, Shoprite, Haribo and Winnebago among others.   

As CCO, Hornaday will continue to lead creative work and oversee larger initiatives like integrating Barkley’s creative department across a growing number of offices, which include Pittsburgh, Boulder, CO and New York. 

Prior to joining Barkley in 2012, Hornaday was a senior copywriter at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, before moving to Mullen in Boston where she was associate creative director.