Holly Robins is an award-winning creative director with 15+ years of experience guiding high-performing teams and delivering brand, product and campaign excellence across lifestyle, consumer and hospitality. She is skilled at shaping big ideas and driving them through execution by bringing clarity to complexity, and operating with a high bar for craft and outcomes.
Her ability to navigate ambiguity with composure, adaptability to varied leadership styles, and unmatched attention to detail have positioned her as a trusted and dynamic leader by iconic brands worldwide. Holly’s background as an agency owner, creative director and technical project manager allow her to unite creative ambition with operational rigor ensuring bold ideas are not only inspired but executed with precision.
From 2015 - 2024, Holly was Co-founder and Head of Creative & Operations at Wildern Design & Interactive. Holly grew the agency into a multi-million dollar business leading in revenue generation with a 75% sales conversion rate and a 95% account retention rate. Holly managed Wildern’s most pivotal long term client relationships resulting in YoY agency growth of 20-40%.
Testimonials
Client | VP of Marketing
“Holly’s strategic vision, thoughtful insights, creative leadership and grasp of business strategy have been critical to our longstanding successful agency partnership. She is pointed and purposeful with the team she builds and manages, consistent with dedicated project management and always flexible when pressing needs arise. From creative concepts and strategy to new and innovative UX, Holly remains involved in overseeing our account and stepping in to ensure deliverables are met with high quality. Could not ask for a better agency partner!”
— S. Meis, FRS Clipper and Seattle Hospitality Group
Client | CEO
“We were expecting great things from Holly Robins & her team—and then they astonished us by going far beyond those expectations. They dazzled us with their creative grasp and rendering of our brand personality and complicated website requirements. Better still, working with them makes difficult projects a pleasure. You couldn't ask for better partners.”
— B, Watson, Watson Adventures.
Client | Senior Product Owner
“Holly is simply the best project manager I have ever worked with. She handles a prodigious amount of detail and email communication quickly and with ease. She truly gets our project needs, our company culture and presents a calming and steady influence at all times. Nothing I have seen in our complicated and fast moving project has thrown her yet! My team and I have complete trust in Holly to complete our project and with our needs in mind. I would hire her again in a heartbeat and hope we can work together after our project is over.”
— B. Farone, Kaiser Permanente
Executive Peer | VP of Engineering
“I've worked with many creatives throughout my career and few have had the skillset which Holly brings to the table. I’m very comfortable in saying that Holly is by far the best design/ux expert I have worked with in my career.”
— B. Delahunty, Google
Executive Peer | Director Quality Assurance
“I worked directly with Holly on several major projects, and she was consistently awesome. Her ability to multitask is superb, and she possesses a talent for maintaining a calm and professional demeanor regardless of the level of chaos swirling around her, which rubs off on her clients and her project teams alike.”
— T. Price, Swiftly
Direct Report | Creative Operations Lead
“I can say unequivocally that Holly is the best boss I've ever had. She leads with integrity, empathy, immense communication skills, and a true caring for her team members. While she is an astute businesswomen and can hold any presentation room with the best of them, she also runs Wildern with a deep level of compassion that is rare to find in an executive of her stature.”
— A. Raab, EqualReach
Client | Director of Strategic Sales
“Holly is a powerhouse of authenticity, design savvy and calm dymanism. She hones in on nuance and detail and brings ideas to the creative table that are unique, relevant, and inspired. She guides the team and the project with a steady professionalism and joyful creativity that makes working with her a wonderful and extremely satisfying experience. She has completed over 10 different brand identities with me and I trust her team time after time to translate complex and groundbreaking ideas.”
— E. Orden, Orden Beauty
Direct Report | Senior Designer
“Holly is a gem of a human being. Whenever I speak to friends or colleagues about her, I always tell them that it felt like a 2 year long masterclass in design. I truly don't believe that I would be the designer I am today without Holly's tutelage. She leads her teams with positivity, trust, warmth, confidence and skill. Her eye for both detail and big picture are inspiring and throughout my time on her teams, I grew exponentially both as a designer and as an employee.”
— E. Young, Brooks Running
Freelance Resource | UX Designer
“Holly is an extraordinary human, possessing a sophisticated sense of style, incredible business savvy, and a visionary ability to build and foster creative talent. Holly hired me to work on a project for Getty Images, and from the first client meeting I felt confident that she had a clear grasp of the clients’ needs and a vision and a plan to surpass their wildest hopes. Holly guided the project’s strategy and creative development, offering the creative team respect and intellectual freedom while ensuring we were meeting and exceeding client needs.”
— J. Hannay, Blink UX
Freelance Resource | Commercial Photographer
“Holly Robins is an extremely detail-oriented and multi-tasking guru! Holly has always exceeded my expectations. Her communication skills and ability to problem solve make her an exquisite person to work with on any project!”
— M. Insixiengmay