Styling Profile

Kathy McKinnon is a highly regarded art director and stylist with extensive industry experience. Her expertise includes interior and set design, fashion and food styling, wardrobe and prop sourcing.

Throughout her career, Kathy has consistently produced a high standard of creative work for a wide variety of clients in print, television and social media. She has worked on numerous award-winning campaigns and her portfolio evidences her ongoing success as one of Australia's most versatile advertising stylists. With an extensive list of professional contacts in Australia and overseas, her impressive client list is a testament to her creative flair, collaborative spirit, and level-headed attention to detail.

From her design and production expertise, to her strong visual eye honed by many years of experience styling and art directing stills and TVCs, Kathy is also renowned for her ability to translate and execute complex briefs in a confident, time-effective manner.

Kathy's professional credentials include a post-graduate degree from Sydney College of the Arts, design and business management of cult fashion label Status Symbol, and numerous commissions to create costumes and props for ground-breaking music videos and commercials.

Print campaigns

Animal Planet; Air NZ; Australian Ballet, Telstra Award; Australian Power and Gas; Australian Tourism; Barbeques Galore catalogues 03, 04, 05, 06, 07; Blackmore's; Bundy White; Bundaberg NRL campaign, Canadian Club Skidoo; Canon Pixma Pro Fairy; CBA Travel Plus, CBA Trade finance, Angkor Watt; Citibank ready credit; Coca- Cola; Coopers Sparkling; Country; Country Road Homeware; David Jones; Dominos; Dunlop Retro; DuPont; Electrolux Tetsuya; Effexor; Energy Australia; Fairfax Media; Flynn Health; Foxtel fashion; Fish, goggles; Freedom; Frosty Fruits; Fujitsu with Captain Mark Taylor; Gloria Jeans; GPS OZ navigation, directions from above; H& MSumm er catalogue; Hahn Venice; Howards Storage; Identity Direct; Ikea; Jurlique product; Lifestyle; JWT 2007 Year Book; Kerry Grima catalogue; KFC 'Fried side of life'; Kit Kat; Kookai; Levis Deconstructed; Listerine; Love My Way; Mallesons; Mastercard; Merivale Marry Me; My Dog; News Corp Brand image campaign; Nicabate; NRMA; Olympus Binocular and Camera; Panasonic blu-ray; Penfolds Koonunga Hill catalogue; Qantas; Ricoh; Salano where pleasure lasts longer; Sandler, Easy Steps; Sensis; Sealy Advance; Prestige collection; Sugarless-V; St George plasma TVC; Hairdresser, Chandelier and Dragon campaigns; TAB; TDK; Telstra Extreme Cable and the block; Telstra Brand image library Testogel; Toyota Prius; UPS; Schweppes; Sheridan; 3 Starburst bombers fan pool; Westfield; Woven Image; XYZ Network Eat Yourself Sexy.

TVC campaigns (As Art Director)

My Kitchen Rules promotion, 2010, Channel 7, Sydney, Australia; Diet Coke Original, Lime and Vanilla with Plaza, Sydney, Australia, director Paul Middleditch; Panasonic Air Conditioning doll with Plaza, Sydney, Australia, director Paul Middleditch; Birds Eye originals with Plaza, Sydney, Australia, director Paul Middleditch; Wrigley's Eclipse, Nurse Veronica, with Plaza, Sydney, Australia, director Paul Middleditch; LG plasma, recorder and freezer, Sydney, Australia, director David Jagoda; Noble Rise, Jungleboys, Sydney, Australia, director Trent O'Donnell; Chrysler Anthem, Radical Media, director Christian Aeby.

Photographers

Kathy has worked on numerous print campaigns with leading Australian photographers including Jon Bader, Paul Barbera, Geoffrey Boccalatte, Janyon Boshoff, Adrian Cook, Michael Corridore, Steve Greenaway, Simon Harsent, Jon Higgs, Sean Izzard, Adam Taylor, Helen White, Kerry Wilson and Julian Wolkenstein.

Magazines

Kathy has been a regular contributor to Good Weekend Magazine's Trend page.


For further details:

You can view my interior design profile here:
http://www.kmck.com.au/interior-design/interior-design-profile

You can view my welcome video here:
http://www.kmck.com.au/welcome-video
 

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What our clients say

  • Kathy has an amazing eye for colour and form and approached her design choices with a unique flair and sophistication. She considered all aspects of our project to transform our house. She is super collaborative, a delight to work with. I would highly recommend her.

    Kym Wirth: Avalon 2024
    November 2024
  • When we moved into a heritage-listed terrace, we needed help to make it amazing. Kathy listened to our needs, understood our brief, and worked within our budget. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend her.

    Niki Allen: Randwick Coming of Age 2023
    November 2023
  • Highly recommended! Kathy worked on my heritage, sandstone terrace, has a great sense of style & "get things done" attitude. She really took the stress out of the renovating project. More recently she helped with a farmhouse, rustic mountain retreat. Again Kathy designed and project managed the various renovations.

    Trish Yap: Belle Rock of Ages & Farmhouse 2019
    November 2020
  • Kathy's designs and advice were fantastic - we love our new bathrooms! She was responsive, arranged a builder, organised fixtures, and made the process easy. Our second project designed by Kathy was updating our back doors and patio. We highly recommend Kathy.

    Megan Smith: Inner West Family home 2023
    November 2023
  • We have worked with Kathy on a number of projects. Her keen eye for design and exceptional communication skills consistently result in beautiful colour interior & exterior stories. Kathy's precise specifications make every collaboration seamless, ensuring our projects are successful. I highly recommend her.

    City Point Painting P/l 2024
    December 2024
  • Kathy has done a refurbishment of a large apartment for me. The builders and suppliers she works with are fabulous, her eye and taste is exemplary, best is her attention to detail and following up. I highly recommend her for any project you have in front of you.

    Stuart Purves: Point Piper 2025
    January 2025