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Contact

akira@kiku.agency
www.kiku.agency

Akira Ishino

Entrepreneur and multidisciplinary creative based in Berlin, Germany. Combining left and right-brain thinking across business + brand strategy and creative direction.

Work Summary

Kiku Agency, 2026
Founder, Berlin
Built and operated a solo creative studio focused on brand strategy and creative direction for artists and culture-led projects. Developed its positioning and service offering, and managed the full client process from outreach and proposals to strategy, creative execution and final delivery.

Alldifferent, 2025
Agency Development & Commercial Strategy, Berlin
Worked closely with the Founder & CEO to build out the creative agency arm of the company, including positioning, service offering, ICPs and go-to-market materials. Helped position the agency as a pop culture and hip-hop marketing partner for brands, artists and commercial partnerships.

Dunstan Media, 2024
Social Media Marketing, Stuttgart
Worked with various artists on growing and engaging their fanbase through organic content strategies across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and other social platforms.

Sony Music Entertainment Germany, 2022
International Marketing GSA, Berlin
Worked on the global promotion of domestic artists, coordinating release information, marketing assets and campaign updates with Sony Music teams across international markets.

Selected Projects

Alldifferent
Brand Foundations and business development.

Mero
Artist brand positioning, commercial partnership strategy and creative concepting.

Shirin David
Media kit redesign for commercial communication.

Dian Vegas Original Show
Visual Identity, art direction and creative concepting.

Deutschrap Späti
Brand strategy and visual identity.

Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5”
9:16 social content conception and post-production for anniversary campaign.

My Beliefs & Operating System

1. Value is created by doing.
Ideas only become valuable through high-level execution, testing, learning and adapting.

2. Excellence is in the details.
Great work is built through small things done right.

3. Keep moving, keep innovating.
Stay curious, keep evolving and adapt your thinking, tools and taste to what the moment requires.