Team

Kiki Ander

Kiki Ander Consulting is a strategic marketing agency, providing powerful brand solutions that inspire audiences, drive results, and cultivate customer loyalty. We’re boutique in size—which allows us to be nimble, fun, and efficient—and mighty in approach. Backed by extensive experience and an undeniable passion for creativity, we inform strategy, define purpose, and illuminate your story, always with your objectives top-of-mind.

Always.

Her work has influenced a variety of leading global companies, always driven by a passion for inspiring ideas and enduring connections. She is proud to have worked with some of the most iconic creative agencies, industry partners, and entertainers in modern marketing.

Kiki’s experience includes establishing media partnerships with Time Inc., Condé Nast, Hearst, and Meredith; working with retail brands such as Sephora, Nine West, and The Limited; promotional deployment with House of Blues Clubs, the ESPY Awards, People magazine, and Entertainment Weekly; and destination marketing, working most recently as V.P. of Marketing for Visit Santa Barbara—a highly regarded tour de force of results-driven creativity in the travel and tourism industry.

It is a professional portfolio heavily influenced by personal perspective. Kiki’s love of travel, culture, lifestyle, and music infuses her adept marketing experience with intention, timelessness, and context. When the brand story becomes an extension of everyday life, paying homage to personal passions, ideals, and aspirations, it is successful.

 

  1. What is your spirit animal?
    A Lioness – she is full of strength, courage and energy.  She is a dedicated provider for her community and family.  I strive for these qualities every day in my life…both personally and professionally!
     
  2. Your favorite cause and charity?
    WildAID – I have a great admiration for the commitment to support majestic animals through changing the viewpoint of society and encouraging enthusiasm for conservation.
     
  3. Your favorite travel destination that you’ve been to and why?
    South Africa – This is truly a place that is humbling, educational, transformative, heartwarming, enduring and compassionate.  It’s here where I came face to face with the majestic animals that Wild AID is committed to protecting. Once you’ve been in their presence in the wild, you are forever changed.
     
  4. Where do you dream of traveling?
    Patagonia or Iceland - I am inspired to travel to places that will forever change me. It’s important to remember that experiences through one’s commitment to wander will teach you to be a better person, have compassion for others and environments and continue the journey of never-ending discovery.
     
  5. What does it mean to #travelkindly to you?
    Respect. Understanding. Compassion. Education.