CANADIAN-BORN, TEXAS-RAISED KINNEY TRAVELLED THROUGHOUT HIS YOUTH AND STUDIED INTERNATIONALLY, AN EXPERIENCE THAT EQUIPPED HIM WITH A GLOBAL CREATIVE VISION AND BROAD FRAME OF REFERENCES THAT CONTINUE TO ENRICH HIS AUDIENCE-DIRECTED CONTENT CREATION. 

SINCE 2017, KINNEY HAS SERVED AS BOTH EDITORIAL DIRECTOR OF THE DAZED MEDIA GROUP AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF NOWNESS, A SHORT FILM PLATFORM LAUNCHED BY LVMH AND CO-OWNED BY DAZED AND MODERN MEDIA GROUP IN CHINA. IN 2018, HE LAUNCHED DAZED BEAUTY, A DIGITAL-FIRST PLATFORM AND PRINT MAGAZINE, WITH MAKEUP ARTIST ISAMAYA FFRENCH AND PUBLISHER JEFFERSON HACK. PRIOR TO THIS, KINNEY WAS CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT I-D AND VICE MEDIA. 

KINNEY HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY AS A COMMERCIAL VIDEO DIRECTOR IN FASHION AND BEAUTY, CREATING CONTENT FOR A RANGE OF TOP CLIENTS INCLUDING CHANEL, DIOR, GIVENCHY, BURBERRY, GUCCI, COACH, ESTEE LAUDER AND MANY MORE. ACCOLADES HE’S RECEIVED FOR SUCH WORK INCLUDE A SILVER LION AT THE CANNES LIONS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY AND A SPOT ON THE 2016 MEDIA WEEK 30 UNDER 30 LIST.