• Tell Your Brand Story

  • Inspire Empathy

  • Move Your Audience to Action

 
 

Hello. My name is Kehinde. My work spans Africa, Europe, and the United States. I help people, brands, and institutions communicate with empathy, whether to tell a health story, build a brand, or rediscover their personal truth.

What I Do

  • Storytelling for Impact: I craft narratives that drive engagement, influence behavior, and create lasting change. With years of creative leadership across the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, I help organizations tell stories that inspire bold, human-centered action.

  • Empathy & Public Health Communication: I guide institutions in using the S4E Framework—State, Science, Storytellers, and Society—to build campaigns that resonate and drive public health transformation.
    This work draws from my book,
    Design in Public Health Crises: The Power of Empathy in Visual Storytelling (Bloomsbury Press), a multi-country analysis of COVID-19 public health campaigns.

  • Brand Experience & Creative Strategy: I help organizations design and deliver integrated brand experiences rooted in clarity, emotion, and meaning. I believe a brand is a story well told.

  • Personal Branding & Talent Development: Whether you’re building a personal brand or growing a creative team, I can help you find and refine your storytelling voice.
    As the founder of Orange Academy, Africa’s first practical school of brand experience, I’ve had the privilege of mentoring thousands of creatives and strategists who are now leading across various industries.

What happens when real stories meet healthcare? This video showcases "Baltimore in Conversation," Kehinde Bademosi's innovative empathy storytelling lab, and its power to bridge community and healthcare. See how diverse Baltimore voices transform public health, a project supported by the CDC, Johns Hopkins, and the Baltimore City Health Department. #StorytellingLab #PublicHealthImpact #CommunityHealth #BaltimoreStories #EmpathyInHealthcare

My Experience & Collaborations

Social Innovation Consultant, Penta Child Health Research Network
Storytelling Strategist and Creative Director, Foundation for Public Code, Amsterdam
Former Director of Social Innovation & Marketing, Baltimore City Health Department (Johns Hopkins University)
Founder & Former CEO, Orange Academy, Lagos
Former Creative Director, FCB Draft Advertising Agency
Ex-Copywriter, Coca-Cola

Click to download the free Social Innovation Storytelling Model created for the health departments here.

Read the Science Direct evaluation of my storytelling events, "How storytelling can change healthcare workers’ understanding and practices." 

Here is Maryland Institute College of Art’s cover story about my storytelling practice

Learn about Orange Academy here: Africa’s first Practical School of Integrated Brand Experience, Orange Academy, in collaboration with Vega School of Brand Leadership, South Africa

Reuter covered my volunteer work, conveying the first pan-African Pride in 2020. Pride Afrique featured speakers included Botswana's former President, Festus Mogae, and John Amaechi, the first former NBA player to come out. Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and Tunisia's former presidential candidate Mounir Baatour also participated.

As design finds its place in every industry in the 21st century, my featured piece in Echos, Australia, answers the following questions: How do you set up a design team in a non-traditional space, such as finance? And what are the top five essential qualities of a design leader?

Read my conversation with leading UI designers about how to make a connection with your audience through digital facilitation: How two women are fostering social inclusion across countries using facilitation design.

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