KirstenNoll
Managing Executive Producer, Scholar
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Kirsten is a Los Angeles-based Managing Executive Producer heading up the award-winning creative production studio Scholar. With over a decade of experience working with top-tier, industry-defining brands, she is passionate about design-driven and multidisciplinary narratives. Her diverse portfolio has brought her around the world, from Eastern Europe to Central America, with production expertise in the full gamut of pipelines, including live-action, design/animation, and VFX.
Kirsten is known for a holistic, team-building approach, where she values creative and production talent equally, a trait established during her education at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she holds degrees in Motion Media Design and Animation. With a solid technical understanding of both creative and client needs, Kirsten treats every campaign with the same problem-solving mentality. There’s always a way, and she’s here to find it.
An advocate of confidence and self-worth, as a leader, she strives to provide mentorship and an inclusive and positive environment throughout the creative production process. Her work has won multiple Cannes Lions, Telly, Commarts, ADC, and B2B awards.
An outdoor and travel enthusiast, if she’s not in the studio, you’ll likely find her camping in the woods or sipping margaritas on a beach.