Brand Architect.
Creative Futurist.
Public Speaker.

David Moon Ki Lee is a creative executive and brand builder. For 13 years he has served as Chief Brand & Creative Officer at Squarespace, shaping the company’s identity as it grew from a scrappy startup into a public company and a household name.

Under his leadership, Squarespace’s in-house creative team became one of the most decorated in the industry, earning Ad Age In-House Agency of the Year, Shots Agency of the Year, and Ciclope Agency of the Year. The Art Directors Club named Squarespace Brand of the Year, and The One Club for Creativity ranked it the world’s top in-house agency.

David is an Adweek Creative 100 Hall of Fame inductee and Ad Age’s Brand Chief Creative Officer of the Year. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Commercial, and has been named to Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Creative Boom’s Creative Visionaries shaping the future of the creative industries, and Gold House’s A100, honoring the most impactful Asian Pacific leaders in culture.

A sought-after speaker, David has delivered keynotes at Harvard Business School, Columbia, Cornell, and Pratt, and has taken the stage at Cannes Lions, D&AD, SXSW, The One Club, the Art Directors Club, and Ciclope.

His perspective is shaped by a life across three cultures: French Canadian, American, and South Korean. He trained as a designer at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he now serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees, helping build a creatively led institution for the next generation of artists, designers, and thinkers. Before Squarespace, he held creative roles at Sid Lee Montréal, AKQA San Francisco, Wieden+Kennedy London, and TBWA Worldwide.