Kirk Cheyfitz

Kirk Cheyfitz is the Founder, Co-CEO and Chief Storyteller of Story Worldwide, the pioneering, digital-first ad agency that has integrated journalistic storytelling with advertising to tell brands'​ stories in every media channel. They have offices in New York and Seattle.

Kirk is the author of , "Thinking Inside the Box," The Free Press, 2003.

He founded and ran numerous traditional and digital companies in journalism, publishing, marketing and advertising. His experience includes rock 'n'​ roll music, photography and film newspaper reporter, magazine writer, publishing entrepreneur and non-traditional advertising and marketing.

Kirk is particularly interested in the revolution in media and marketing that is being propelled by the continuing digitization of all content, the advent of audience control over media, the downward spiral of TV ads and the rise of an entirely new kind of media ecosystem based on social sharing.