INVNT appoints first global chief AI officer – micebook.

INVNT has announced the appointment of James Nicholas Kinney as its first global chief AI officer, a role designed to bring new AI-powered solutions directly to clients while expanding the agency’s AI expertise.
The global agency said that establishing the role would enable it to accelerate the integration of AI across every department and division, from strategy and creative to production, and operations, building the internal systems, data lakes, and intelligent capabilities that will shape the next generation of experience and brand engagement.
Kinney brings AI certifications from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Wharton, the programme led by LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman. Blending extensive experience as a global chief people officer with deep technological fluency, he has centred his career on people, culture, talent, and large-scale AI evolution.
His leadership background includes roles at Monks, part of S4Capital, and Ogilvy, as well as shaping people-first cultures at Giant Spoon and Mother. Kinney will be responsible for leading client-facing AI innovation, helping global brands scale their experiences and campaigns through intelligent machine learning, and driving new business opportunities grounded in AI-powered transformation. He will report directly to Scott Cullather, chairman and chief growth officer.
Cullather said: “Business transformation happens when you connect the dots across industries and technologies into the experience ecosystem. Adding a global chief AI officer to our leadership team marks the next step in that evolution for our clients and agency, including the industry at large.
“James is uniquely qualified for this role, one of the foremost minds in AI-enabled organisational design with a rare blend of HR leadership and agency experience mixed with advanced AI training. He understands how humans and machines can coexist to drive meaningful progress. His leadership will accelerate INVNT’s future as the best-in-class experience agency enhanced by AI.”
James Nicholas Kinney added: “INVNT is an innovation led brand story agency full of high performers. We dream big and build boldly. My role is to bring AI into that ethos, to create greater impact for our clients and drive operational acceleration for our employees around the world. We will enable global cultural alignment through clear communication that drives a unified way of working.”
INVNT has built a strong reputation for AI-driven brand storytelling – the agency partnered with Microsoft to introduce CoPilot to the world and designed Microsoft’s 50^th Anniversary event leveraging CoPilot throughout.
It also developed the AI-powered creative and programmatic elements for Oracle AI World 2025 with over 60,000 attendees, featuring a keynote by Larry Ellison, engineered a proprietary AI Music Factory that generated full albums from simple voice commands for Zero and d Developed patent-pending AI powered next-generation XR learning and engagement experiences across Apple Vision Pro and other extended reality devices.
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