Kim Ronemus, Principal
Kim started on her adventure in design and marketing at Vogue Magazine as an editorial assistant during her summers at college; and then switched to the business end of the magazine upon graduation as a promotion editor, working with the magazine’s smaller advertisers to help them create ad campaigns and collateral marketing materials.
After 6 years at Vogue, Kim started her own PR company representing small designers and working with them on their fashion shows and print materials as well as making sure they were getting the attention of the press. After the birth of her first child, Kim began writing for various family publications and became a regular contributor to American Baby Magazine.
When child number two arrived, Kim and her sister-in-law decided to start a children’s clothing company called big enough, which instantly made its mark when the buyer from Henri Bendels picked up the line and featured it in their baby department. Stores such as Barneys NY, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstroms followed, and the manufacturing of these incredibly comfy clothes went from residential basement to Brooklyn to Hong Kong.
Kim Ronemus started KRD after her 15 year-old company was sold to an investment firm. She was anxious to put her expertise to good use by helping others with the knowledge gained from manufacturing, designing and marketing a successful product line.
The KRD Team
Kim feels so incredibly fortunate to call Richard Testani and Tom Lewek part of the KRD team. Both bring so much talent, good nature, and thoughtfulness to each project that rolls into the KRD studio.
Richard worked with Kim as the art director and web developer at big enough… Yes, Richard really was able to fill both positions. So many people say programmers and developers can’t design; and designers can’t program … well, Richard really can do it all. He spends his free time reading up on all the latest programming techniques and is currently working on some very cool “apps” with fellow programmers.
Tom comes to KRD from a software company in New York where he was a graphic designer. Tom has that wonderful gift of being able to infuse everything he touches with good taste. His design sense is spot on whether he is handling the creatives for a high-energy nut company or the logo/branding for a highly-respected executive search firm.
