# Kimber Sykes

> Kimber Sykes is a London-based freelance Digital Lead and Producer who delivers interactive software for live events and brands, and designs and builds AI-assisted products with Cursor and Claude.

This is Kimber Sykes's digital portfolio: interactive software he has led for live events and brands, and the AI-assisted products he designs and builds himself with Cursor and Claude. His event production portfolio is at https://kimbersykes.com. He is based in London and works worldwide.

## Profile

- Name: Kimber Sykes
- Roles: Digital Lead, Producer, AI Builder
- Based: London, United Kingdom; works worldwide
- Experience: 23 years
- Sectors: Event and corporate digital, AI builds
- Specialisms: Digital production for live events, Interactive installations and games, Event registration and data capture, Touchscreen and iPad applications, Live data visualisation, AI-assisted software development, Cursor and Claude, Rapid prototyping, Cloudflare and Supabase, Generative AI image pipelines, Event operations software, Brand experience technology
- Clients include: Google Cloud, Mastercard, Emirates, Aperol, NTT Data, Foot Locker, Samsung, Johnson & Johnson, SoundCloud, Peugeot
- Agencies worked with include: Wonder, Pulse Group, Octagon, Yakusan, Imagination, Amplify, Curiious, K&K Productions

## Services

### Digital Lead and Production

- [Digital Lead and Production on the About page](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/about#digital-lead)

As Digital Lead / Producer, Kimber takes the digital part of an activation from idea to live: the user journey, software brief, developers, hardware and on-site delivery. He has delivered video booths, registration plinths, quiz games and live data walls for Mastercard, Emirates, NTT DATA, Foot Locker and Aperol.

What's included:
- User journeys, wireframes and designed frames
- Software briefs and functional specifications
- Managing developers, designers and content partners
- Hardware specification: tablets, kiosks, servers and networks
- Data capture, consent and post-event reporting
- On-site installation, testing and live support

Typical projects: Sports sponsorship activations, brand experiences, exhibitions and pop-ups that need interactive software.

Case studies: [Mastercard Madness or Priceless Video Booths, UEFA Champions League Final](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/mastercard-ucl-video-booth), [NTT DATA Datawall at The Open](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/ntt-data-datawall), [Aperol Spritz Australian Open Trivia Game](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/aperol-spritz-trivia), [Race to Dubai with Emirates Golf Game](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-race-to-dubai), [Foot Locker Registration Plinth](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/foot-locker-registration)

### Interactive Experiences

- [Interactive Experiences on the About page](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/about#interactive-experiences)

Games, simulators and immersive exhibits that people queue for. Kimber has produced flight simulators, multiplayer video games and immersive pods for Emirates and touring sports activations.

What's included:
- Game and experience design
- Touchscreen, iPad and kiosk applications
- Simulator and exhibit interfaces
- Content production and localisation
- Touring kits that work anywhere

Typical projects: Attractions, sports sponsorship tours, flagship stands and launches.

Case studies: [Emirates A380 Simulator at The Dubai Mall](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-a380-simulator), [Emirates Aviation Experience Digital Exhibits](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-aviation-experience), [Emirates Sports Sponsorship Digital Activations](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-sports-activations), [Emirates US Open Destination Pods](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-us-open-booth), [Samsung Galaxy A5 Netball Challenge](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/samsung-netball-challenge), [mclcreate: Game Changer and 60 Second Challenge Quiz](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/game-changer-quiz)

### AI Builds

- [AI Builds on the About page](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/about#ai-builds)

Kimber designs and builds working software himself with Cursor and Claude: event operations tools used on live shows, brand websites and AI image pipelines, shipped in days rather than months.

What's included:
- Event operations software: accreditation, check in and signage
- Websites and web apps
- Generative AI image pipelines
- Chrome extensions and internal tools
- Hosting on Cloudflare, Vercel and Supabase

Typical projects: Event tools that agencies would otherwise buy in, internal tools and brand sites.

Case studies: [Wonder Contractor Accreditation App](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/wonder-contractor-app), [Wonder: Digital Agenda Screens for Google Cloud Summit](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/digital-agenda-screens), [Gemini Exporter Chrome Extension for Wonder](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/gemini-exporter), [Mezcalómano AI Card Art, Agave Directory and Website](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/mezcalomano), [Rubber Armstrong Camp Platform](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/rubber-armstrong)

## Career summary

- 2015 to present: Freelance, Worldwide. Executive Producer, Senior Production Manager, Technical Director and Project Lead. Engaged by agencies including Wonder, INVNT, Jack Morton, Amplify, Curiious, Octagon, Imagination and BMF to lead production on conferences, brand activations and sports sponsorship programmes.
- 2012 to 2015: Pulse Group, London. Senior Producer and Account Director. Project led the Emirates Aviation Experience at Greenwich Peninsula with a hand-built team of 40 (c. GBP 7 million), and worked across Emirates' global sports sponsorship programme. Clients included Emirates, NTT Data, dnata, Bentley, DP World, Intercontinental Hotels and Jumeirah Hotels.
- 2011: Exposure, London. Producer. Produced the live programme for Rizlab, Experiments in Music, for Rizla.
- 2008 to 2011: t7 event solutions, Sydney. Producer. Clients included American Express, B Braun, CBA, Jaguar, Pfizer, Sony and Telstra. Nominated for Meeting and Event Association Australian Young Professional of the Year 2010.
- 2003 to 2007: Everest Event Enterprises, Sydney. Principal. Founded a small business providing staffing support for the events industry.

## Key pages

- [About Kimber Sykes](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/about): background, roles, specialisms and credentials
- [Work](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work): all 23 case studies, grouped by sector
- [Clients and agencies](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/clients): brands and agencies worked with
- [Event production portfolio](https://kimbersykes.com): Kimber's main site for event production work
- [Full text for AI agents](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/llms-full.txt): every case study in full

## Case studies: Event and corporate digital

- [Aperol Spritz Australian Open Trivia Game](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/aperol-spritz-trivia): Aperol Spritz, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, 2025. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Yakusan. Digital Lead / Producer for Yakusan on the Aperol Spritz trivia game and Holiday Kit app for the Australian Open, 2024 and 2025.
- [Mastercard Madness or Priceless Video Booths, UEFA Champions League Final](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/mastercard-ucl-video-booth): Mastercard, Milan, Italy, 2016. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Octagon. Digital Lead / Producer for Octagon on Mastercard's video response booths at the UEFA Champions League Final in Milan, 2016.
- [NTT DATA Datawall at The Open](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/ntt-data-datawall): NTT DATA, Royal Liverpool, Hoylake and St Andrews, UK, 2015. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group. Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group on the NTT DATA Datawall at The Open, Royal Liverpool 2014 and St Andrews 2015.
- [Emirates A380 Simulator at The Dubai Mall](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-a380-simulator): Emirates, Dubai, UAE, 2014. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group. Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group on the Emirates A380 Experience, a public flight simulator at The Dubai Mall with a bilingual booking kiosk.
- [Emirates Aviation Experience Digital Exhibits](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-aviation-experience): Emirates, London, UK, 2015. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group. Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group on the interactive exhibits at the Emirates Aviation Experience, Greenwich Peninsula, London.
- [Emirates US Open Destination Pods](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-us-open-booth): Emirates, New York, USA, 2015. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group. Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group on Emirates' immersive destination pods and iPad registration app at the US Open, New York.
- [Race to Dubai with Emirates Golf Game](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-race-to-dubai): Emirates, Global, 2014. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group. Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group on Race to Dubai with Emirates, a Facebook-connected golf web game and iPad app for the European Tour.
- [Emirates Sports Sponsorship Digital Activations](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/emirates-sports-activations): Emirates, Global, 2015. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group. Digital Lead / Producer for Pulse Group on the interactive games that toured Emirates' tennis, golf and cricket sponsorships, including Fourth Umpire.
- [Mastercard #TheHoleStory at The Open](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/mastercard-the-hole-story): Mastercard, Royal Troon, Scotland, 2016. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Octagon. Digital Lead / Producer for Octagon on Mastercard's #TheHoleStory video booth at The Open, Royal Troon, 2016.
- [Foot Locker Registration Plinth](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/foot-locker-registration): Foot Locker, Cardiff, UK and Madrid, Spain, 2016. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Octagon. Digital Lead / Producer for Octagon on Foot Locker's in-store iPad registration plinths for Gareth Bale and NBA Global Games prize draws, 2016.
- [mclcreate: Game Changer and 60 Second Challenge Quiz](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/game-changer-quiz): mclcreate, UK, Germany, UAE and USA, 2016. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Kimber Sykes Limited. Digital Lead / Producer on the 60 Second Challenge, a quiz platform used by Emirates at travel shows and by mclcreate as the Game Changer quiz.
- [Samsung Galaxy A5 Netball Challenge](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/samsung-netball-challenge): Samsung, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, 2017. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Imagination. Digital Lead / Producer for Imagination on the Samsung Galaxy A5 Netball Challenge, an interactive game at Super Netball, 2017.
- [SoundCloud Web App and Stand at Amplify](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/soundcloud-amplify): SoundCloud, London, UK, 2017. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Amplify. Digital Lead / Producer for Amplify on SoundCloud's stand and bespoke web app at BBC Music Introducing hosts Amplify 2017, ExCeL London.
- [Johnson & Johnson VELYS Mobile Lab and Virtual Tour](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/jj-velys-mobile-lab): Johnson & Johnson, Australia, 2021. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for K&K Productions. Digital Lead / Producer for K&K Productions on the VELYS Digital Surgery Mobile Lab, with VR training and a 360 virtual tour, 2021.
- [Peugeot Blue Lion Project](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/peugeot-blue-lion): Peugeot, Paris, France [check], 2023. Kimber's credit: Digital Lead / Producer for Curiious. Digital Lead / Producer for Curiious on screen content and registration for Peugeot's Blue Lion Project and E-Lion Day, 2023.

## Case studies: AI builds

- [Wonder Contractor Accreditation App](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/wonder-contractor-app): Wonder, London, UK, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder for Wonder. Product Owner and Builder of Wonder's contractor accreditation app, built with Cursor and Claude for Google Cloud Summit and Semrush Spotlight.
- [Wonder: Digital Agenda Screens for Google Cloud Summit](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/digital-agenda-screens): Wonder, London, UK, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder for Wonder. Product Owner and Builder of the digital agenda screen system for Google Cloud Summit London 2026, built with Cursor and Claude.
- [Gemini Exporter Chrome Extension for Wonder](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/gemini-exporter): Wonder, London, UK, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder for Wonder. Product Owner and Builder of Gemini Exporter, a Chrome extension that turns a team's weekly Google Gemini use into an AI usage tracker.
- [Wonder: Pete Loves Coffee](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/pete-loves-coffee): Wonder, London, UK, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder (independent). Product Owner and Builder of Pete Loves Coffee, a shared coffee round app for the Wonder office, built with Cursor and Claude.
- [Mezcalómano AI Card Art, Agave Directory and Website](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/mezcalomano): Mezcalómano, London, UK, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder (independent). Product Owner and Builder of Mezcalómano: an AI-illustrated deck of 40 agave cards, an agave directory with a Mexico map, and the brand website.
- [Rubber Armstrong Camp Platform](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/rubber-armstrong): Rubber Armstrong, Black Rock City, Nevada, USA, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder (independent). Product Owner and Builder of the Rubber Armstrong camp platform: website, crew apps, surveys and off-grid power control for a Burning Man camp.
- [Personal: Travel Planner and KS Expenses](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/travel-planner-expenses): Personal, Worldwide, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder (independent). Product Owner and Builder of two personal tools for a nomadic life: a visa and travel planner, and a statement-to-Splitwise expenses app.
- [Personal: music.kimbersykes.com](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/work/music-kimbersykes): Personal, London, UK, 2026. Kimber's credit: Product Owner and Builder (independent). Product Owner and Builder of music.kimbersykes.com, a private house music library for a small group of friends, built with Cursor and Claude.

## Contact

- [Contact page](https://digital.kimbersykes.com/contact): email, phone and LinkedIn
- Email: kimber@kimbersykes.com
- Phone (UK): +44 755 367 3133
- Phone (US): +1 323 536 2611
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kimber-sykes-33400326

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