Karina Coombes

Head of Communications and Marketing

As Head of Communications and Marketing at Gillespies, Karina is responsible for leading the marketing, communications, graphics and business development across the practice’s four UK studios. Since joining the practice, Karina has been instrumental in supporting the directors on the development and implementation of a strategic marketing and branding strategy, as well as the delivery of a new award-winning website, internal intranet system and verbal identity.

Prior to joining Gillespies in 2015, Karina worked for six years at the RIBA Stirling Prize-winning architecture practice Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and at Greenwich-based architectural practice BPTW.

She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.