Karina Coombes

As Head of Communications and Marketing at Gillespies, Karina leads the marketing, communications, graphics, and business development efforts across the practice’s four UK studios. Since joining in 2015, she has played a key role in shaping and executing strategic marketing and branding initiatives, including launching an award-winning website, an internal intranet system, and a refreshed verbal identity.

Karina oversees the graphics and bid department and drives the practice's business development strategies.

Before joining Gillespies, Karina spent six years at RIBA Stirling Prize-winning Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and at BPTW in Greenwich. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and actively contributes to Gillespies' Quality Assurance, Sustainability, and Diversity Groups.