About Us
Chris Kelly
Co-Founder, TidySpeak
Chris is a global communications lead with over 15 years of experience helping the world’s most recognizable brands think more clearly and connect more meaningfully. Before founding TidySpeak, he led media and comms strategy for Apple, Xbox, Guinness, LEGO, adidas, and more - shaping how these brands show up in the world, across channels, cultures and continents.
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With a career that’s spanned London, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Chris has built a reputation for creating media and creative strategies that feel fresh, culturally relevant and impactful in driving marketing and business objectives - not just impressive in a deck. His sweet spot is communications planning: where media meets messaging, where brand meets performance, and where people are making real decisions about what to buy, believe, or ignore.
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Chris founded TidySpeak to help ambitious teams cut through noise, sharpen their thinking, and build marketing that respects the people it’s speaking to. He believes the best marketing starts with cultural relevance, thrives on clarity, and only works when it’s shaped around how people actually live and communicate — not just how funnels look on slides.
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Phil Walden
Co-Founder, TidySpeak
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Phil’s 15-year career in digital marketing started running paid social for studios like A24 and Paramount, and today he leads branded content campaigns for partners like Bose, Amazon and General Motors.
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For Phil, every campaign begins with understanding how your audience thinks, scrolls and engages. That insight shapes everything from your messaging to the moment you deliver it.
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He got his start in movie marketing where he learned the value of getting the right message to the right people at the right time. He’s brought that mindset to every brief since, across influencer strategy, livestreams, branded content and IRL activations.
Phil co-founded Tidy Speak to help teams connect media and messaging through campaigns that don’t just drive performance but also build brand love. The best ideas come from understanding how people actually behave, not how you hope they will.