ABOUT US
We are
Different backgrounds. Different perspectives. One team built to make your brand impossible to ignore.
Our story
Different backgrounds brought us together. A shared frustration gave us a reason to stay.
We had seen what happens when strategy, creative, media, technology, and execution live in separate rooms. Good ideas get watered down, details get lost in handoff, and brands end up paying for pieces that never quite become a whole.
We thought there was a better way to do it.
As it turns out, that idea had a name.
2023
The launch
KR Incorporated wasn’t built on a whim. It was built on a conviction.
It also started with a name.
Our founder and CEO, Ryli Kant, flipped hers around and found something hiding in plain sight: Kant Ryli.
Sounds a lot like “can’t really.”
We heard a challenge.
Can’t really do that. Can’t really pull that off. Can’t really think about it that way.
Why not?
That question became part of KR’s DNA. Flip the name, flip the narrative, and look again at what everyone else has already decided can’t be done.
So, in 2023, KR started with one belief: brands deserve better. They deserve better thinking, stronger creative, smarter collaboration, and partners who actually show up.
We built KR to bring strategy and creative together, keep media connected to the bigger picture, involve technology from the start, and put the numbers on the table before the ideas ever leave it.
Different perspectives got us here. Questioning ‘can’t’ keeps us moving.
2026
Still flipping the narrative.
Three years later, the team is bigger, the work is bolder, and that original belief has something behind it.
We’ve built brands across industries, created work that lives everywhere from screens to physical spaces, and delivered results our clients can actually measure.
Along the way, we’ve grown a team of strategists, creatives, technologists, media minds, and operators who bring very different perspectives to the same table.
We’ve learned a lot. We’ve changed a lot. We’ve never built the same strategy twice.
Because the point was never to find one formula that works and repeat it.
The point was to keep looking at things differently.
That hasn’t changed since 2023.
If anything, we’ve gotten better at it.
What we stand for
These aren’t words for the wall. They’re the standard the work has to live up to.
Keep it real.
No sugarcoating, smoke screens, or vanity metrics. We say what’s working, call out what isn’t, and let the truth make the work better.
Make it yours.
Your brand shouldn’t look or sound like anyone else’s. We create work that doesn’t just fit your brand, but could only belong to it.
Different minds make better work.
Great ideas get better when they’re challenged. We bring different expertise to the same table, push each other’s thinking, and build something stronger together.
Make it matter.
Attention is easy to chase. Impact is harder to earn. Whatever we create should have a reason to exist and a job to do.
Meet the team
Different backgrounds brought us here. Different expertise makes it work.
Our team brings together strategy, creative, technology, media, production, and operations under one roof.
No assembly line. No sea of identical thinkers.
Just people who are really good at different things, working together to make the work better.
Ryli Kant
CEO
Visionary leader obsessed with building agencies that actually deliver results. Authenticity, rigor, and competitive advantage are her love language. Turns strategy into sustainable growth while keeping everyone honest about what works.
Karim
CFO
The financial architect who makes every dollar work harder than it should. Operations excellence meets strategic thinking. He speaks fluent budget and ROI.
Bilal
CTO
Tech innovator building infrastructure that scales and delivers results. Believes great strategy needs great systems. Speaks developer fluently while staying obsessed with user experience.
Ayman
CCO
Bold creative director who believes every campaign should tell a story AND drive measurable results. Refuses to let art exist without purpose. Creative that competes.
Nadim
COO
Operations leader managing team performance and client satisfaction simultaneously. Ensures execution matches strategy. Builds relationships by delivering exactly what was promised, when promised.
Jason
Marketing manager
Campaign coordinator who keeps multiple projects moving with precision while staying obsessed with metrics. Operational excellence is his baseline.
Maria
Events Manager
Strategic event execution and experiential marketing. Creating memorable brand experiences.
Jana
Project Associate
Campaign orchestrator keeping strategy turning into executed campaigns. Detail-oriented ninja ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. Precision under pressure.
Lena
Social Media Associate
Social strategist understanding authentic engagement is the only engagement that matters. Builds meaningful connections at scale, not just followers.
Ness
Copywriter Associate
Word wizard believing every sentence should earn its place. Copy that sounds good AND converts. Makes brands sound like themselves.
Alik
Graphic Designer
Visual systems architect designing identity marks that compete. Design working as hard as the strategy behind it.
Zeina
Graphic Designer
Creative visual storyteller bringing brands to life through compelling design. Obsessed with precision and impact. Every pixel has a purpose.
David
3D Designer
Dimensional creativity meets strategic innovation. Pushes visual boundaries with immersive design that makes people stop and look. 3D is competitive advantage.
Mochi
Photographer & Videographer
Visual storyteller through the lens capturing moments that drive brand narratives. Knows great content is 80% strategy, 20% gear.
Ali
Web Master
Web development wizard building platforms that perform AND convert. Code is his canvas, user experience is his obsession.
Detroit built. Not Detroit bound.
Metro Detroit is home, and it has shaped the way we work.
It’s a place that knows how to build things, reinvent things, and get its hands dirty doing both. We like that.
Our roots are here, but our work doesn’t stop at the state line.
We partner with brands across Michigan and throughout the U.S., bringing a little Detroit mentality wherever the work takes us.
Think you belong here?
We’re always interested in meeting people who care about the work, own what they do, and bring something to the table we don’t already have.
Strategist, designer, developer, producer, account lead, or something we haven’t thought of yet. If you think you’d make KR better, we’d like to hear why.
Show us what you’ve done.
Better yet, show us how you think.
You’ve met us.
Now Tell Us About You.
Bring us the brand, the challenge, or the idea you can’t stop thinking about.
We’ll take it from there.