Our Team

Honey bees are highly organized communities that thrive through intricate cooperation.

Our hive includes strategic thinkers, online strategists, graphic designers, web designers and programmers, PR and communications specialists who work together to deliver convergent communications. We work together to produce sweet results for our clients.

Robin Honey, President & Creative Director

A true entrepreneur, Robin founded HONEY Design, Marketing & Communications in 1989 believing that clients wanted fresh, creative thinking without the work being watered down by layers of staff in a traditional agency. A graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business’s Strategic Marketing Management program and Sheridan College’s Advertising program, Robin is a frequent speaker on branding and the business of graphic design.

Giving back to the community, Robin serves as Vice President of the Arts Project, an arts incubator in the heart of Downtown London that provides gallery, studio and program space for visual and performing arts with a focus on supporting emerging artists.

Robin is an R.G.D. and also involved in RGD Ontario (Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario), having served as past Vice President and board member. RGD Ontario promotes the importance and benefits of graphic design to business, government and the public and focuses on continual development of the profession.

Kate Rapson, Director, Client Services

As Director, Client Services Kate guides the agency in fulfilling clients’ needs from a holistic point of view: planning, developing strategy and communications for all media. She is the key liaison between clients and agency strategic staff and is involved in new business development.

Kate received an Honours BA in English literature and languages from the University of Western Ontario. Her early career was in journalism, as a writer for the former London Business Times and then for the Business, Home & Garden, and Lifestyle sections of The London Free Press.

Kate then headed south of the border where she was the Senior Account Manager at a boutique PR agency in San Francisco. She led accounts in the consumer and B2B space where she earned the bulk of her 15 years of experience in communications. She developed national public relations campaigns, social media strategies, reputation management tactics, speaking programs, and various promotions for her clients. Many of the campaigns, under her direction, were awarded industry recognition.

Gabriele Thomson, Office Manager

Gabriele is an integral member of the HONEY team. An honours graduate of the Business Administration Program at Ryerson University, Toronto, Gabriele went on to complete the Marketing Program at the Institute of Canadian Advertising, Toronto. Her education was the underpinning for a 20 year career in marketing. Gabriele manages HONEY through our online software management tool as well as her good-humored approach when dealing with HONEY’s mostly right-brained creative types.