About me
Kim founded Waterhouse in 2017 to bring her passion for brand strategy, culture-building and corporate communications together into an integrated service offering to help life sciences companies become extraordinary brands. Using her exclusive ALIGN Methodology to spark organizational inquiry, analysis, positioning and planning, Kim helps executives translate their aspirations into high-impact brands and employee experiences. Her work includes the full integrated mix of advertising, digital and communications programs, and becomes the guiding force for defining culture and driving business performance.
Kim brings 30 years of in-house and agency experience working across healthcare, biotech, medical device, personalized medicine and information technology sectors. Prior to launching Waterhouse, she was Managing Director of Real Chemistry (formerly W2O Group), a multi-national agency where she led business design, brand strategy and market positioning efforts for emerging companies. During her career, Kim held executive positions in corporate communications and investor relations at Tercica and McKesson, as well as senior communications roles at Chiron (now Novartis) and Heartport. Over the past decade, Kim has worked with a broad range of companies orchestrating corporate brand and product launch initiatives, including Adamas, Adverum, BioMarin, Cerus Corporation, Exelixis, Gilead, Nurix, Vaxcyte, The Column Group, Nuelle, Tethys Biosciences, RocketFuel, Meteor and Omada Health.
Kim began her agency career in Hill & Knowlton/New England’s biosciences division following time as an associate producer at WPRI-TV, the ABC news affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island. Kim earned her BA in English/Writing Communications from UMass, Dartmouth.