Scotto is an award-winning creative director & photographer in NYC.

Scotto is a visual storyteller. With over 15 years of experience, he designs across varied industries including: food, travel, tech consumer, entertainment/media and pharmaceutical advertising.

You’re probably thinking, that’s a lot of different things. Yes, it is, and that’s what makes him unique. He constantly dares himself to take on new challenges, to grow and to make a difference.

Press & Recognition

International Design awards, 2016-18

The International Design Awards announced Gold Award to Scotto Kim for product design 'tech toys' category. IDA exists to recognize, celebrate and promote legendary design visionaries and to uncover emerging talent in Architecture, Interior, Product, Graphic, and Fashion Design. IDA aspires to draw attention to the iconoclasm of design world wide, conceptualizing and producing great work. 

Media sponsor, March 6, 2017

Toast To The Children is proud to announce BOXY Magazine | Scotto Kim as a new media sponsor for 2017. This highly anticipated annual culinary event attracts a sell-out crowd of 500 guests each year. Hosted by restaurateur and "Top Chef" host Tom Colicchio at his gorgeous Riverpark restaurant, the evening will include signature dishes from some of the city's top restaurants accompanied by specially selected wines and top shelf spirits. A silent auction of high-end items and experiences rounds out the entertainment.

Award winner, March 4, 2010-2017

7 years of Graphic Design Awards from GDUSA.  Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) showcases outstanding work from elite design firms, packaging design studios, design departments, and production companies. The annual GDUSA package & graphic design awards competition celebrates “well-designed package designs and the power of graphic design to forge an emotional link with the buyer at the moment of truth.”

Published work, November 17, 2009

Scotto's award winning design published in The Big Book of Green Design from Harper Collins. The Big Book of Green Design features the best of these earth-friendly designs. Mainly focusing on printed materials, but also showcasing examples of trade show environments, repurposed designs, and the new “anti-packaging” trend, the book showcases marketing and collateral materials produced using environmentally favorable methods. With a foreword by Eric Benson, an expert on sustainable procedures within graphic design, The Big Book of Green Design is very much a “see what your colleagues are doing” idea-sharing, inspiration-generating compilation for agencies, freelance designers, printers, and other creative professionals.  Available for purchase here: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780061757990/the-big-book-of-green-design

Publication design award, November 16, 2018

BOXY Magazine won publication design award from 55th Anniversary American Graphic Design Awards. 10,000 entries and less than 10% honored.

A-list awards, March 1, 2017

The A-list Awards is BOXY magazine's premiere food & design competition.  The A-list Awards celebrates the best in restaurants, chefs, wines and package design in the food industry.  Winners are selected by a panel of nationally recognized judges, all experts in their fields.  The winners will receive a beautiful BOXY A-list trophy, impressive certificate, and a lot of publicity and the satisfaction of having been recognized by your peers.

Agency launch, January 1, 2015

Scotto launches By BOXY, a full-service creative advertising agency. By BOXY is a fast-growing firm representing a new genre of culinary world—one that is rooted in the true integration of food, design and game-changing technologies.

Pro bono charity work, December 15, 2010-2017

7 years of Creative direction, Photography, Marketing for Pediatric Cancer Foundation Charity Events.  Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s mission is to develop a cure for childhood cancer. For more than 45 years, the 501(c) (3) nonprofit has raised money for game-changing research, patient treatment and endowing world renowned doctors at the hospitals PCF supports.

Magazine launch, October 15, 2014

Launched a print magazine that primarily focuses on mens passion for food. BOXY Magazine is a lifestyle publication, published twice a year, each with a theme. BOXY contributors include professional chefs, celebrities, writers, artists, models, home cooks, and food admirers. BOXY has an edge, it’s hip. If BOXY had magazine brothers, they’d be Kinfolk magazine + Bon Appetit Magazine.