MANAGING DIRECTOR
Will Gibbs, LLB DipM MCIM FRSA
Will is dedicated to maintaining KLC’s reputation as one of the leading international design schools. With a background in law, accountancy and marketing, Will has spent over 10 years with KLC and is keen to ensure that students continue to experience the same high standard of accessible, professional training, whilst developing innovative and stimulating new methods of delivery.
PRINCIPAL
Jenny Gibbs, FRSA MCSD BIDA FICPD
Listed by House & Garden magazine as one of the leading contributors to British Design, Jenny has a strong commitment to raising the profile of the design industry and to maintaining the highest of standards for graduating students. Jenny Gibbs oversees course development and ensures that existing training is relevant and up to date. She also takes a personal interest in students' welfare and carefully monitors the progress of every student throughout their training.
An internationally renowned public speaker, Jenny Gibbs gives specialist lectures at KLC.
A regular broadcaster on television and radio and writer for home interest magazines, she is also a highly regarded author. Jenny’s latest book is “Interior Design”, which offers a thorough grounding in the principles of interior design and is published by Laurence King.
DIRECTOR OF STUDIES
Diana McKnight, BIDA
As KLC’s Director or Studies, Diana is responsible for the planning and management of all courses. Having worked on a variety of residential and commercial interior design schemes, she subsequently qualified to teach, enabling her to take a hands-on approach at KLC across a wide range of subjects commensurate with her experience. This included the design and implementation of projects in historic houses and hotels, also schools. Undoubtedly the most challenging and prestigious in her portfolio was that of No Man’s Land Fort in the Solent. In addition to work at KLC, she continues to run her interior design practice and has been involved in projects, most recently in Moscow, and in Italy as well as London. She is a fellow of BIDA, currently responsible for members in the South-East, for whom she organises continual professional development seminars and is also joining the BIDA Education Committee in Autumn 2008
VICE PRINCIPAL / DIRECTOR OF CAREERS
Marcy Brown, BSc BIDA
Marcy has been involved with KLC for just over 20 years. Graduating from New York University with a combined degree in English and Education, she came to England and taught at the American School in St. John's Wood. She was then lured by friends into fashion retailing of which interior design has been a natural extension. Marcy has been instrumental in creating the unique careers department at KLC and assists students in finding suitable employment or work experience, as well as offering advice on CV’s, portfolio presentation and career direction.
Careers Service
Certificate group photo taken on their last dayOur industry links are second to none and we provide an outstanding careers service combining carefully structured career workshops, individual careers advice and mentoring and work experience opportunities. Employers return to us on a regular basis knowing that our students will have had a realistic and practical training for the design workplace and that great care will have been taken to match the student to the requirements of the practice.
KLC is very proactive about helping graduates find employment at the end of the course. Marcy Brown, Director of Careers, assists students in finding suitable employment or work experience and graduates from KLC professional courses are now employed by a range of prestigious companies (a list is available here). Marcy is available to offer advice on CV’s, portfolio presentation and career direction and, with many approaches from some of the leading design companies, is often able to put graduates directly in touch with potential employers.
KLC keeps in close contact with past students worldwide through the KLC Design Network and continues to offer on-going careers advice. As a participant in many leading design exhibitions, our policy is to involve students both past and present, as fully as possible. Many graduates return after experience in the field to become our tutors. KLC will put any design enquiries from members of the public through to practising graduates.
This amalgamates the experience and specialist knowledge of a variety of well-established figures within the Interior and Garden Design industries, together with the fresh inspiration and enthusiasm of young designers whose role is to provide course cohesion. This provides students with a relevant, up-to-date design education coupled with invaluable day-to-day support from our in-house tutors.
Friendly and professional service
KLC School of Design is renowned for offering a friendly and professional service and we believe that this starts from the moment a prospective student makes an enquiry. Therefore, if you have further questions, need more information or would like to be sent a brochure, then please get in touch with us by following the links.
KLC's contact details are as follows:-
KLC School of Design
Unit 503 The Chambers
Chelsea Harbour
London SW10 0XF
Tel:- 00 44 (0)20 7376 3377
Fax:- 00 44 (0)20 7376 7807
E-mail:- info@klc.co.uk
