Kim-Leigh Pontin

Interactive Experience Creative Lead

Merlin Entertainments

Speaker Biography

Kim-Leigh Pontin is Interactive Experience Creative Lead at Merlin Entertainments, where she leads the creative development of immersive and interactive experiences across some of the world’s most beloved IP — including LEGOLAND, Harry Potter LEGOLAND, and Minecraft. With over a decade of experience leading multidisciplinary teams across XR, AI, and interactive media, her work sits at the intersection of emerging technology, spatial design, and immersive storytelling.
Kim-Leigh has held senior creative roles at Meta Reality Labs, Nexus Studios, and Sky VR Studios, delivering groundbreaking projects for clients including Disney, the BBC, and Meta. Her work spans generative AI, volumetric capture, and immersive theatre, and has been recognised with a BAFTA, Emmy, D&AD, and multiple Venice Film Festival selections — cementing her reputation as one of the most distinctive creative voices working across the technology and experience design space today.

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