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Jo Kotas

Jo Kotas is Co-Founder & CEO of USED Creative often described as the “Vinted for the creative industries” — the circular marketplace unlocking the reuse of sets props and production furniture across film, TV, fashion, events and retail.

With 28 years’ experience as a creative and entrepreneur including roles at the BBC and Sky Creative, she brings deep sector expertise and industry insight.

Having witnessed first-hand the scale of waste embedded in production, she is now building the infrastructure to unlock a circular economy for the global creative industries.

 


 

About USED Creative’s Jo Kotas & Tin Brown

Jo Kotas & Tin Brown are the Co-Founders of USED Creative, the circular marketplace for pre-loved sets props and production furniture across film TV fashion events and retail – the ‘Vinted’ for the creative industries.

Between them they bring 58 years of experience as creative directors, brand builders, designers and entrepreneurs, including senior roles at the BBC and Sky Creative.

As life partners as well as business partners, they’ve spent decades inside the creative industries witnessing first-hand the scale of waste behind the work.

USED Creative is the infrastructure they couldn’t find, so they built it.

 

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Past events featuring Jo Kotas:

Business of Experience

Roundtable: Green or Gone | How to Build Experiences That Survive the Sustainability Reckoning

April 23, 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Join blooloop's Ruth Read for a discussion on sustainability means in practice – and how to design experiences that are both responsible and commercially viable.
Jo Kotas
Co-Founder & CEO

USED Creative