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Hi there. I’m Eric. A 2025 Cannes Gold Lion awarded and Emmy nominated creative director who has an unstoppable desire to create work that's impossible to ignore. Awards are great, but there’s nothing better than creating work that works. Effectiveness is the goal.
- 20+ years building strategically led platforms
- Pushing to create ideas sparked by brand purpose
- Deep believer in work that connects with people on a human level
- A storyteller to my core in all mediums
- Vast knowledge of all aspects of content creation
- 10+ years of experience managing creative teams
- Striving to put ideas into the world that move people to action
- Proficient at InDesign, Keynote, Microsoft Teams, Google Slides/Docs and Photoshop
VMLY&R Dallas / Creative Director / 20 - Present Gold Effie winning creative lead on Navy account developing cutting edge efforts on Snap, Reddit and Instagram.
RGA CHI / Creative Director / 16 - 20 Launched LifeWTR on the Super Bowl, the fastest growing Pepsi brand in history.
Leo Burnett CHI / Creative Director / 11 - 16 Collaborated with Gates Foundation and Cannes Chimera developing HumanKind Stock Ticker (HMKD) concept for world poverty.
Grey NY / Assoc. Creative Director / 09 - 11 Reinvented the DSLR digital camera category with Canon’s Story Beyond the Still and Project Imagin8ion with Ron Howard.
Tate Films LA / Commercial Director / 03 – 09 Collaborated with actors, set designers and directors of photography to create viral films for Levi’s, Microsoft and Starbucks.
Chiat Day SF / Assoc. Creative Director / 00 - 03 Energized fans for the baseball playoffs with Fox Sports campaign ‘Beware of Things Made in October’.
Goodby Silverstein / Art Director / 97 - 00 Reimagined the legendary Wall Street Journal masthead with our Adventures in Capitalism outdoor campaign.
Wieden + Kennedy / Art Director / 94 - 97 Highlights include creating the classic Nike film Guerilla Tennis that transformed the way sports fans looked at the sport.
2025 Cannes Gold & Silver Lions
2024 YouTube Creator Award
2024 Effie Gold & Silver
2019 Cannes Lion Shortlist
2018 Webbie
2018 Effie
4 One Show Gold
2 One Show Silver
2 One Show Bronze
3 Cannes Gold Lions
4 Cannes Silver Lions
2 Cannes Bronze Lions
2 D&AD Yellow Pencils
Art Directors Club Gold
Communicational Arts
Addys Gold
Clios