eking.blue@gmail.com / 630.210.2341
Hi there. I’m Eric. An Emmy nominated and Cannes Gold Lion awarded creative director who has an unstoppable desire to create work impossible to ignore. (And I’m a diehard minimalist, so I’ll keep this short.)
Let’s build modern brands that are seamlessly connected, future facing, forward thinking and never forget to have fun. Always be curious. Never be boring.
- 20+ years building strategically led creative platforms.
- Pushing to create ideas that are sparked by our brand purpose.
- Deep believer in work that connects with people on a human level.
- A storyteller to my core in all mediums: Film, video, social, display and pre-roll.
- Vast knowledge of all aspects of the production process and content creation.
- 10+ years of experience managing creative, strategic, social and production teams.
- Striving to put ideas out into the world that move people to action.
- Relentless about weaving brand design, Visual ID and tone throughout the work.
- Highly motivated to bring a culture of positivity and cross-departmental collaboration.
- Proficient at InDesign, Keynote, Microsoft Teams, Google Slides/Docs, Photoshop and Slack.
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.
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