Summary
Greetings,
My Name is Eric Powell. I have been involved in interactive media, entertainment, design, advertising and marketing for over 18 years working with both small and large-scale advertising agencies, interactive shops, and in-house teams like TBWA\Chiat\Day, \Tequila, Nike, Razorfish, Webtrends™, Rare Medium, Virgin Entertainment, Pollinate Media, and DNA Studios. I specialize in hands-on Art Direction for the online medium and have been responsible for the concept, design, direction, and deployment of projects for clients such as Nike, Coors, Best Buy, Molson, Nintendo, Dreamworks, Néstle, Lucas Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Nissan, Levi’s, Apple, Yakima, Leatherman and many more.
In addition to my online experience I am a signed recording artist and performer with a popular underground band since 1991 where I have released 7 full-length albums on major and independent labels as well as touring extensively in North America earning several accolades including Rolling Stone alternative chart positions #1 and #2 as well as extensive press coverage in magazines such as Guitar Player, Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Kerrang and more.
I am also an accomplished composer having scored movies for Lionsgate, MGM, and Open Sky Entertainment, provided music licenses for Microsoft, Speed TV, CBS, MTV, Sony Computer Entertainment and more.
Specialties
• Interactive Concepting, Art Direction and Design for online entertainment, advertising and marketing.
• User experience design, and usability.
• Photography Art Direction and conceptualization.
• Creative team leadership and mentoring.
• Music production, composition, and performance.
polymath |ˈpäliˌmaθ|
noun
a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.
