Composer, Producer, Performer, Sr. Art Director
Portland, Oregon Area
- Current
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- Sr. Art Director at Avenue A - Razorfish
- Freelance Composer, Producer, Performer, Sr. Art Director at Eric Powell Interactive
- Founder/Writer/Performer at 16VOLT
- Past
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- Contract Flash Designer at Tequila\ - TBWA Chiat Day
- Sr. Visual Designer at Rare Medium
- Sr. Web Designer at Virgin Entertainment
- Sr. Designer at Den (Digital Entertainment Network)
- Sr. Designer at Artist Direct
- Web Designer at Venu Interactive
- Education
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- Full Sail Real World Education
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Eric Powell’s Summary
I have been an interactive designer for over 10 years working with both small and large-scale advertising agencies, interactive shops, and in-house teams like TBWA\Chiat\Day, Avenue A/Razorfish, Rare Medium, Virgin Entertainment, and DNA Studios. I specialize in hands-on Art Direction and Flash Design for online media and have been responsible for the concept, design, direction, and deployment of projects for clients such as Coors, Molson, Nintendo, Dreamworks, Néstle, Lucas Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Nissan, Levi's and Apple.
In addition I have been a signed recording artist and performer with a popular underground band since 1991 where I have released 6 full-length albums on major and independent labels as well as extensive touring.
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 and Sony Computer Entertainment and more.
Eric Powell’s Specialties:
Music production and composition, Interactive Art Direction and Design for online advertising.
Eric Powell’s Experience
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Sr. Art Director
Avenue A - Razorfish
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AQNT; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Responsible for the concept, design and direction of online media and advertising for several large scale clients including Coors, Molson, Microsoft, Disney, Levi's and Best Buy.
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Freelance Composer, Producer, Performer, Sr. Art Director
Eric Powell Interactive
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2002 — Present (6 years 9 months)
Concept, design, development and direction for several successful projects including websites and banner campaigns for Nike, Intel Nissan, Apple, Harmon-Kardon, Sony, Lucas Arts, Nintendo, Dreamworks, Wieden + Kennedy, Anheuser Busch, Sony Music, and Nestlé and more working with large agencies such as TBWA\Chiat\Day, Tequila, DNA Studio, Ignited Minds, Avenue A/Razorfish, and The Groop.
Movie scores for Lionsgate, MGM, and Open Sky Entertainment, provided music licenses for Microsoft, Speed TV, CBS, MTV and Sony Computer Entertainment and more. -
Founder/Writer/Performer
16VOLT
(Music industry)
January 1991 — Present (17 years 9 months)
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Contract Flash Designer
Tequila\ - TBWA Chiat Day
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
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Sr. Visual Designer
Rare Medium
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Creative lead in user experience division of large-scale web services company. Resposible for designing high profile web sites and promotions for TiVo, Nestlé and Microsoft. Duties included strategy, branding, design, development, usability, and implementation.
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Sr. Web Designer
Virgin Entertainment
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)
December 1999 — March 2000 (4 months)
Responsible for the design and development of the Virgin Megastore E-commerce website. Developed and maintained several branded promotions and projects including the design and development of Radio Free Virgin.
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Sr. Designer
Den (Digital Entertainment Network)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
August 1999 — December 1999 (5 months)
Supervised the Programming and design team for the Digital Entertainment Network Portal. Designed, developed, and implemented major elements throughout the website including the user interface and partnered interactive promotions.
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Sr. Designer
Artist Direct
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
February 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 7 months)
Designed, developed, and implemented all custom branded web site promotions for major clients such as Lexus, Nestlé, Energizer, Backstreet Boys, John Mellencamp, Psygnosis Games, and more.
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Web Designer
Venu Interactive
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
January 1996 — June 1996 (6 months)
I worked as a contract web designer at this boutique interactive shop that was purchased during the dotcom boom by e-companies. I was responsible for design, html and image optimization for Home Savings Bank Online.
Eric Powell’s Education
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Full Sail Real World Education
1989 — 1989
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Eric Powell’s Interests:
Music, ice hockey, indoor soccer, tattoos, snowboarding, apple geek, dreaming about studio gear.
Eric Powell’s Honors:
• 2008 "Album of the year" (ReGen Magazine) for the 16VOLT album "FullBlackHabit (Metropolis Records)
• 2007 Webby Awards Honoree (Art Direction and Flash animation for Coors "Dirk" Campaign)
• 2006 IAC Award Winner for achievement in an online rich media banner campaign (Concept, Art Direction and Flash Animation for Logitech Quickcam)
• 2006 Pixel Awards Geek Nominee (Production Design for iRadio Flash Piece)
• 2003 How Design Magazine - Interactive "Best of Show" (DVD Programmer for W+K Tokyo Lab)
Eric Powell’s Contact Settings
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