Friday Forum – Eric Kallman

Founder & Creative Director at Erich & Kallman

#CircusForum The Creative Circus hosts special guests every Friday in the Carol Vick Bynum Theater as part of our Friday Forum Series. Special guests include top industry pros from Ad Agencies, Design Shops, & Top Companies, Circus Alumni & more! 

We’re happy to share that Eric Kallman, Founder & Creative Director at Erich & Kallman will be speaking on Friday, February 9th at The Creative Circus.

Eric Kallman, Founder & Creative Director| Erich & Kallman

Prior to forming Erich & Kallman, Eric was Executive Creative Director of Goodby Silverstein & Partners where he was named one of the top 10 Chief Creatives in the country by ADWEEK. Over the past decade Eric has consistently been one of the most effective and awarded creatives in the business. He helped create campaigns such as Old Spice’s “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” as well as celebrated work for Skittles, Coca-Cola, KAYAK, Ragu, Little Caesars, CareerBuilder and many others.

Prior to GS&P, he was the founding Executive Creative Director of Barton F. Graf. The agency was named to Ad Age and Creativity’s “Agency A-List” all three years he was there and won the 4A’s Mid-Sized Agency of the Year in 2014.

Before that Eric was at Wieden+Kennedy, Portland where his work for Old Spice won the Grand Effie.

Eric had been named to the “Creativity 50” multiple times, “A multi-disciplinary account of the biggest and best thinkers and doers from 20 years of advertising and consumer culture.” He was the most awarded creative in the world in 2011. He has won both the Film and Cyber Grand Prix along with 28 other Cannes Lions, the Best of Show at One Show Interactive along with dozens of other pencils, the GRANDY, back-to-back AICP Best of Show awards and an Emmy. His eight yellow pencils and two black pencils make him the third most awarded copywriter in D&AD history.