Hi, I'm Eric Ravenstein

a Chicago based Integrated Creative Director.

I’m a Chicago based Integrated Creative Director with 20 years of experience providing creative leadership, mentorship and telling engaging brand stories to tech savvy audiences.

After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago I started working with Carlos Segura, where I learned typography, design and art direction from one of the best. That was my stepping off point into advertising and brand stewardship – where at the time interactive, digital, and social were coming of age.

I like to live in a space between smart design, engaging experiences, and telling memorable stories about brands. I have worked on brand development, new business pitches, product and app design, UI/UX, interactive brand promotions, customer relationship programs and management, strategies for loyalty programs, QSR children's programs, above the line TV, print and web campaigns, social engagement strategies, shopper marketing, and experiential design.
I love this stuff.

Brand experience

Advil
AIG
ARMY
Bud Light
Burger King
Carhartt
ConAgra

Craftsman
Disney
Feeding America
Kenmore
Kraft
LifeFitness

MetLife
Motorola 
NASCAR
Northwestern
Nutra-Sweet
Office Depot

Oprah
Orbitz.com
Oreos
Rust-Oleum
Schneider Electric
Scott's

Sony
Sears
TD Ameritrade
UGP
US Cellular
Wrigley

Bud Light ‘Here Weego’ Super Bowl Commercial:
Ad Features Rescued Dog

Huffington Post February 6th 2012.

Here Weego: Bud Light Helps
Rescue Dogs at Super Bowl

Miami New times, February 7th 2012.

Cut & Paste Chicago 2009
Judge

Direct Marketing News 2009
Caples Creative Community
ClubBK.com

Examining The Visual Culture of
Corporate Identity 2004
IDN Publishers
5inch.com, 5inch.com cdr

Communication Arts 2003 Annual
CA Publishers
5inch.com, 5inch.com CDR design

Corporate Profiles & Web Graphics 2001 Annual 
PIE Books
[T-26] website, GoPrinter website,
Emmis Communications website,

Q101 Radio website, Q101's Jamoboree2000 website

It's A Matter Of Identity
Victionary Publishers
Various logos created with Segura Inc.,
5inch.com cdr

Extreme Design 2001 Annual
F&W Publicaions
Q101's "Live 101" poster, Q101's "Jamboree2000" poster

Altpick
Feature on Segura, August 2000

Creative Review
"The Well", 12 page Feature on T-Shirt design, November 1999
Sponsored by Seven Worldwide.
[T-26] Digital Type Foundry "Robot" T-Shirt.

Matiz Grafico Del Diseño Internacional
Matiz Magazine Design Feature, December 1999.
By Javier Malagon.

Featured "Live 101" poster and cd design,
illustration for Q101 Radio.