BIOGRAPHY
Eric Jordan is an award-winning creative consultant specializing in high-end creative direction, design, and motion graphics. Established as a leading futuristic visual design and motion director, his streamlined creative consultancy helps companies, individual entrepreneurs, film studios, film directors, and artists translate advanced concepts into beautiful forms that resonate with the audience on a higher level.
With over 22 years of industry experience, his work has spanned nearly all design & motion graphics mediums including film, broadcast television, websites, smart phones, virtual reality (VR), electronic billboards, toys, vehicles, print, and video games. Recognized by .Net Magazine as one of the world’s top 20 international designers, as well as a digital pioneer of interactive web design by FWA, Eric has overseen the creative direction and execution of over 700 projects for some of the world’s top brands and Fortune 500 companies, both independently and as the former owner of a leading 35-person interactive design studio. Among winning multiple coveted industry awards, including FWA’s “Most Influential Flash Site of the Decade”, he has been featured in numerous design-related books and magazines around the world.
Eric’s interactive work has earned a place in the Web Design Museum, as well as the cover of the new bestselling book “Web Design. The Evolution of the Digital World 1990-Today”, which documents early influential web design that shaped the modern internet landscape. As the former president and founder of 2Advanced Studios, a leading California-based interactive design studio which was inducted into FWA’s ‘Hall of Fame’ for producing numerous award-winning projects, Eric now operates as a international creative consultant and collaborates with many other brands, agencies, and creatives around the globe.
Clients Include:
Adobe, Nintendo, Nissan, Activision, Warner Brothers, Motorola, Electronic Arts, Epson, Lucas Arts, Ford, Fox Entertainment, Fox Sports, AOL, Google, Lexus, Samuel Adams, Diesel, Oakley Sunglasses, Mattel, Marvel, New Line Cinema, Tesla, Bacardi, Capcom, KB Home, Land Rover, LG Electronics, Panasonic, T-Mobile, J. Walter Thompson, SpaceX, Boeing, and many other top global brands.
Areas of Focus:
Design, UI/UX, Interactive, Motion Graphics, Film VFX, Direction, Production, CG, Branding, Typography, VR (Virtual Reality), Audio Production
Noted Book Publications:
Web Design. The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today, Taschen
Guidelines for Online Success, “Technology and Programming” chapter, Taschen
New Master of Photoshop Volume 2, Friends of Ed Publishing
Photoshop Secrets of the Pros: 20 Top Artists & Designers Face Off, Sybex Publishing
New Masters of Flash, Friends of Ed Publishing
Flash MX Magic , New Riders
Noted Magazine Publications:
Creative Review Magazine (UK), Computer Arts Magazine, .net Magazine (UK), Practical Webdesign Magazine, Web Creators Magazine (Japan), Step Inside Design Magazine, W.E.B. Magazine (Korea), New CG Magazine (China), Cre@te Magazine
Podcast Appearances:
Digital Doorways Episode #27, UX Institute Episode #5