About

Email: ehouseknecht@me.com
Mobile: +1 (917) 319-3882
See my Resumé
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Awards + Honors:

The One Show
Clio Awards
Art Directors Club
New York Festivals
Cannes Advertising Lions
London International Awards
Mercury Radio Awards
New York Addy Awards
Brand Film Festival
AICP Awards
Creative Quarterly
The Obie Awards (Best in Show)
Communication Arts Advertising Annual
Archive Magazine
Print Magazine Advertising Annual
Print Magazine Design Annual
Hong Kong 4As (Best in Show)
PM Awards (Best in Show)
Campaign Photo Awards
UK Best of Health Awards
MoMA Film & Television Permanent Collection
Museu do Design (Lisboa) Permanent Collection

Juror: 
The Global Awards

Education:

University of Texas Austin - B.S. in Communication (Advertising Creative Sequence)
Awarded Leo Burnett Creative Scholarship (twice)

Experience:

Freelance
Creative Director (Art + Copy)
2021 - 2023
Agencies: FCB Health, Grey Health, HumanCare, Revive Health, Agency Pure
Brands: Mounjaro (diabetes), Northern Light Hospital, Novartis (rare kidney disease), Lecanemab (Alzheimer's), Canekinemab (cancer), AstraZeneca (NMOSD)

McCann Health New York
SVP Creative Director
2020 – 2021
Baqsimi (diabetes), Leqvio (heart disease), Sarepta (muscular dystrophy)

Seiden New York
Executive Creative Director
2014 – 2020
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Big Apple Circus, RiverSpring Health

Gyro New York
Creative Director
2011 – 2014
Forbes, Lincoln Financial, Polyphony Foundation, Virgin, International Rescue Committee

Woolley Pau London
Deputy Creative Director
2008 – 2011
Warticon (STDs), Easi-Breathe (asthma), Locoid (psoriasis), Pneumovax (vaccines)

Freelance London
Creative Director
2006 – 2008
Bacardi, Glenfiddich, lastminute.com

Velocity Guild New York + Provence, France
Founder/Creative Director
2001 – 2006
AOR for Wolfgang Puck, Birds Eye, ConAgra. Responsible for branding, advertising, packaging, product launches, and new product development for packaged food brands.

Freelance New York
Senior Art Director
1996 – 2001
Agencies: Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners (1 year), TBWA/ChiatDay, Merkley Newman Harty, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, McCann Erickson (18 months), Devito/Verdi, Blum Herbstreith, Amster Yard, Bates.
Brands: Microsoft, Hennessy, Coca Cola, Motorola, Target, Prodigy, Edge Cola, Daffy's, Citibank, Burger King, Bacardi

Bates Hong Kong
Senior Art Director
1995 – 1996
HSBC, Rolls Royce, Gallery 13, Nokia

Chiat/Day London
Art Director
1994 – 1995
Coca Cola, First Direct Bank

Chiat/Day New York
Junior Art Director
1991 – 1994
Nynex Yellow Pages, Reebok, Nickelodeon

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References available upon request