JOHN EHLERS

jehlers@gmail.com | 347-610-4311

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Creative executive with a proven track record in developing creative and strategic initiatives, leading global cross-functional teams, and executing large-scale branding projects. Committed to fostering a culture of creativity and excellence to achieve organizational goals and team success.

A curious, engaged, nimble and optimistic leader who isn’t afraid of failure and believes teamwork is the key to success.


PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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Full Portfolio

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  • Transformed multiple global brands by steering large-scale rebranding initiatives, spanning packaging, digital campaigns, video, product, and merchandising. With a focus on strengthening consistency and expanding global reach.

  • Built and scaled creative departments from the ground up, establishing workflows, elevating quality standards, and enabling faster go-to-market execution across distributed global teams.

  • Led the creation of content for clients and internal branding initiatives and a new suite of psychometric assessment products, collaborating with C-suite executives to launch new offerings and drive revenue growth.

  • A known “wizard” who can conjure up creative solutions out of nothing*

*Nothing is defined as: no budget, no money, no time, no assets


harver

10/2021 - Present

Global Creative Director

  • Champion and evolve the global brand, ensuring consistency while introducing innovative creative directions across digital, product, and video experiences.

  • Own and architect creative strategy across channels, building narrative frameworks and visual systems that simplify complexity into engaging, scalable storytelling.

  • Lead global creative teams across North America, Europe, and Asia, cultivating a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

  • Partner with C-suite executives, marketing, sales, and product leaders to align creative direction with business objectives and drive high-impact change.

  • Direct end-to-end production operations, overseeing two global production teams, client engagement, creative development, logistics, and post-production execution.

  • Drive operational excellence, building scalable workflows and processes that expand team capacity and accelerate production timelines.

  • Harness AI technologies to ideate, prototype, and scale creative output while maintaining brand integrity and elevating quality.

  • Lead internal innovation initiatives, developing new assessment products and expanding Harver’s creative capabilities to meet evolving client needs.


Kronus Studio

01/2013 - 04/2020

Managing Director, VP

  • Directed corporate brand vision, creative strategy, and operational restructuring to accelerate business growth.

  • Built and mentored multidisciplinary creative teams, fostering strong client partnerships and producing premium brand experiences for digital and print.

  • Led creative development and logistics for global client photo and video shoots, ensuring alignment with campaign goals and brand storytelling.

 

Alexis Bittar

07/2008 - 01/2013

Director of Ecommerce + Marketing

  • Grew the ecommerce business from $200K to over $5M annually through creative marketing strategies, brand redesigns, and targeted campaigns.

  • Owned brand redesign- logo, e-commerce, packaging, store design and merchandising.

  • Developed integrated seasonal campaigns that strengthened product narratives and significantly expanded digital reach.

 

Jonathan Adler

10/2005 - 07/2008

Brand + Ecommerce Manager

  • Drove strategic marketing campaigns, increasing eCommerce revenues from $100,000 to $3.5 million in three years.

  • Managed eCommerce, PR, and Graphics departments to streamline brand messaging across all outlets.