Planters

Art Direction

Chiat Day

3 films

the brief

Mr. Peanut was a 100-year-old mascot everyone recognised and nobody thought about. The relaunch had to bring him back to life, so we gave him the one thing he’d never had: a voice. Robert Downey Jr.’s. The New York Times wrote about a peanut learning to talk.

“On Madison Avenue, there are talking dogs, talking horses, even talking margarine tubs, not to mention talking brand characters like the E*Trade babies and the Keebler elves. But Mr. Peanut, the dapper Planters mascot since 1916, has never spoken - until now.”

-- The New York Times

films (3)

Planters, a frame from Behind the Scenes — planters_behind_the_scenes

client

Planters

agency

Chiat Day

role

Art Direction, eric stevens

Director

Ringan Ledwidge

Copywriters

Jon Marshall, Josh Dimarcantonio

medium

Video, Print

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Eric Stevens

client	you	title	“résumé”
agency	Eric Stevens, freelance	length	:20 years
contact	ericstevens7@gmail.com	draft	2026, final final v3

video	audio
open on eric stevens, creative director, copywriter and art director. los angeles.	vo: twenty years of funny films for indeed, apple, netflix, espn, google and amazon. from inside wieden+kennedy, tbwa\chiat\day, 72andsunny and caa. now freelance, with agencies and directly with brands.
super: 2013–Now Freelance, Creative Director, Copywriter, Art Director 2011–2013 Creative Artists Agency, Creative Executive 2009–2011 TBWA\Chiat\Day, Associate Creative Director 2005–2009 Wieden+Kennedy, Art Director	vo: the career, most recent first.
montage: selected work. Indeed, Copywriting, 72 & Sunny, 2025 (AdAge Editor's Pick, Muse by Clio Editor's Pick) Terminix, Art Direction, Martin Agency, 2022 (AdAge Editor's Pick, The One Show) Aflac, Copywriting, art direction, DDB, 2022 (AdAge Editor's Pick, Muse by Clio Editor's Pick) Amazon, NFL on Amazon, Copywriting, Crispin Porter & Bogusky, 2017 Apple, Apple TV, Copywriting, art direction, Media Arts Lab, 2016 (The One Show) Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Copywriting, Hecho Studios, 2026 Apple Originals, Long Way Up, Copywriting, art direction, Rosewood Creative Netflix, Creative Direction, Direct to client (Creativity Pick of the Day) Google, Google Assistant, Copywriting, Arts & Letters ESPN, NBA on ESPN, Copywriting, art direction, W+K (The One Show) Keep a Child Alive, Art Direction, Chiat Day (The One Show, Cannes Lions) Planters, Art Direction, Chiat Day Pernod Ricard, Kahlua, Art Direction, Chiat Day Toyota, Copywriting, Saatchi & Saatchi ESPN, SportsCenter, Copywriting, art direction, W+K ESPN + FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Art Direction, W+K Short films, Copywriting, art direction	sfx: a duck. a horse. shaq. vo: 17 projects, 11 agencies, and direct to client.
super: recognized by Cannes Lions, 3 Gold, 2 Bronze The One Show Ad Age Editor’s Pick Muse by Clio Editor’s Pick Creativity Pick of the Day Billboard, Ten Best Moments of the 2018 Oscars	vo: some people liked it.
super: directed by Scottie Cameron, Dave Myers, Jeff Low, Adam & Dave, Andreas Nilsson, Patrick Clair, The Perlorian Brothers, Mike Warzin, David Shane, Ringan Ledwidge, Frederik Bond, Lance Acord. super: starring Robert Downey Jr., Wanda Sykes, Lil Rel Howery, Rhys Darby, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen.	vo: and made with some very good people.
end card: ericstevens.co · ericstevens7@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/eric-stevens-creative	vo: available for freelance. let’s make the next one.

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