ABOUT BILL ECKLOFF
CONTACT
612.867.9036
billeckloff@mac.com
CURRENTLY AT
Freelance
AGENCIES
Zeus Jones – Minneapolis
Creative – March 2012 - February 2015
Rodgers Townsend (DDB) – St. Louis
Copywriter – July 2004 - September 2009
CLIENTS
Red Wing/Irish Setter
Purina Pro Plan
Purina ONE
Post-it Brand
Nike
Wheaties
Progresso
Circle
Minnesota United FC
Prince Lionheart
Cheerios
Cascadian Farm
Digi
AT&T
The Hartford
Monsanto
Energizer Hearing Aid Batteries
Ameren
Broyhill
Lane
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Solutia: CPFilms
Beech-Nut Baby Food
UBS
Hostess
St. Louis Science Center
The Black Rep
Circus Flora
Soulard Mardi Gras
John Deere – Construction & Forestry, Ag & Turf, Power Systems
Waratah Forestry Heads
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica
Almond Board of California
Mosaic
Gevo
Fabcon
North Memorial Health
RECOGNITION
SHOWS: One Show Design: Bronze Pencil. National ADDY Gold and Finalist. CAPLES: 3rd and Finalist. DMA ECHOS: Bronze and Finalist. Chicago Association of Direct Marketers (CADM) Tempos: 3rd Place/Creative (3). St. Louis ADDY’s: A bunch including a Judge’s Choice.
PRESS: Communication Arts/Exhibit. Ad Week. Photo District News. PRINT Regional Design Annual. Creativity’s Print and Design Email the day after Super Bowl XL.
EDUCATION
BRAINCO – The Minneapolis School of Advertising, Design and Interactive Studies
Graduate, September 2001 – Advertising Copywriting
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE – St. Peter, MN
Bachelor of Arts, May 1995 – Biology Major/English Minor
THINGS I'VE DONE FOR MONEY – PROFESSIONALLY AND OTHERWISE
Before landing in advertising, I’ve peddled (but not all at once) Red Bull, season ticket packages for the Timberwolves, home/car stereos and collectable coins; wrote brochures; built decks; answered phones; photographed weddings, sporting events and college graduations; jumped in the Mississippi River to settle a bet; delivered pizzas; edited the Sports section of my college’s newspaper; installed office furniture; mowed lawns; shoveled snow; drilled holes in drainage pipe; helped promote (in no particular order) investment advisors, incentive trips, Plymouth cars & mini vans; delivered newspapers; sold the same newspaper door-to-door during a strike and bought a copy of Abbey Road with the proceeds; worked in a warehouse full of copier parts; and bagged groceries.