Erich and Kallman

Last Modified: 05-09-2022

https://www.erich-kallman.com
Ownership: Privately Held
Size: 0-50

Overview

Company Summary

We designed Erich & Kallman to be different. We’re fast. We’re lean. And we have the talent to make brands famous. The work we’ve done our entire careers has solved problems and grown business by getting people to talk about brands when they weren’t talking about them before. That’s what we call making brands famous. So our focus at Erich & Kallman is on doing work that’s broadly appealing to get people watching, then caring, then sharing, then buying. We believe it’s the most economical and effective way for advertising to solve problems and grow business.

Contact

435 Pacific Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133
P: (41-5) -963-
F: --

Steven Erich
Co-Founder/President
[email protected]
303-720-1153

Offices

Erich and Kallman
435 Pacific Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133
305-467-8857

Global Service Capabilities

Staff

Total Number of Employees

Office Employees: 0-50
Total US: 0-50
Total Worldwide: 0-50

Steven Erich
Founder/President
Steve Erich is the Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Erich and Kallman. He and his partner Eric Kallman started the agency in San Francisco four years ago and were recently honored with a place on the AdAge A-List and the ADWEEK Fastest Growing Agency List, as well as being awarded Agency of the Year: West by AdAge. They’ve produced award winning work for Reese’s Puffs, Fruit by the Foot, Kelly Services, Chick-fil-A and Zero Cancer and their current clients include multiple brands from General Mills, Driven Brands and Hershey, as well as Oxigen Water, Fisher Investments, Landing, New Belgium Brewing and Vote America.
Prior to starting Erich and Kallman, Steve was President / Partner of Crispin Porter Bogusky with responsibility over seven global offices. During his 11 years at the agency, CPB was named “Agency of the Decade” by Advertising Age in 2010, “Agency of the Year” 13 times in the trade press and received more Cannes Grand Prix awards than any other agency globally. Steve oversaw CPB’s expansion into Europe in 2006 with the management of its London, Madrid and Munich offices, and Asia in 2014 with the launch of its office in Hong Kong. Prior to CPB, Steve worked at TBWA Chiat/Day, VitroRobertson and The Martin Agency. He has overseen work which has been awarded two Grand Effies and over 300 other strategic and creative awards, been a guest lecturer at both the University of Missouri and University of Colorado Schools of Journalism, and a featured speaker for the Minneapolis Ad Club, the AdAge Small Agency Conference in Los Angeles, the Mirren CEO Summit in Chicago, the Word of Mouth Conference in Hamburg, and Marketing 2.0 in Paris.

Eric Kallman
Founder/Chief Creative Officer
Prior to forming Erich and Kallman, Eric was Executive Creative Director of Goodby Silverstein & Partners where he was named one of the top 10 Chief Creatives in the country by ADWEEK. Over the past decade Eric has consistently been one of the most effective and awarded creatives in the business. He helped create campaigns such as Old Spice’s “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like”as well as celebrated work for Skittles, Coca Cola, KAYAK, Ragu, Little Caesars, CareerBuilder and many others. Prior to GS&P, he was the founding Executive Creative Director of Barton F. Graf. The agency was named to Ad Age and Creativity’s “Agency A List” all three years he was there and won the 4A’s Mid- Sized Agency of the Year in 2014. Before that, Eric was at Wieden+Kennedy Portland where his work for Old Spice won the Grand Effie. Eric has been named to the "Creativity 50" multiple times, "A multidisciplinary account of the biggest and best thinkers and doers from 20 years of advertising and consumer culture.” He was the most awarded creative in the world in 2011. He has won both the Film and Cyber Grand Prix along with 28 other Cannes Lions, the Best of Show at One Show Interactive along with dozens of other pencils, the GRANDY, back-to-back AICP Best of Show awards and an Emmy. His eight yellow pencils and two black pencils make him the third most awarded copywriter in D&AD history.

Kate Higgins
Chief Growth Officer
Kate Higgins is the Chief Growth Officer and leads diversity at Erich and Kallman. She’s a fearless and dynamic leader. Her tenacity, drive, humor and willingness to take risks has translated into an outstanding account leadership career at some of the best creative shops of the past few decades. Most recently she was President of MullenLowe, Winston-Salem and before that helped launch Erich and Kallman. Welcome back, Kate! During her time at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Fallon, Carmichael Lynch she established a deep belief in the power of creativity to solve business problems. Kate’s a creative at her core, just not in the creative department. Her career is full of award-winning work proving the model for Citi, Lyft, Belvedere, Hotels.com, Go-Gurt, Microsoft, TGI Fridays and Old Navy, to name a few. Her ability to partner and build trusted relationships is the foundation for her successful career. Kate is a true master at building the right team to solve the problem. There isn’t a challenge she won’t take on and she’ll make sure everyone has fun doing it.

Jill Garrison
Chief Operating Officer
Jill has worked extensively with Erich and Kallman since its founding and joined the team as its Chief Operating Officer in 2019, overseeing all agency operations. A 20+ year agency veteran, Jill has a passion for innovative and creative solutions that drive client business within the ever-evolving landscape of modern marketing, client-agency relationships and budgets.

Jill’s experience is rooted in Account Management, having led numerous businesses across multiple categories, including Volkswagen, American Express, Old Navy, PetSmart and Altoids.

A Chicago native, Jill started her agency-side career at Leo Burnett, later joining Crispin Porter + Bogusky- leaving the Windy City behind for the Colorado Rockies and never looking back.

Clients and Brands

Client & Brands	Start Date
Gusto	07-01-2016
Chick-fil-A	06-01-2016
EZTABLE	07-01-2016
Noble Vines	01-01-2017
One Hope Wines	07-01-2016
General Mills	12-01-2016
MTV Networks	03-01-2016
New Belgium Brewery	10-01-2016

Billings & Revenue

Billing / Revenue Ranges Number of Clients
Billing < $1M and/or Agency Revenue < $200K 5
Billing > $1M and < $3M 1
Billing < $10M and < $25M 1

Billing / Revenue Ranges	Number of Clients
Billing < $1M and/or Agency Revenue < $200K	5
Billing > $1M and < $3M	1
Billing < $10M and < $25M	1

Total Gross Media Placed by this Office

Allocation Percent of Media Placed by this Office

Types of Services

Service Offering Revenue
Advertising - General Market/ Traditional 70
Digital/Interactive | Mobile and Wireless 10
Brand Consulting 10
Business-to-Business 5
Design 5

Service Offering	Revenue
Advertising - General Market/ Traditional	70
Digital/Interactive \| Mobile and Wireless	10
Brand Consulting	10
Business-to-Business	5
Design	5

Industry Experience

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