Open to new roles

Open to new roles

Charlie Ekman

Charlie Ekman

Art Director

I make premium brands look right in every format, from a 9:16 story to a 6-metre showroom wall.

Creative Content Designer at Hedin Automotive, making campaign and launch content for Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lotus and more. Now looking for my next role as an art director, designer or creative in Stockholm.

Let’s get in touch

Let’s get in touch

See my work

See my work

Brands I’ve created for at Hedin Automotive

  • Porsche
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • BMW
  • Hyundai
  • Renault
  • Ford
  • Lotus
  • Porsche
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • BMW
  • Hyundai
  • Renault
  • Ford
  • Lotus

About me.

Hey, I’m Charlie. Art director by training, creative problem solver by habit, and I love a good problem. I’m fluent in other brands’ identities and just as happy building my own ideas, designs and tools. Now I’m looking for my next challenge in Stockholm. 

Let’s get in touch
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Car brands I work with

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Years at Hedin Automotive

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Place at 48H, 2019

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Months as AD intern at HiQ

Selected work

Brand work from Hedin Automotive, plus concepts from my art director training at Yrgo.

Selected work

Brand work from Hedin Automotive, plus concepts from my art director training at Yrgo.

Selected work

Brand work from Hedin Automotive, plus concepts from my art director training at Yrgo.

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Automotive

Porsche Centers, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Porsche Centers, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Porsche Centers, Hedin Automotive

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Web design · Pre-launch

Brand Pages, Hedin Automotive

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Web design · Pre-launch

Brand Pages, Hedin Automotive

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Web design · Pre-launch

Brand Pages, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Mercedes-Benz, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Mercedes-Benz, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Mercedes-Benz, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Lotus & RAM, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Lotus & RAM, Hedin Automotive

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Automotive

Lotus & RAM, Hedin Automotive

See all work

See all work

What I do

The work I do every week at Hedin Automotive, and the work I want to do more of.

What I do

The work I do every week at Hedin Automotive, and the work I want to do more of.

What I do

The work I do every week at Hedin Automotive, and the work I want to do more of.

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Art Direction & Concepts

Campaigns, launches, ideas

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Copy & Layout

Headlines, product pages, Sitecore and SEO

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Content for Many Brands at Once

Paid social, web and print in each brand’s CI

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Motion & Edit

Event recaps, 9:16 and 16:9 video

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Art Direction & Concepts

Campaigns, launches, ideas

02

Content for Many Brands at Once

Paid social, web and print in each brand’s CI

03

Copy & Layout

Headlines, product pages, Sitecore and SEO

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Motion & Edit

Event recaps, 9:16 and 16:9 video

Recognition & references

A prize, a certification, an education and a word from my supervisors.

Recognition & references

A prize, a certification, an education and a word from my supervisors.

Recognition & references

A prize, a certification, an education and a word from my supervisors.

48H

48H 2019

Bronze · Real Stars

Third place in Sweden’s biggest advertising competition for students, with the guerrilla campaign Vardagsmat for Real Stars.

48H

48H 2019

Bronze · Real Stars

Third place in Sweden’s biggest advertising competition for students, with the guerrilla campaign Vardagsmat for Real Stars.

Brandmark

Effektsystemet 3.0

Certification · Brand Marketing Sweden

Certified in Effektsystemet 3.0, Brand Marketing Sweden’s industry standard for measuring the effect of marketing and communication, with 39 KPIs from business and brand to media investment.

Brandmark

Effektsystemet 3.0

Certification · Brand Marketing Sweden

Certified in Effektsystemet 3.0, Brand Marketing Sweden’s industry standard for measuring the effect of marketing and communication, with 39 KPIs from business and brand to media investment.

HiQ

Supervisors at HiQ

Art Director internship, 2020

“During his time at HiQ, Charlie has shown that he is fully ready to step into working life as an Art Director, wherever that may be. He shows all the qualities, and then some, needed to be genuinely successful in the profession. On top of that, he’s damn good company.”

HiQ

Supervisors at HiQ

Art Director internship, 2020

“During his time at HiQ, Charlie has shown that he is fully ready to step into working life as an Art Director, wherever that may be. He shows all the qualities, and then some, needed to be genuinely successful in the profession. On top of that, he’s damn good company.”

Yrgo

Yrgo

Art Director & Copywriter, 2018–2020

Two years of art direction and copywriting in Gothenburg, ending with a six-month internship at HiQ.

Yrgo

Yrgo

Art Director & Copywriter, 2018–2020

Two years of art direction and copywriting in Gothenburg, ending with a six-month internship at HiQ.

Let’s talk

I’m looking for my next role as an art director, designer or creative. Send me a message here and I’ll get back to you.

Let’s talk

I’m looking for my next role as an art director, designer or creative. Send me a message here and I’ll get back to you.

Let’s talk

I’m looking for my next role as an art director, designer or creative. Send me a message here and I’ll get back to you.