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Eric Jennings Creative · New York City

Brand, marketing, & creative executive

Eric Jennings is a New York–based brand, marketing, and creative executive specializing in brand positioning, go-to-market strategy, and customer experience across fashion, luxury, retail, hospitality, and consumer goods. Privately, he advises a small roster of executives and high-net-worth individuals on wardrobe, style, and executive presence.

AS SEEN IN

The New York Times · The Wall Street Journal · GQ · WWD · Forbes · The New York Observer · MR  

Areas of leadership

Eric leads brand, marketing, and creative strategy at the executive level — aligning positioning, creative direction, and customer experience to deliver commercial results.

Brand Positioning & Strategy

All-Channel Marketing

Creative Direction

Customer Experience

Selected work

SamuelSamuel L. Jackson featured on the cover of Saks Fifth Avenue magazine wearing Dior menswear, photographed for a high-fashion editorial campaign overseen by Eric Jennings. L Jackson Saks Cover_edited.jpg
Designer menswear and lifestyle brands overseen by Eric Jennings during his leadership at Peerless Clothing, including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, DKNY, Robert Graham, and Hart Schaffner Marx.

THE APPROACH

Brand strategy is storytelling
with commercial intent

Every brand engagement begins with a diagnosis — what does the brand stand for, who needs it, and why now? From there, every decision flows: narrative, positioning, channel mix, and creative execution.

01

Diagnosis before design. Understanding why a brand is losing ground before prescribing how to reclaim it.

02

Clarity over complexity. The strongest brand positions are simple enough to say in one sentence and rich enough to build a decade of work around.

03

Strategy that travels. From digital to retail to experiential — brand coherence across every touchpoint a customer encounters.

04

Executive fluency. Built-in ability to translate creative vision into board-level rationale and organizational alignment.

Century 21 retail photo of outside the building.

Where Eric operates

A rare fluency between creative vision and commercial strategy — built over decades at the intersection of both.

I.

Brand Strategy & Repositioning

Diagnostic-first frameworks that identify why a brand is losing ground — and a clear roadmap to reclaim it.

II.

Fractional CMO Leadership

C-suite brand leadership on a flexible basis — strategy, creative oversight, and executive decision-making embedded in your team.

III.

Creative Direction & Campaigns

Art direction, campaign concepting, and omnichannel brand coherence — aligning creative output with commercial intent.

IV.

Go-To-Market Strategy

End-to-end launch planning for brands entering new markets, relaunching categories, or executing high-stakes product launches.

V.

Luxury & Lifestyle Positioning

Narrative design and positioning for premium brands in fashion, hospitality, and lifestyle — where perception is the product.

VI.

Boutique Retail Strategy

Growth strategy for physical retail concepts — from brand curation and merchandising to open-to-buy planning and experiential design.

VII.

Trend Forecasting

Seasonal trend intelligence for apparel and lifestyle brands — translating global signals into commercially viable direction.

VIII.

Executive Personal Brand

Strategic positioning and image advisory for senior leaders building executive presence and thought leadership at the C-suite level.

Questions about Eric's work

The career behind the work

ABOUT ERIC
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