Eric David Johnson (DJ Bunny Ears)

Eric David Johnson, p/k/a DJ Bunny Ears, is a music & branding specialist, music producer, music supervisor, record producer, director, musician, filmmaker, writer, artist, photographer & DJ. Rooted as an independent artist, he is a multi-award-winning executive, having spent over 24 years in the advertising industry. Prior to his role as Executive Creative Director of MassiveMusic - North America, Eric began his career with ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, followed by executive roles with Young & Rubicam New York, DDB Chicago, Randall Poster’s music supervision firm, Search Party Music and

McCann.

Eric has won numerous industry awards and accolades working with/for such clients as: Nike, Microsoft, TikTok, MGM, Coke, Mastercard, Verizon, L’Oreal, Pepsico, Budweiser, Reebok, ULTA, McDonald’s, LG, Honda, ESPN, Bacardi, Gatorade, NHL, NASCAR, State Farm, Skittles and Colgate. He has also worked with such incredible and esteemed creative artists as: Bob Dylan, Spike Lee, Alicia Keys, John Legend, SZA, Pearl Jam, Lady Gaga, J Dilla, Four Tet, St. Vincent, Alessia Cara, Ben Gibbard, Macy Gray, M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel and Max Richter, to name a few.

Originally from Milwaukee, Eric's nomadic career has led him to make homes in the cities of Portland, Los Angeles, London, Brooklyn and now splitting time between upstate NY and NYC. Beyond his main career, he is also the creator/host of the radio show, Imaginary Soundtracks on SONOS Radio, has written and directed music videos and award-winning TV commercials for Nike, is part of the music/art collective, Pulseprogamming, advisor to the ARChive of Contemporary Music and still regularly DJs at events and venues around the world. Eric is widely regarded as a thought leader in best practices for music-centric creative advertising/marketing and regularly participates in international panels, juries and conferences such as SXSW, Cannes, the ONE SHOW, AICPs, CLIOs, London International Awards, CMJ, BUMA (Amsterdam), Canadian Music Week, MIDEM, Music Finland, SPOT (Denmark), Roskilde Festival, Reeperbahn, A2IM Indie Week and Iceland Airwaves.