50% PRECISION.
50% BRUTE FORCE.

25% MISCELLANEOUS CHAOS.

100% BORK

what even is a bork anyway?

MY NAME IS ERIK BORK,
AND I MAKE A HELL OF
AN EGG SANDWICH.

I'm also a design professional currently work-life-balancing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Of my 3 decades of design experience, the last 10+ have been with WPP/GREY brainstorming, conceptualizing, and executing award-winning creative for some of the world’s most famous brands.

billable

YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS.

Yep! 1993-now.

Pre-advertising, I was the in-house designer for a few Cincinnati-based software companies, with a focus on branding, web, print, and tradeshow creative. Before moving to the Queen City, I had spent my teen years through college employed by The Medical College of Ohio's New Media Center—maintaining apple hardware, building websites, manipulating images, and absolutely falling in love with all facets of digital design.
Looking through my work, it might seem that responsive websites are my one true calling. Not the case.

Because I enjoy process, problem-solving, and honing my craft, there isn’t much I don’t enjoy designing. Which is why I went to school for Visual Communications Technology(VCT).
Absolutely. I’m in need of a change.

Could be a step up, a step back, or a step sideways. I just want to work with people who are hopelessly passionate about more than their job. Those who care about their craft, and craft as a whole.

If this sounds like a dating profile… well, is it really all that far off? We spend a LOT of our time with co-workers—perhaps more than most within the Advertising industry. Is it too much to ask that I want that “spark” again?

I also would not turn down a raise.
You bet your beautiful beans it isn’t.

Because…

nonbillable

Not really. It’s just kind of a “sticky” word, you know?

Growing up, it felt like a curse. Not only is it fun to say, it also happens to rhyme with all kinds of choice insults for a husky kid. No matter how long it is before someone discovers my last name, once it’s out, poof. Novelty strikes again to claim the Erik.

At some point though, you just have to step back, take a look around, and embrace the ridiculous nature of your Polish-German family name by realizing it could have been Borkowski if your paternal grandfather hadn’t changed it when your Dad was 7.
Why. Are you a cop?
Personally, I would classify it as more of a “sauce” than a chili—but I digress. I’s not all that bad flavor-wise—but like most fast food, it if you make it yourself it’s substantially better.

Detroit-style Coneys for life.
Honestly, easier than you might imagine, because…