Meet Richard Turley's right-hand man at MTV, Erik Carter!

Date
27 February 2015

You’re 25 years old and Richard Turley calls you up out of the blue and says; “Hey, I’ve just got this sweet job at MTV and I’d like you to come on board as my senior designer, are you interested?” Of course you’re interested! You’d be a fool not to be interested, even if it means leaving your current (also awesome) job as an art director at The New York Times. Sounds nice right? Well this isn’t some fictional story I’ve just concocted in my head, this is the soon-to-be legendary tale of Erik Carter, a Virginia native turned New York City creative powerhouse who’s filling our (music) televisions with choice tidbits of witty animation and humorous asides from the world of the web.

We’ve already picked his boss’ brains over here and here about the mammoth task they’ve undertaken over at MTV, so here’a quick look at some new pieces Erik’s created and a flashback to some beautiful older work that shows this guy’s impressive range as a designer.

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Erik Carter: Clarice Lispector Series

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Erik Carter: Making Money

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Erik Carter: New Directions Poetry Pamphlet Series

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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