With over 22 years of experience in creative design and advertising, Paul Ernest has worked in a variety of roles, including production, creative direction, art direction, and photography. Over that time he has found that the key to a good brand is communication, problem solving and budget management.
He has a versatile background with a heavy influence in print-based design, collateral, packaging, brand development, corporate identity, marketing and advertising. With a wealth of experience behind him, Ernest has generated effective and award-winning design for a wide variety of clients in industries including entertainment industry, corporations, food and beverage, retail, healthcare, education, the arts and non-profit organizations on a local as well as global scale. His clients have included Disney, Heartland Payment Systems and Churches such as Highland Park United Methodist Church, Houston's First Baptist, First Baptist Dallas and Prestonwood Baptist Church.
In 2009, he added photographic services to the offerings at Ernest Ideas. The motive for this was Paul's decades of appreciation for photography & arts and his formal training in college. In the short amount of time Paul has opened these services he has collected over 30 awards including 6 first place, 8 second place, 3 third place trophies as well as earning Diamond Photographer of the year in 2013 and 2015 and Gold Photographer of the year in 2014 at Professional Photographers of America. He has also earned Master Photographer title at PPA and Double Master at WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) where he has had the honor of teaching and on the judging panel for their annual international Photography Competition.
He lives in McKinney with his wife, children and increasing number of rescue dogs.
P: 214.477.4512
E: paul.ernest@ErnestIdeas.com