SEATTLE (PRWEB) April 13, 2021
Sappington, a leading technology marketing firm with headquarters in Seattle, WA, has promoted Erik Wirsing to Chief Creative Officer. In his new role, Wirsing will be the “creative spark” of the firm, pushing boundaries and upholding the highest levels of creativity, quality, and craftsmanship. He will represent Sappington as the creative leader during strategic and other client interactions, and lead the firm’s content strategists, writers, and designers.
Wirsing is on Sappington’s Senior Leadership Team, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer and founder Tim Goggin. He has been Chief Content Officer since 2014.
“Erik’s unique talents as a storyteller and inspirational leader are vital for serving our clients today,” said Goggin. “He’s the right person to lead the creative charge, enabling our clients to win hearts, minds, and market share. We know that digital transformation is rapidly accelerating for enterprise businesses everywhere. Heading our unified creative team, Erik will help our great technology clients benefit from the opportunities ahead to make their customers winners in the new growth economy.”
“I’ve loved being a part of Sappington’s amazing success,” said Wirsing, “and I so much appreciate all the ways the Sappington leadership team has encouraged me to contribute and develop my holistic vision of storytelling for tech marketing. I feel like we’re still just at the beginning of something really remarkable, and I can’t wait to work with our talented creative team, marrying content and design to deliver one success after another for our clients.”
As Sappington’s creative leader, Wirsing owns the creative vision and direction for the firm. This includes fostering a culture of creativity through interactions of content and design and providing end-to-end oversight on how creative quality and execution occurs across all projects. He will also curate the firm’s ideas, stories, and designs.
A native of Nashville, TN, Wirsing holds a B.A. in English Literature from University of Tennessee-Knoxville and an M.A. in History from University of York, UK. He has worked in key marketing roles for leading global companies, including EMI Music and Microsoft. He is co-founder of the Pacific Northwest Digital Business Roundtable.
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Sappington is the premier enterprise technology marketing firm. We partner with product and program marketers at the greatest technology companies in the world to bring innovative products and services to market. Whether clients are focused on cloud, AI, IoT, security, or other cutting-edge technologies, our mission is to ensure that our clients deliver amazing value to their business customers.