Award-winning through-the-line Creative Director with over 13 years in the marketing and advertising industry, Ernst has worked on a number of blue chip clients; Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Lexus, Danone, Philips, Kimberly Clark, KFC, Vodacom, MTN, DStv, Showmax and Investec Private Bank, and Nike to name a few.
Ernst has served on industry advisory panels for a number of South African tertiary institutions—most recently The AAA School of Advertising and North-West University, and serves on both the Agency and Marketing Councils of the IAB.
In 2019, Ernst chaired the IAB's annual Bookmarks Awards Committee, and served as a judge on the Innovation Engineers jury.