I've grown my photography & videography business organically, originally working with local brands in San Diego and scaling to global Fortune-500 companies. I currently have over 475,000 followers on Instagram (@ericrubens) and tens of thousands across other platforms. I've directly worked on over 100 social media campaigns with brands across 30 countries since launching my business. I love capturing and telling unique stories. Each campaign I work on is a new opportunity to bring a story to life.Past clients: Disney, BMW, Sony, LG, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Princess Cruises, United Airlines, AT&T, Johnson&Johnson, Travel+Leisure, Wells Fargo, American Express, Adidas, Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Mercedes Benz, Toyota USA, Anheuser-Busch, Mazda, Four Seasons, and many more.

- Ambassador for Sony's Alpha product line.- Produced content to support camera and lens product releases.- Participated in live broadcasted panel to support international camera launch.

Seek partnerships that drive the global growth of our platform.Our mission at Explorest is to ignite inspiration and help people explore the world’s greatest places through the art of photography. We work with world-class photographers to provide a highly-curated collection of extraordinary locations to visit—each packed with reliable hand-written travel and photography insights, amongst an otherwise oversaturated sea of crowdsourced information platforms.

Lead photography and video operations for emerging apparel company.

• Worked with NAVAIR to design, build, and integrate updated communication systems for E-6B aircraft.

• Worked amongst a team of engineers, production staff, and purchasers on an $800 million contract.• Designed all cables, supervised production build, and supervised installs remotely on $16 million contract.• Presented designs to Air Force National Guard colonels and C-130 Program Office directors on behalf of Northrop Grumman.• Designed interface panel which was presented to customer in a winning bid for a new contract for Northrop Grumman.• Responsible for design of communication systems for surveillance planes deployed overseas.• Promoted as Responsible Engineer for power distribution unit on the aircraft.