Eric Kuhn is the Senior Vice President of Social Media Marketing for CBS, overseeing the company’s digital marketing strategy in news, sports and entertainment. Eric comes to CBS straight off the Mike Bloomberg for President campaign, where he was a senior advisor for social media and influencers. Previously, he was a co-founder and CMO of Layer3 TV, a next generation cable startup that sold to T-Mobile in 2018. Eric has been on the forefront of social media and entertainment. He was Hollywood’s first “social media agent” at United Talent Agency where he represented many of the industry’s top writers, directors, actors and producers on investments, digital strategy and social media. In 2009, Eric became CNN’s Audience Interaction Producer, running social media and producing some of the first television programs that integrated digital platforms. He also helped launch the National Basketball Association and CBS News on social media.
Eric is an active theater producer involved in some of the hottest shows on Broadway including The Inheritance (2020 Drama Desk, Drama League, GLAAD Media, Outer Critics Circle winner), Rogers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (2019 Tony winner) and Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song (2019 Tony nom). A passionate advocate for the arts, he serves on the boards of Lincoln Center Theater and SeriesFest (an award-winning festival dedicated to showcasing episodic storytelling from around the world). He has learned the most by collaborating with passionate creatives.