Inside the Industry: Refueling creativity with Matthew Encina Apr 5, 2021 3:46 PM PHT Rappler.com Subscribe to Hustle: Inside the Industry on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Matthew Encina is a known name in the Los Angeles advertising scene. A former creative director at the agency Blind, Matthew has guided multiple Emmy, Clio, and Webby award-winning campaigns over the past few years. Now, in 2020, he's taking a much-needed break. My goal is to slow down, take off all obligations on my plate, and slowly put one thing back on at a time. Matthew Encina, former creative director of Blind and The Futur Matthew's zen-like approach traces back to his work at The Futur, Blind's marketing education platform headed by Chris Do. Now an independent creative, Matthew's been devoting more time to publishing content on his own YouTube channel, which currently has over 200,000 subscribers.