Category Archives: Location

Gary Cohen

Gary is a freelance copywriter/CD in Boston. Love his headline writing. Clicking through his site, there are smart lines for brands like Nikon, Tufts, Timberland, Range Rover, Time Magazine, and Megamillions (and that’s just the first few projects). Also, don’t miss his About page. Gary tells the story of how he got into copywriting, some of the giants he’s worked with, and what matters most to him—in just a few short, well-crafted paragraphs. That’s how you do it.

Portfolio: garycohen.myportfolio.com

Jeff Johnson

Jeff is a freelance copywriter based in Tampa, FL. What a cool variety of projects on his site for brands you’ve definitely heard of—and some you maybe haven’t. Those include Back Market (above), Oatly, Outdoorsy, Kenvue, OnHub, Vote.org, and something called Google Chrome. (Ha!) His site is divided into Work (start there), Writing, More Ad Stuff, Branding, About, and Contact. When he reached out to MC, Jeff sent a very cool PDF version of his site. (If you’re an agency recruiter, worth asking for.) Good times.

Portfolio: thisisjeffjohnson.me

Autin Pak

Austin is a copywriter/social media specialist at Movement Strategy in Los Angeles. His site is currently divided into “Work” which features four produced social projects for Amazon and Tractor Beverage Company, and “College Adfolio” which features eight projects from his time at Boston University College of Communication. Dig it.

Portfolio: austinpak.com

Diana Hou

Diana is a new copywriter in NYC searching for her first junior copywriter position after studying at Adhouse and interning at Gus. In her past lives, she’s been a data analyst in corporate, non-profit, and political campaign environments, and briefly a mushroom farmer. Can’t wait to see where she lands!

Portfolio: dianahou.com

Kyle Harrison

Kyle is a freelance copywriter/ACD/”long-haired dude” in Nashville, previously at shops like McCann NY, RPA, and Translation. He’s got a whopping 25 projects on his site at the time of this post—including work for Verizon, Peloton, Honda, WhatsApp, AT&T, and more. Don’t miss the first project in his portfolio, an Emmy-winning short film dealing with what we all felt during the pandemic, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker and Sufjan Stevens. So cool.

Portfolio: kyledouglasharrison.com

Shelley Barker

Shelley is a senior copywriter/CD in Los Angeles on the hunt for her next gig, previously at Saatchi in Seattle. Since her last post on MC (back on 02.03.17), she’s been busy. All kinds of cool projects on her site for clients like Hardee’s, Hot Wheels (above), T-Mobile, Microsoft, Toyota, and more. Can’t wait to see where she lands!

Portfolio: shelleybarkerwrites.com

Nick Rudie

Nick is a freelance copywriter/CD in Minneapolis. Lots of inspiring lifestyle and outdoor projects on his site for brands like Supra Boats, Jack Link’s, CLIF Bar, Moomba Boats, Polaris, Catch Co., and Bauer Hockey (above). Makes MC want to get out there this weekend and do something active. Or, write a campaign about other people getting out there and doing something active. (Hmm.) Dig it!

Portfolio: nickrudie.com

Mick DiMaria

Mick is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Since his last post on MC (back on 12.15.10), he’s added a ton of projects to his site—so many, it takes two pages of thumbnails to get to them all. On the second page of projects, don’t miss “Heart Beats,” part of a branded content campaign he did with SoulPancake/Participant for Denny’s restaurants called “Denny’s Reconnection Stories.” Great story and great storytelling. Time for an update!

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/mickdimaria

Julia Sumpf

Julia is a freelance senior copywriter/CD in Berlin. (Hello, Berlin!) All kinds of beautiful storytelling on her site for brands like Google, eBay, MINI, Spotify, and more. Most of her site is in German, but the descriptions are in English and the stories go beyond language. Don’t miss her short films for Google Pixel. Nice.

Portfolio: juliasumpf.com

Ryan Hammill

Ryan is a Principal Creative Director at Amazon Web Services in Los Angeles. So cool to see yet another talented writer/CD take their agency skills in-house and do something great. All kinds of awesome projects for Amazon AWS and Amazon Music on Ryan’s site, plus work for other brands like UCLA, Savers, T-Mobile, and Microsoft. Dig it.

Portfolio: ryanhammill.com

Sam Podolsky

Sam is a brand new copywriter after graduating from Denver Ad School. (Congrats, Sam!) What’s more fun than seeing a student portfolio right after graduation? Nothing. Nothing is more fun. Don’t miss Sam’s terrifying “Killer” campaign for Listerine (above). Perfect for fans of true crime. And fresh breath!

Portfolio: sam-podolsky.com

Newton Cox

Newton is a senior copywriter freelancing in Los Angeles, previously at Innocean and Deutsch. Since his last post on MC (back on 09.20.16), he’s been busy. All kinds of new projects on his site for Hyundai and Volkswagen, plus some of his work from Jimmy Kimmel Live back in the day. (So cool.) Time for an update!

Portfolio: newtcox.com

Johnny Michael

Johnny is a senior copywriter at Razorfish in Miami. His portfolio features separate pages for Directing, Advertising Copywriting, Filmmaking, Photography, and Writing. His advertising page features work for Jeep, Chevrolet, Corteva Agriscience, and others. It also features a page where you can hire Johnny for one full year for the low, low price of $119,999.00 (ha!). First time MC has seen that in a portfolio. Dig it.

Portfolio: hijohnny.com

Ben McCoy

Ben is a freelance copywriter/ACD in NYC who has done work for agencies like Saatchi, McCann, and Barbarian for clients like Crest, USAA, and Samsung (above). His “Too Easy” campaign shows how “Samsung’s Smart TV can do just about anything from connecting with your smart devices to customizing its built-in features.” Like cancelling your kid’s band practice. Daaaaaad.

Portfolio: bendoesads.com

Luke Somasundram

Luke is a copywriter based in Singapore. (Love getting to feature international portfolios on MC.) Directly from Luke’s site: “With brilliant collaborators, Luke has eaten virtual fruits, made cartoons, faked history, sold insurance with a horror film, created a game about himself as an upset old man, and invented a puffer jacket with a beer-powered cooling system. When he’s not working, Luke performs improv comedy. He’s done shows in Shanghai, Manila, Bengaluru, and all over Singapore. One time he wrapped himself in tinfoil for a show about time travel for Singapore’s National Gallery. They haven’t contacted him since.” Ha!

Portfolio: lukes.work

Ashley Glass

Ashley is a freelance copywriter/creative director in NYC, previously at Laundry Service, Code and Theory, McCann, BBDO, and others. As one would expect from that resume, Ashley’s portfolio is overflowing with award-winning projects for big brands like Mountain Dew, MasterCard, Xerox, HP, Google, TGI Fridays, and Lysol. Her site also features other published writing, photography, art, directing, and a music video that won some stuff too. Geeeeez.

Portfolio: ashleyglassnyc.com

Dhanush Paramesh

Danush is a senior copywriter/ACD in NYC, previously at Wunderman Thompson, VaynerMedia, and McCann. All kinds of cool projects on his site for big brands like Pepsi and MasterCard, plus some film work as well. However, it being October with the holidays right around the corner, MC had to feature the Pespi “Turkeytron,” the Thanksgiving dinner setup every football/Taylor Swift fan didn’t know they needed, but do now. Delish.

Portfolio: dhanushparamesh.com

Spencer McAfee-Gundrum

Spencer McAfee-Gundrum is a senior copywriter at Wongdoody in Seattle where he’s worked on Amazon Blink and Les Schwab Tires over the past year. Before that, he worked at VMLY&R on projects for Microsoft, Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner, and Driscoll’s Berries. He got his start in the industry with six (yes, six) copywriting internships—mostly jobs in college that produced portfolio gems like Get Checked Omaha (including headlines like “HIS AND HERPES,” nice). Dig it.

Portfolio: spencermg.com

Patrick Stogner

Patrick is an in-house copywriter at American Express in Atlanta, Georgia, previously at FKA, and before that a graduate Creative Circus (2021). His portfolio is a mix of student work and post-grad projects for brands like Jeep, Delta Dental, Budweiser, Advil, and Tile. It’s so interesting to see how the walls between in-house and agency have broken down over the past 10+ years—allowing portfolio school creatives like Patrick to go back and forth in a way we couldn’t 20 years ago. Dig it.

Portfolio: patrickstogner.com

Leonidas Anagnostou

Leonidas is a senior copywriter at Ogilvy Greece in Athens. (How fun is that? Fun.) All kinds of cool projects in his portfolio, including “Into The Unknown” for the Onassis Cultural Centre (above) and Instamagotchi, a virtual pet living that grows as you use social media—and tells you if it’s growing too fast. Think a few of us could use something like that. (Ahem.) Dig it.

Portfolio: leonidasanagnostou.com

Hannah Levin

Hannah is a new copywriter in NYC. She recently graduated from Creative Circus and finished an internship at Terri & Sandy—and is on the hunt for her first full-time gig. Her site features seven super fun projects for Party City, DXL, Doordash, Welly, Ace Handyman, Rubbermaid, and Hipcamp. Can’t wait to see where she lands!

Portfolio: hannlev.com

Christian Belanger

Christian is a senior copywriter at Sid Lee in Montreal. Since his last post on MC (way back on 09.28.17), he’s added all kinds of new projects to his site, including “Deadly Flora” for WWF and “Writing Lights a Way Out” for Amnesty International (above). Nothing better than seeing a writer using their superpowers for good. Time for an update!

Portfolio: christianbelanger.ca