Category Archives: Los Angeles

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

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

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

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

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

Jeff Tune

Jeff is a senior copywriter at INNOCEAN in Huntington Beach, CA (previously a professional rapper, niiice). Five years out of VCU Brandcenter and his portfolio features awesome projects for clients like Yahoo Fantasy Football, Hyundai PHEV, Oakland Athletics, and the TOTO Washlet (above). Don’t miss his video for the TOTO Washlet which includes what must be the longest hose ever. Hilarious.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/JBTune

Senior Copywriter Wanted: The Integer Group, Dallas or Los Angeles

The Integer Group/The Collective is looking for a Senior Copywriter to join their Dallas or Los Angeles offices. From Integer:

We’re looking for a writer who can get inside people’s heads. One who’s equally capable of wordsmithing brilliant headlines and telling strategically-sound, customer-centric stories. One who’s able to extract emotional nuances from a bazillion different inputs and transform them into powerful communications for our clients. In this role, you’ll be working on one of the largest brands in the world to deliver captivating ideas that inspire confidence and spur customers to action.

You should also know how to influence a shopper using non-traditional and digital media. You have experience creating content for social channels. Developing AR experiences and AI chatbots that guide a shopper toward a purchase? Now we’re talking.

Our writers take the initiative in learning their roles, knowing when to ask for guidance and when to fly on their own. Nothing gets through their thick skins — they use criticism as the grit that polishes their messages into pearls.

In other words, our ideal candidate will be someone who knows when to play by the rules. And when to throw them all out and jump the fence to get it done.

What You’ll Do In This Role:

  • Lends support and guidance to subordinate team members
  • Concepts and executes innovative ideas based on strategy
  • Provides cohesive content for all channels, including advertising, digital, in-store experiences and social media
  • Collaborates with agency colleagues
  • Able to work on multiple jobs concurrently
  • Accepts constructive criticism and applies feedback
  • Stays current with industry techniques and trends
  • Presents work efficiently and enthusiastically
  • Takes direction and input from designated sources
  • Performs duties with professionalism

The Experience You’ll Bring:

  • 4+ years of agency experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Journalism, English or related field preferred
  • Portfolio that reflects superior writing skills
  • Proficiency in relevant software
  • Self-motivated; jumps in without waiting to be asked
  • Good communication and organization skills
  • Cultural awareness
  • Sense of humor a plus
  • Be extremely detail-oriented and organized

Benefits:

  • We offer 20 paid holidays in addition to generous PTO
  • Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401k

To apply: https://integer.com/careers

At Integer, we believe a diverse organization is a successful one. We’ve created a diverse, inclusive work environment that celebrates and supports unique individuals and cultures.

Jameson Miller

Jameson is a copywriter at The Wonderful Agency in Los Angeles, the in-house agency for The Wonderful Company, which includes brands like Wonderful Pistachios, Teleflora, and Fiji Water. (Love seeing in-house portfolios on MC.) His site is a cool mix of work for those brands, including the above Christmas spot for Teleflora. Before copywriting, Jameson was a sportswriter and there are links to a few of those articles as well. Dig it.

Portfolio: jameson-miller.com

Al Duggan

Al is a copywriter at Saatchi in Los Angeles. His site currently features five big projects for Toyota (and one for Walmart), including “Less Drama” above that looks like it was a blast to shoot. Also don’t miss his Route Notes, deep thoughts that came to Al while stuck in L.A. traffic. MC’s favorite, because it happens to be true at the exact moment of this posting, is “One of the absolute worst things that can happen in your life is that you get home after a long day, you head straight to your bedroom, and then you realize that you still have to put the fitted sheet on your bed before you can sleep in it.” So deep. So true.

Portfolio: alduggancopywriter.com

Michael Blackman

Michael is a copywriter in Los Angeles. Before COVID-19 hit, he was hired to be Playboy’s only in-house creative as they attempted to rebrand and become more inclusive in the digital age. (Michael reports Playboy has since closed up shop as a quarterly.) Today, he’s on the hunt for his next gig. He’s got a few projects for Playboy on his site, but also a bunch of others including work for Farmer’s Insurance, ampm, Burger King, and Honda. Also be sure to check out Michael’s Humor section, featuring work he’s done as a featured blogger for the Huffington Post Humor Section. 

Portfolio: michael-blackman.com

Matt Moyer

Matt is a copywriter/creative director who splits time between New York and Los Angeles. So many great campaigns on his site, including a Super Bowl spot for Busch Beer, a Febreeze save-the-day project for the Parrish, Alabama Poop Train (have to see it to believe it), a Febreeze Super Bowl spot about a man whose bleep don’t stink, hilarity for Booking.com (above), plus tons more. Love it.

Portfolio: matthewmoyer.com

Matt Neylon

Matt is a writer/director/editor in Los Angeles. His portfolio is divided into three parts: Film/Sketch, Branded Content for clients like AT&T, California Lottery, Wells Fargo, and Acura (above), and Fun. Be sure to check out his Film/Sketch page—lots of interesting stuff there, including Kevin Hart’s ‘Writer’s Room’ (awesome). Also, on his Fun page, check out The Most Unnecessary Inventions (shouldn’t all copywriters have a place for these?) featuring…High-Toe Sneakers.

Portfolio: matt-neylon.com

Conner Schrock

Conner is a new copywriter in Los Angeles, a recent graduate of Chicago Portfolio School, and currently interning at BBH in LA. Love to see a new copywriter’s book filled with real-deal headlines—and Conner’s site has a ton of them for clients like Harley-Davidson, Dunkin’ (funny idea with misspelled Starbucks cups), Omaha Steaks (above), Jeni’s Ice Cream (super cute idea), plus a long copy campaign for ALDI. Can’t wait to see where Conner lands!

Portfolio: connerschrock.com

Annette Leo

Annette is a new copywriter, a recent grad from University of Miami, and currently freelancing at TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles. Love seeing what student books look like coming out of different schools, especially university programs. (Keep sending ’em in, please!) Be sure to check out Annette’s “The Hobby” page featuring three video projects. Very cool.

Portfolio: annetteleo.com

Chase Doutre

Chase is a senior copywriter at David & Goliath in Los Angeles. See, this is what happens on MC. Back on 05.12.14, MC posted Chase’s portfolio when he was a junior copywriter in Salt Lake City, Utah. Today, five years later, you click through his portfolio and it’s like, “Oh crap. This is so good. What have I been doing for the past five years???” Love it. Time for an update.

Portfolio: chaseisnotabank.com

Seth Prandini

Seth is a freelance copywriter/ACD in Santa Monica. He spent the first 11+ years of his career at one shop, RPA, and since then has freelanced for a long list of agencies that would make any writer jealous, including Crispin, Goodby, 72andSunny, WONGDOODY, PHENOMENON, Saatchi, and 180LA. (Nice.) Be sure to check out his photo filter for The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (so simple) and his video for Google Play Music (above). Good times.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/seth_prandini_copywriter

Jasen Wong

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Jasen is a copywriter/brand strategist in Los Angeles who specializes in gaming and tech brands. He’s got tons of social writing on his site for Xbox (above), Mixer, Microsoft, and Minecraft, plus projects for Energy Focus, Beer Belly and Nike. Jasen is also a legit photographer—don’t miss his Photography page. Beautiful.

Portfolio:  precisefury.com

Flora Kim

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Flora is a new copywriter in Los Angeles after graduating from Portfolio Studio San Diego (congrats!), on the hunt for her first junior agency gig. Love seeing new writer books: Flora’s got all kinds of killer ideas and writing on her site for a fun variety of clients, from total student spec Little Trees Air Fresheners to big brands like Kiehl’s. Dig it.

Portfolio: astoldbyflora.com