Category Archives: Experience

Zoey Preston

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Zoey is a senior copywriter at Godfrey Dadich Partners in San Francisco. She’s also the daughter of Chris Preston, one of the OG copywriter/CD/agency owners (Preston Spire) in Minneapolis, who gainfully employed MC back in the day (thanks again, Chris!).

But back to Zoey. Her portfolio features projects for InterSystems, Change the Ref, Dodge Ram Electric, Lyra Health, Warrior Dog Rescue, The YMCA, and Big Sky, MT. There’s beautiful writing throughout, including smart headlines for Dodge and Warrior Dog Rescue, awesome scripts for InterSystems and Lyra, poetry for BigSky, and even some opera singing for the YMCA (yes, that’s Zoey doing the singing). Dig it.

Portfolio: zoeypreston.com

Manas Paradkar

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Manas is a copywriter/ACD at The BAM Connection in NYC. His portfolio features projects for a cool variety of brands like Rohto (eye drops), For 21 (cannabis medicine), Birds Eye (veggies), The No More, and Oxy Acne Care (“Zitcoms” ha-ha).

Don’t miss the “Work-ish” section of his site too, including “Gen Z Translations” which MC will be going back to often. No cap. (Sorry.)

Portfolio: manasparadkar.com

Aaron Judah

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Aaron is a senior copywriter at Doner in Detroit, before that he spent time at Anomaly and BBDO NY. His portfolio features projects for Don Julio, Meijer, The UPS Store, Dream Charter Schools, Johnnie Walker, and Ally Bank.

Don’t miss his beautiful, cinematic videos for Alma Miel by Don Julio. From Aaron: “For the global launch of Don Julio’s luxury joven tequila, Alma Miel, we viewed the new Por Amor world through a lens of magical realism, and populated it with wildly imaginative scenes: mystical cenotes, lovelorn luchadores, and mariacheño superstar Christian Nodal sipping slow. It’s a sun-drenched spot of soul of seduction.” Love it.

Portfolio: aaronjudah.com

Brandon Johnson

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Brandon is a copywriter/CD in Traverse City, Michigan. He’s coming off of 15 years at Hagerty, a classic car insurance company and automotive lifestyle brand where he started as a copywriter and ended up as a creative director. Now on the hunt for the next big thing.

So many cool spots on Brandon’s site, including his “Toy Cars” campaign, which is the dream campaign of any kid who spent any time obsessing over Hot Wheels and Matchbox. Including yours truly, of course.

Dig it. Can’t wait to see where Brandon lands!

Portfolio: brandonjohnsoncreative.com

Lawrence O’Toole

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Lawrence is a copywriter/creative director at Full Contact in Boston. His last post on MC was almost 10 years ago (back on 10.12.2015), so he’s wayyy overdue for an update.

Recently, Lawrence took a mobile-first, social-first approach to his portfolio, putting it on Instagram rather than a traditional portfolio site platform. From Lawrence: “I love how easy it is to flip through a carousel and have everything auto play.” Ditto!

Don’t miss Lawrence’s first Super Bowl spot, featuring Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo, slinging coffee with Nikki Glaser and Michael Rapaport, and the escape room he made out of a tiny house to promote awareness for Alzheimer’s. Dig it.

Portfolio: Click here (opens IG)

Matt Morin

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Matt is an experienced copywriter/CD in the San Francisco Bay Area (and a long-time pal of MC, and a fellow Oregon Duck). Over the years, he’s done tons of B2C and B2B projects in all media on both the agency side (small/med/large shops) and the client side. Matt’s on the hunt for a CD position either place, in-person or remote, ideally full-time (but happy to freelance as well). Don’t miss his new national branding TV campaign for Freedom Mortgage (above), their first.

Matt’s one of the good guys—can’t wait to see where he lands!

Portfolio: creativedirectormatt.com

UPDATE: Rob Hall

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Rob is a copywriter/ACD at FP7 McCann in Dubai, UAE. His site features projects for brands like Arla, Mastercard, TCS, Rolex, Hardee’s, Lux, McDonald’s, Volkswagen, and STA. Don’t miss “Recipe for Change” for Puck (Gold, Silver, Bronze Lion 2025), a campaign that licensed displaced Lebanese mothers’ recipes to restaurants abroad. Or “Sponsored Balls” for Testicular Cancer Society (Bronze Lion 2025), where CD Leganés put the charity’s logo on their shorts against FC Barcelona.

Also from Rob’s bio: Rob’s 12+ years of international experience spans three countries and creative cultures. At BBL/P London, he led creative on Rolex, doubling the brand’s social following to over 20 million. At M&C Saatchi Berlin, he sold a campaign on his first day there. That thrill never faded. His work has picked up over 30 international awards across Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx Grand Prix, One Show, Clios, and New York Festivals. He specializes in ideas that solve real problems, not just make more noise. And he’s still chasing the next idea that moves the needle.

Portfolio: robhall.work

Joshua Hughes

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Joshua is a freelance copywriter/ACD in Nashville, formerly a creative strategist at 72andSunny (and a bunch of killer agencies). As one would expect from a writer/strategist combo, there are all kinds of smart projects in his portfolio for brands like the Harlem Globetrotters, MadeGood (highly thoughtful snacks), Hurley (featuring Kai Lenny), The Truth (anti-smoking), Fight Camp, Callaway, and MLB. Dig it.

Portfolio: hughesjosh.com

Adia Chaney

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Adia is a copywriter at TPN. Since her last post on MC (back on 12.06.2020), she’s been busy. After graduating from Savannah College of Art & Design, she landed at The Integer Group—now TPN. Her site features projects for the North Texas Toll Authority, Loctite, Frito-Lay, plus some radio, plus four projects from her school portfolio. If you like puppets (and who doesn’t), you’re in luck. There are puppets all over her site reminding people in Texas to get their toll tags. The world needs more puppets!

Portfolio: adiachaney.com

Stephen Dalton

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Stephen is a copywriter/CD currently serving as CD at Lumenati, a new-ish production company in Denver. Previously, he spent time at CP+B, BBDO, 72andSunny, WorkInProgress, and freelanced all over the place. His portfolio features work for brands like Domino’s Pizza, Spotify, Google, Jimmy John’s, Charles Schwab, Applebee’s, Village Inn, Nescafé, Mike’s Hard Lemonade (featuring Mike Tyson). He and his partner also came up with the infamous “Captain Obvious” campaign for Hotels.com (love it). So much good stuff. Grab a cold beverage, fire up the laptop, click the link below, and enjoy!

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/stephendalton

David Lieberman

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David is a senior copywriter (and fellow Oregon Duck alum) who is on the hunt for his next big thing. Previously, he was at Media.Monks where he “conceptualized, wrote and pitched work that showcases the possibilities and potential of emerging technologies across a variety of channels, working with global innovators at PayPal and Meta — specifically within Reality Labs and WhatsApp.” In addition to tech brands, David’s site also features work for Lululemon, Nike and Jordan from his time at AKQA and Nike. (So many killer brands, sheesh.) Can’t wait to see where David lands!

Portfolio: david-lieberman.com

Wanted: Copy Manager, Walmart Creative Studio

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Travis Robertson (Group Director, Social Creative, Experiences & Copywriting, Walmart Creative Studio) is on the hunt for a “great conceptual powerhouse of a writer” to join their team—in any one of their four hubs: LA, SF, NY or Bentonville, AR. MC used to work with Mr. Robertson at Target back in the day and can attest to the fact that Travis knows how to pull together a killer team. This is a great opportunity!

To learn more or to apply, click here.

Austin Hohiemer

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Austin is a copywriter/front end developer at Bullhorn in Lexington, Kentucky. From his site: “Before I was either of those things, I was a decent touring musician, a mediocre barista, and a pretty bad peach seller. Turns out I’m allergic to peaches anyway.” Ha! You can tell that Austin is a front end developer as soon as you land on his site—super cool semi-OCD-ish organization of the projects on his Work page, including tags for Copywriting, Concept, Brand Voice, Naming, and Web Development. Most of projects are for regional brands like Gates Auto Family, Stockton Mortgage, Taco Tico, Peoples Exchange Bank, and Screamin’ Mimi’s. Always a treat to see work from other parts of the country. Dig it.

Portfolio: hohiemer.com

Ciaran Watkins

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Ciaran is a senior copywriter at VML Health in Manchester, UK, previously at Havas and TBWA. One of the best things about MC is getting to see portfolios from all parts of the world and all kinds of product categories. Ciaran’s portfolio is part-pharma, part-consumer and features campaigns for everything from managing MS during the pandemic to getting “That New Toy Feeling” for Smyths Toys Superstores. Toward the end of his portfolio there’s a password-protected project (you’ll need to email him to get the password)—and a catch-all “other stuff I’m proud of” page.

Portfolio: ciaranwatkins.com

Ben Heller

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Ben is a freelance copywriter/CD based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s got a whopping 27 projects on his site for brands like Mobile 1, Sling, SVB, Facebook, Instagram, Pedigree, and MLB. For Schwab, Ben wrote “around 10 TV spots featuring a character named Carl, a bad broker anti-hero played by the hilarious Salvator Xuereb.” Schwab! Good times.

Portfolio: benheller.dunked.com

Autin Pak

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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

Kyle Harrison

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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

Nick Rudie

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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

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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

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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

Newton Cox

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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

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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

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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

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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