Geoff is a copywriter/CD/VP at DDB in Chicago. His portfolio is sick, especially the writing. And that includes work for clients one might not consider “sick” creative opportunities. Just goes to show. Tip ‘o the hat, Mr. McCartney.
Portfolio: geoffmccartney.com
John is a senior copywriter in Chicago. One of the benefits of working at big shops in Chicago is that you get to produce work that everyone sees. Click on John’s TV section, and you’ll probably recognize half of the spots just by looking at their thumbnails.
Portfolio: johnkastanes.com
Howard is a senior copywriter in NYC. His site features integrated work for six clients, plus a one-shots page, plus a page of outtakes. I recommend you click into DIRECTV and watch the Wayne’s World brand spot. Then go down to Outtakes and watch the Wayne stand-in just melt under the pressure of trying to say a lead-in line to Kim Basigner. Who wouldn’t?!
Portfolio: krop.com/howardhill
Thomas is a junior copywriter at BBDO Germany. How much does MC enjoy posting sites from outside the States? Lots. (Hint: Send ’em!) So cool to see what kind of opportunities junior writers get at BBDO Germany. Don’t miss: Sharpie Extra Fine. Dig it.
Portfolio: thomas-kuhn.com
David is a copywriter in NYC. Tons of work for some serious brands on his site. Check out Digital/360 for three case studies, including a cool one about updating the Vlasic Stork. Love seeing the progression of the character from old to new. Love it when creatives take the time to demo creative dev like that. Nice.
Portfolio: davidmcmillanwriter.com
Gerard is a senior copywriter at WONGDOODY in Los Angeles. People sometimes ask MC, “What’s the right amount of set-up for projects in a portfolio?” Such a hard question to answer because every project is different, right? Right. But, if you had to point to an example of a portfolio with just the right set-up, content and tone, Gerard’s would be an excellent choice.
Portfolio: gerardseifert.com
Jon is a copywriter at BBDO Toronto. His site is, as he described it, “not very jazzy.” Which makes it, one could argue, a very copywriter-ish site. Click through the un-jazziness and check out the work for the Vancouver International Film Festival. Awesome.
Portfolio: jonjmurray.com
Christine is a copywriter at Deutsch. She shares a site with art director Clemente Bornacelli. They’ve done some cool work for VISA, including pieces of the Go World campaign for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Their site is hosted on Cargo and presented as verbs (above), except “???” which are their answers to James Lipton’s 10 questions. Christine’s favorite curse word: “Douchebag.”
Portfolio: christineclemente.com
Mark is a copywriter/ACD at BBDO in NYC. With Cargo, Carbonmade, etc., out there, MC is seeing fewer and fewer sites that feel custom. Mark’s is one of the few. Not only does it look cool, but it’s super easy to nav through the work (which is great, by the way). Nice.
Portfolio: monkeyscribble.com
Alex is a senior copywriter at SS+K in NY. He shares a site with AD/creative partner Joao Medeiros. They were both born in Brazil, grew up in England, and started their careers in Singapore and Belgium. They also speak four languages (not the same four). All of which makes their work truly international and totally interesting.
Portfolio: krop.com/joaoandalex
Luciana is a copywriter/interactive creative supervisor at AlmapBBDO. This, my friends, is what I enjoy most about MC. Getting to see amazing work I’ve never seen before, and probably wouldn’t get to see anywhere else. Just awesome.
Portfolio: lucianahaguiara.com
Kate is a copywriter at McCann in NYC. She’s got Mr. T in a MasterCard commercial on her reel and it’s brilliant. Vintage bad-ass T, but even more bad-ass because he’s aged like a barrel of mean whiskey. (Barrel of mean whiskey? Sure. Go with that.) Good stuff.
Portfolio: katelummus.carbonmade.com
Neil is a senior copywriter at BBDO West, formerly at TBWA and W+K. Jump on his site and scroll right through the years of his career and a killer mix of work: ESPN, World Series of Poker, 8th Continent Soy Milk, Snickers, Sci-Fi Channel, Vlasic Pickles …
Portfolio: neilbruce.com
Ricardo is a copywriter at AlmapBBDO in São Paulo. He shares a site with AD Gabriel Mattar. Do they get away with a little more than we do here in the States? Maybe. Maybe just a little more.
Portfolio: voicelessrooster.com
Chris is a copywriter/CD in NYC. What a killer portfolio. Don’t misses: All four Work Samples on the home page and, if you’re somehow the one and only person who hasn’t seen the Smirnoff Green Tea Partay vid, check that out. West Coast, baby.
Portfolio: chrismaiorino.com
Clarence is a senior copywriter at Martin in Richmond. His Charmin Public Restroom Stall Wraps (above) make me so jealous. Why haven’t I thought of that? With all the time I’ve spent … uh, nevermind.
Portfolio: clarencebradley.tumblr.com
Aleix is a senior copywriter in Barcelona who’s done time at Publicis, BBDO and Atletico. Don’t misses: SEAT Toledo TVC (second spot, so simple, why haven’t I thought of that?) and WWF Print.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/aleixbou
Tim is a copywriter/ACD at BBDO in Detroit. He shares a site with art director/creative partner Steve Glinski. Much of the work on their site is GM, and you’ll recognize a lot of it. But there’s also some really great stuff I’d never seen – especially in Print. Anvil and Night Light are awesome.
Portfolio: steveandtim.com
Gary is a copywriter/CD at Ogilvy in Toronto, previously at TAXI, BBDO and TBWA. Don’t misses: Mercedes (print), Black Coffee (print), Honda (tv), Nedbank (tv), Virgin Atlantic (campaign).
Portfolio: garydutoit.com
Neil is a copywriter/ACD at BBDO West in San Francisco, Odiorne and Chiat before that. Lots of awesome SF Zoo work on his site. Check out his Innovative Media section.
Portfolio: neilrlevy.com
Alec is a senior copywriter at Y&R NY, Publicis and Maxim and BBDO before that. See, this is how you get a job in advertising. Check out The Google Job Experiment. Brilliant.
Portfolio: alecbrownstein.com
Evan is a copywriter at Sid Lee in Montreal, BBDO before that. Lots of cool work for Adidas on his site. Don’t miss Print, which is grouped together in one section about halfway down the page, Art (my fave is “one part loss, one part gain”), and Design: Enigma Travel.
Portfolio: evanbrown.carbonmade.com
Casey is a copywriter at BBDO NY. In the year-and-a-half since she graduated from VCU, she’s put together a really fun portfolio, including that AT&T spot with the Jr. Assistant who runs around getting stuff for Mariah Carey. Love when he kicks the elevator button. Perfect ending. She’s also got a killer blog called People Who Deserve It. Getting punched in the face, that is. Soon to be a book.
Portfolio: caseyrand.com
Scott is a freelance copywriter/CD in NYC, formerly SVP/Sr CD at BBDO. Where do I start? FedEx or Ebay TV, BBC or Milky Way alt, Snickers snowboarder virals? Too much killer work. I can’t decide.
Shane is a copywriter in Johannesburg, where he wrote the above campaign for CNA at The Jupiter Drawing Room (One Show 2009). He’s also a taxidermist, celebrity impersonator, novelty snack inventor and dermatologist.
Peter is a copywriter/ACD at CP+B in Boulder. His site another example of a crazy-talented senior creative with awesome interactive work moving to a low-maintenance, free-of-charge blog. Scroll to the bottom and there’s a link to his old site, so you can check out the difference. Viva la blog!
Portfolio: checkoutmyportfolio.blogspot.com
Wade is a copywriter/CD in Boston, formerly a VP/GCD at Arnold. When you land on his site, you’ll see a pencil with his name on it, and right and left arrows. I recommend you go to the upper right hand corner of the screen and click the arrow way up there, then click on Print as Writer and start with Urban Decay. Just gorgeous writing. “My beautiful ten soldiers.” Love love love it.
Portfolio: wadepaschall.com
Rick is a senior copywriter at JWT NY, BBDO before that. Don’t misses: Chewbacca Cingular spot (awesome), becomeANmm.com case study, and Rick’s ambient band MOON CAR.
Portfolio: rickabb.com
André is a copywriter at Almap BBDO in São Paulo. There’s so much to love on his site (including the site itself, which looks like a Word doc). My fave is the Discovery Channel spot “In A Man’s Life.” Flat-out awesome writing.
Portfolio: andregodoi.com
Rich is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Before going solo, he was at Y&R, TBWA Chiat/Day, Team One and BBDO. He’s responsible for the above ABC campaign, which Creativity Mag named one of 20 that changed the face of advertising. You know, for me there’s just something magic about the big outdoor campaigns. I remember exactly where I was the first time I saw one of Rich’s ABC boards, on 101 South in San Francisco. I still remember thinking, “Oh man, look at THAT.”
Portfolio: siegelrich.carbonmade.com