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
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Category Archives: Experience
Luis Hernández
Luis is a copywriter/CD at Leo Burnett in Mexico City, Ogilvy and Lowe before that. This is such an interesting portfolio for those of us in the states. It’s full of edgy work for what are very conservative clients here. In Print, check out the Proctor & Gamble Gain campaign. In Film, check out the Hasbro Monopoly vid.
Portfolio: Click here
Edson Oda
Edson is a copywriter at DM9DDB in São Paulo. Look what you can do by 25-years-old in Brazil. Wow. Most of Edson’s book is art directed by Rodrigo Bombana and it’s just beautiful.
Portfolio: edsonoda.blogspot.com
David Yost
David is a freelance copywriter/CD, previously at McCann, GS&P and Euro RSCG. He was also an Executive Producer at GS&P and Euro, which is an awesome “value add” (sorry). But that’s nothing. Check out his Experience page. What job hasn’t he had?
Portfolio: theyost.com
Alex Flint
Alex is a creative at GS&P, formerly a copywriter/CD at Saatchi and Modernista!. His portfolio is just sick. Tons of killer work for Hummer, including the It’s A Little Monster spot, which is one of my faves. Some awesome surprises too, like a print campaign for Herb Chambers Car Dealership.
Portfolio: alexflint.net
UPDATE: Sean McLaughlin
Sean has moved to W+K NYC from Anomaly. It makes me so happy to write that. Not that he left Anomaly. Anomaly is awesome. But Sean and I went to Oregon together, and there’s a bond between Oregon and W+K that’s deep. Seeing Sean land at Wieden makes everything right in the world. Big congrats, Sean. And for the zillionth time, thanks for Reservoir Dogs and The Afghan Whigs.
Portfolio: lugree.com
Will Chambliss
Will is a copywriter/ACD at Arnold Boston. He shares a site with art director/ACD partner Rob Kottkamp. I can count on two hands the number of team portfolio sites on MC. (Maybe one hand?) Career creative teams have become rare. Will and Rob’s site shows what we’re missing. Tip ‘o the Hat.
Portfolio: willandrob.com
Brian Thompson
Brian is a copywriter/ACD at The Concept Farm in NYC. He’s also the brains behind Ask A Copywriter. Philosophy: “I believe advertising should be a force for good. At the very least, it should be great.” Amen, brother.
Portfolio: askacopywriter.com
Justin Kramm
Justin is a copywriter/ACD at Publicis & Hal Riney. He’s got nine projects in his book, and they range from a killer site for Riney (breakthrough nav) to branded content/film Unflinching Triumph, directed by Mark Decena. NOTE: Instead of a rez, Justin links to his LinkedIn profile. Starting to see more of that.
Portfolio: justinkramm.com
Amanda Hughes
Amanda is a sr copywriter/editorial manager at Old Navy in San Francisco. It takes a special kind of copywriter to go after retail and make it great. Got to love writing. You can tell Amanda does, and writing loves her back.
Portfolio: amandahughes.carbonmade.com
Justin Chen
Justin is a copywriter at R/GA in San Francisco, Cutwater and McCann T.A.G. before that. How about this for a client list: Jeep, Ray-Ban, Nike, Arnette, Oreo, Master Lock, Gibson. Suh-weeet.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/justinchen
Neil Levy
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
Roger Baran
Roger is a copywriter/ACD in NYC, formerly at Lowe and Leo Burnett. In the Content section of his site, check out rexona. Robots auditioning for commercials. Hilarious.
Portfolio: rogerbaran.tv
Alec Brownstein
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
Adam Nowak
Adam is a Sr Copywriter at Draftfcb in Los Angeles, Chiat and DDB before that. And he’s a rock star.
Portfolio: theadamshow.com
Mark Krajan
Mark is a copywriter/ACD in San Francisco, formerly at Fancy, Chiat and McCann. Don’t misses: Chiquita, xbox welcome video (directed by Tom Kuntz), and Mark’s Photography.
Portfolio: Click here
Christian Durrett
Christian is a copywriter at SK+G in Las Vegas. Almost everything in his book has something to do with Vegas, but what a cool variety: Las Vegas and Bon Appetit, National Finals Rodeo in Vegas, Vegas TAP Project, etc. And don’t miss the last campaign in Print for Borders. Just perfect.
Portfolio: christiandurrett.com
Alberto Garcia a.k.a. the fake faker
Alberto is a copywriter/artist/director at Atletico International (Grey) in Barcelona. Seriously, this is why I do MC. Alberto’s portfolio is fresh and weird and inspiring. Check out the spot for SEAT Leon, featuring the original narative of Argentinean writer Julio Cortázar. Beautiful.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/thefakefaker
Todd Mitchell
Todd is a copywriter/ACD at Arnold Boston, Publicis West and Core before that. Hurray, awesome copy! Check out Jack Daniel’s, Virgin Mobile, Montsanto, St. Louis Dispatch, and Never Compromise Golf. Todd also has a Thievery Corporation vid on his site. One of my faves.
Portfolio: toddmitchellhome.com
Neel Williams
Neel is a copywriter at The Martin Agency in Richmond, Y&R NY before that. As the father of a daughter, an extremely talkative daughter, I looove Neel’s Cellular South spot. (Made coffee shoot out my nose.) His blog, Superuselsess Superpowers, is just ridiculous. I’m so buying the book.
Portfolio: neelwilliams.com
Scott Model
Scott is a copywriter at Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis, Energy BBDO before that. If you’ve visited MC before, you probably know that I have a thing for remedial video games, having grown up in the Pong Generation. Scott’s made a good one. “Man Luge.”
Portfolio: Click here
Evan Brown
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
Andy Kadin
Andy is a copywriter at 72 and Sunny in Los Angeles, Modernista! and Euro RSCG before that. His site is a blast. Make sure you click on The Info and then, bottom of the page, The Fail. Andy can’t dunk.
Portfolio: andykadin.com
Ryan Montanti
Ryan is a copywriter at McCann Erickson NYC, Walrus and Mad Dogs & Englishmen before that. Don’t misses: Avis Mascot spot, Howard Stern vids (in TV section), Radar Magazine print, and in Ryan’s PLAY category, Animals I’ve Befriended On Vacation.
Portfolio: girlryan.com
Mike Howard
Mike is a copywriter/ACD at Arnold Boston, Butler Shine and CP+B before that. One of the things I like best about blog portfolio sites is how deep you can go, how much work you can show, without bogging down visitors with a billion clicks. Mike’s done a ton of killer work and his site is way deep. The blog format makes it fun to go exploring. Check out a Volvo piece here, BK there, Truth, Epson, VW, Earthlink, Monster, Puma, Miller Lite …
Portfolio: mikehowardcreative.com
Andy Pearson
Andy is an interactive copywriter/ACD at CP+B in Boulder. Dare you to find something uncool on his site. Even the URL is sick. Don’t miss: Cheerleidoscope, 12 Months of Andy & Liza, and Accidental Dong.
Portfolio: ievenwrotethissickurl.com
Casey Rand
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
Mike Lear
Mike is a copywriter/VP/ACD at The Martin Agency in Richmond, CP+B and WestWayne (under Luke Sullivan) before that. His site is a straight-up, old school Blogger blog with zero extra fanciness. That’s what you can do when you have a portfolio like Mike’s portfolio. Which, if you haven’t guessed, is just absolutely, completely awesome.
Portfolio: mikelearportfolio.blogspot.com
Amy Hollrah
Amy is a copywriter/ACD at Hoffman York in Chicago after doing time at Leo Burnett, Cramer-Krasselt and Arnold. She wrote a spot for the Broan Ultra Silent Fan that I’ve seen about a zillion times (yes, I watch HGTV), and there’s a moment at the end that cracks me up. In the version on her site, they let that moment play out. Fun.
Portfolio: writesomethingnow.carbonmade.com
Marcin Markiewicz
Marcin is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, TBWA Chiat/Day and Euro RSCG before that. His portfolio is just sick. I wish I could have featured his Energizer print campaign above, because the writing is absolutely hilarious, but the type is too small for my blog. So, go check it out. And the Pedigree Adoption spots. And Tap Project. And … just go.
Portfolio: marcinmarkiewicz.com