Robyn is a freelance copywriter in San Francisco, previously at Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners. Her book is filled with absolutely awesome writing – and I mean filled. She’s got a couple booklet/brochures for MINI that she just wrote the hell out of, including one of my all-time faves, Field Guide To Good Motoring. To top it off, she’s into taxidermy.
Portfolio: robyngunn.com
Van is a copywriter/ACD at space150 in Minneapolis, and before that design shop Little & Co, and before that design shop Carmichael Lynch Thorburn. You can tell Van knows exactly how to write for designers. His book is gorgeous.
Portfolio: behance.net/vhorgen
Dave is a CD/writer at Blattner Brunner in Pittsburg. He’s got fantastic campaigns for Zippo and Juicy Fruit on his site. He’s also got campaigns for Consol Energy and Navy Federal Credit Union that are harder working, but clean and smart. It’s nice to see a book with clients/brands that are a little more straight-forward, but who are buying work that’s portfolio-worthy. Tip o’ the Hat.
Portfolio: davekwasnick.com
William is a freelance copywriter in NYC, Wieden + Kennedy London before that. What I love about his portfolio is that it’s filled with ideas. Literally. Campaign ideas, script ideas, written out. Now that, my friends, is brave. And it works – because the ideas, and the writing, are great.
Portfolio: williamspencer.com
Brooks is a copywriter at GSP in SF. One of my fave things about his site, other than the work, is the size of it. Just enough to know he’s a kick ass writer. I’m left wanting more, which is how it should be.
Portfolio: Click here
Mark is a copywriter/CD in Boston, most recently at Arnold. And how about this – in addition to copywriting, he’s written the world’s best-selling book on fantasy football. His site is dual purpose, featuring both his ad portfolio and his books.
Portfolio: markstamant.com
Allen is a copywriter/CD at GSD&M in Austin. He’s got some great BMW stuff on his site, including the online movie/event “The Ramp” which was forwarded to me 1,342,468 times. For good reason.
Portfolio: ahannawell.com
Ian is a copywriter at CP+B in Boulder, Leo Burnett before that. On his site, he lists Additional Experience:
Co-Founder – The Forgery; A Pittsburgh Literary Works (2003-2004)
Asst. Editor – The New Yinzer (Literary Magazine) (2003-2004)
Founder and Co-Editor – The Factory (Magazine of Cultural Criticism) (2002-2003)
Producer/Co-Host/DJ – World Domination Industries (Radio Show) (1999-2000)
Actor and Director – Productions with Theater Emory and throughout Asia
Toured Asia with a symphony – Double Bass (1998)
Portfolio: ianfalcon.net
Eric is a copywriter at RPA in Santa Monica, where he did this cool Honda board. He wrote that killer Honda “Trashed” spot, which is a must-see on his reel. He also does what many of us dream of doing, and that’s live in Santa Monica and write films.
Portfolio: letsgoinonashiptogether.com
I’m pretty sure Bryan is a copywriter at Arnold Boston. His rez is somewhat mysterious, as is much of his site (contact is just a yahoo email address … and give “download resumé” a shot – awesome). The work isn’t mysterious though. I saw the above campaign at the Kelly Awards this year. Smokin’.
Portfolio: bryankarr.com
Ryan is an ACD at CP+B. If you’re not happy with your career, just skip going to his site. If you’re having a good day, a really good day, then I recommend going through it backward. Start with the rez. He broke into the biz as an intern at CP+B in 2004. Right. Then to to the awards page. Shit. Deep breath. Then to the work, which is really just a line-up of every other brilliant spot that’s come out of Crispin over the past five years. Including the Whopper Freakout campaign.
Portfolio: ryankutscher.com
Brian is a Senior Copywriter at Saatchi New York, but halfway through his print portfolio I had to double-check his rez to make sure he was a copywriter, not an art director. Why? Because his book is full of super clean, big idea, visually-driven work that KICKS ASS. Not to mention his TV. Damn.
Portfolio: bahern.com
Chris is a Senior Copywriter at Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners in Sausalito, and before that Arnold in Boston. As you’d expect from a guy who’s been at those two shops, his book is full of great writing that’s smart, surprising and funny as hell.
Portfolio: chrishancockwriter.com
Gilberto is a copywriter at AKQA in SF. Before that, he was at Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis, where he wrote four spots in the Jack’s Links “Messin’ With Sasquatch” campaign, with CD Brock Davis, of which I’m a huge fan. (Both of the campaign and Brock.) For four years into the biz, this is a killer portfolio.
Portfolio: gilbertomuinos.com
Steven is a Senior Copywriter at AKQA in San Francisco. He’s got a great online portfolio. Sometimes you look at a book and you can just tell that the copywriter loves what he/she does for a living. Loves writing. Loves big ideas. That’s Steven. Steven has fun. When I go through Steven’s site, so do I.
Portfolio: steveohville.com
Lissa is a copywriter/CD/SVP at Tajima in Los Angeles. One of the interesting things about looking at copywriter sites is checking out the presentation of work, especially print. How do you make small type readable? Do you zoom into the ad? Show a window off to the side? On Lissa’s site, it’s all about the writing. Copy is presented huge. Layouts are tiny.
Portfolio: walkercopywriting.com
Brian is a journeyman copywriter who, in his spare time, started a fashion company called Mothership. He also started an annual Best Albums of the Year compilation and sharing co-op for ad creative music freaks, of which I was part for several years, that’s just amazing.
Portfolio: cpywrtr.com
Nick is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, at TBWA Chiat/Day before going solo. Before copywriting, he was video editor. Good copywriters come from everywhere (and anywhere).
Portfolio: nickdriggs.com
Dane is a copywriter at space150. Officially, that makes him an interactive copywriter. But he also makes cool stuff like this biz card mural for space150’s NYC office. (They change their identity every 150 days.) Genius.
Portfolio: daneroberts.com
Matt is a San Francisco copywriter who, as it happens, was a college buddy of mine at U of Oregon. You know what’s not fair about writers like Matt? Writers who worked at good interactive shops like T3? Their slick sites that you just know were done in 30 minutes by one of their punk interactive buddies. Whatever, Matt. The rest of us use blogs. Free blogs. Like writers are supposed to use. Jerk.
Portfolio: mattmorincreative.com
Get ready to be absolutely and completely jealous. What more can I say about Kash’s work, site, experience (now ECD at Pereira & O’Dell), awards … and did I mention his work? Holy crap.
Portfolio: kash-sree.com
Heather is a copywriter at Ogilvy in North Carolina. Her work and her site are just, well, pretty.
Portfolio: heatherapple.com
Joel’s book is filled with absolutely fantastic print writing. Not that the rest of his stuff isn’t awesome,
but man. His print is just spectacular.
Portfolio: joelwstacy.blogspot.com
Carolyn is a freelance copywriter in NYC. Her resumé is just sick sick sick.
Portfolio: ambercoast.biz
Casey is a copywriter who, in his spare time, founded and runs the creative blog/thing known as Superbeast. In his own words, “Superbeast Creative is a collaboration of advertising creatives, designers, artists, and musicians around the world. Ideally we would like this blog to be a meeting ground to discuss various things that are awesome. Join. Conquer!”
Superbeast: superbeastcreative.blogspot.com
Portfolio: mywordisbond.com
Sam Pond is the radio master. I should put that in caps. Sam Pond is THE RADIO MASTER.
Portfolio: pondsf.com
Sean is a senior writer at Anomaly in NYC. I’ve been a fan for years and years.
Portfolio: lurgee.com
Chris is a freelance copywriter in San Francisco. He writes like his pen is full of Tabasco. Love it!
Portfolio: chriselzinga.com
Meredith is a freelance copywriter in San Francisco. Her site (which is gorgeous) has a really nice mix of traditional and interactive work.
Portfolio: misswordsmith.com
