Heather is a freelance copywriter/ACD in Los Angeles. Check out her rez and you can’t help but be a little jealous of the agencies she’s worked with and the brands she’s worked on. Sick, sick, sick. MC had a hard time choosing what image to feature in Heather’s post, but if you have the opportunity to get Bradley Cooper’s face up there, that’s what you do. Right? Right.
Portfolio: heatherparke.com
Kathryn is a copywriter at Droga5 in NYC (awesome). In her first year at Droga5, she’s already worked on some huge projects for Under Armour including the amazing “I Will Not” campaign with Giselle and “You Are The Sum Of All Your Training” with Tom Brady, Jordan Spieth, Misty Copeland, and Stephen Curry (Warriors!). So cool. Also, don’t miss her videos about stock photo models for belVita. Hilarious.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/kathrynkvas
Jon is a writer at GSD&M in Austin. All kinds of cool ideas in his portfolio, including an under-the-bottlecap campaign for Pacifico that transports beer lovers to different GPS locations around the globe. And a pretty stop-motion video campaign for Lennox iComfort S30. And an “unshame your pets” campaign for Stainmaster. Dig it.
Portfolio: jonjmiller.com
Nick is a copywriter/ACD at McCann in NYC. His book is loaded with great social projects and campaigns for Chex, Cuervo, Wendy’s, Lucky Charms, and a jump-on-it special delivery for Questlove from Nature Valley. Well done, sir.
Portfolio: nickdilallo.com
Since his first post on MC (04.11.14) right after graduating from Miami Ad School NYC (and University of Oregon before that, go Ducks!), Josh has worked with R/GA, Barker DZP, and RICG. He’s also got a whole new site with projects for SlimFast, IDB Bank, Alcoholics Anonymous, Miele, Mercedes-Benz, and others. Time for an update.
Portfolio: jgocreative.com
Copywriter Austin Campbell (USA) and Art Director Axel Spendlingwimmer (Austria) have joined forces after graduating from Miami Ad School Hamburg to form Team Arnie. As in, Schwarzenegger. They’re currently looking for their first gig in Germany, London, Paris, or Amsterdam. Turn on your volume before visiting their site (above). It’s ridiculous.
Portfolio: teamarnie.com
Bowen is a copywriter/CD at Ogilvy in Chicago, soon to be freelance in San Francisco. Since his last post on MC (01.14.13), he’s completely revamped his site and added a ton of new work, including brilliant 15-second Instagram vids for the Hemingway Foundation (above). Love ’em.
Portfolio: bowenmendelson.com
Colby is a new copywriter in NYC after graduating from Miami Ad School in December. (Big ups!) His site is rad. It’s a vertical scroll that takes you from Clean Cut Colby, to Saturn Rings Colby, to Steam Out Of Ears Colby, to Fully Bearded Colby—surrounded by his projects. Dig it.
Portfolio: colbyspear.com
Michelle is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles. Killer work all over her site, including social media awesomeness for House of Cards Season 2 and BoJack Horseman, a campaign for PlayStation’s LittleBigPlanet 3, and stuff for Nike and Adidas. Dig it.
Portfolio: michellegilbertcreative.com
Benji is a new copywriter in NYC, after just graduating from Miami Ad School in Brooklyn (big ups!). The first project on his site is a new product: Tostitos Twist-Up Queso Cup. Because everyone knows you don’t pour it in a bowl, you eat it out of the jar. Genius.
Portfolio: benjishaw.com
Lora is new copywriter at Arnold Boston (congrats!), after graduating from Miami Ad School: New York and completing an internship at Droga5. Lots of interesting strategy in her portfolio: Crayola goes green by going black and white (above), bone marrow donation at Comic Con, and the NFL joins the World Wildlife Fund to help conserve the habitats of Bengals and Dolphins. Smart.
Portfolio: loraoliviafaris.com
Thomas is a senior copywriter at Grey Germany. Since his last post on MC (07.19.12), he’s got a new job, new work, and a new “scribble-style” Cargo site. Don’t miss his campaign for Langenscheidt Translation Dictionaries (above), which was awarded at both Cannes and the Clios.
Portfolio: thomas-kuhn.com
Adam is a San Francisco native at RPA in Los Angeles. Since his last post on MC (03.16.11), just after graduating from Miami Ad School in NYC, he’s done work for great shops all over the country and got a brand new portfolio to show for it. Including his 2013 holiday film for Honda, Santa’s New Sleigh. Santa drives a Honda!
Portfolio: gothelf.tv
Scott is a senior copywriter at Hudson Rouge in NYC. Lots of great automotive projects on his site including Volkswagen, Hyundai and Lincoln (above). Also, a hilariously sad campaign for the NDRC, featuring faux children’s book covers reminding kids and their parents of the dangers of climate change, like “None Fish Few Fish Dead Fish Who Fish.” Hello, nightmares!!!
Portfolio: hansonsc.com
Greg is a new copywriter at Merkley+Partners in NYC, after graduating from Miami Ad School Brooklyn in June. Tip ‘o the Hat to Greg for pure fearlessness, as in the above video for Scotch Magic Tape. From Greg: “Have you ever torn paper on purpose? Torn it slowly, confidently and unapologetically? It’s kinda hot (especially with eye contact).”
Portfolio: gkissler.com
Andrew is a new copywriter at kbs+ in NYC, after graduating from Miami Ad School in Brooklyn. (Big ups, Andrew!) So, what kind of portfolio does it take to land at an awesome shop like kbs+ in NYC? Here’s your chance to find out.
Portfolio: writingandmischief.com
Ralph is a freelance copywriter in Berlin. Don’t miss his films “The Journey” for Johnny Walker and “Life Is Calling” for Levi’s. What’s better than a beautiful road trip?
Portfolio: behance.net/ralphstieber
Sam is a new copywriter at MRY in NYC, previously at Slate. His portfolio is, if MC had to sum it up in a word, cool. Portrait Of A Dairy for Slate, cool. The Last HIV Generation project, cool. The Driven, cool. But most of all, getting to color a space shuttle in the Crayola Coloring Club, super cool. Dig it.
Portfolio: sbartos.com
Josh is a recent grad of Miami Ad School (Oregon before that, go Ducks!), in New York, just starting a gig at R/GA this very week. How great is that? Great. Who wouldn’t want to be Josh this week? Nobody. Meaning, everybody. Would want to be Josh this week. Nobody wouldn’t want to be him. Big ups, Josh!
Portfolio: jgocreative.com
Dave is a copywriter at Saatchi & Saatchi NY. He shares a site with creative partner/AD Juan Leguizamon (both are pictured above, auditioning for their CW/AD roles, funny), called shoot-1st.com. From their About page: “We believe in burning midnight oil for work we believe in and that the best way to do something is to stop talking about it and do it.” Amen, brother.
Portfolio: shoot-1st.com
Since Kent’s last post on MC (way back on 01.16.2010), he’s been very, very busy. He’s got a new Cargo site, a new gig as CD at DDB NY, and all kinds of new work in his portfolio, including Project Imagin8ion with Ron Howard (awesome). Definitely time for an update.
Portfolio: kentkoren.com
Otavio is a Brazilian copywriter at mcgarrybowen NYC. Ah, to be 24-years old, from Sao Paulo, living in NYC, doing it. That’s good times. Can’t wait to see what Otavio creates at mcgarrybowen.
Portfolio: otaviobarbon.com.br
Dhruv is a new copywriter in NYC, having just graduated from Miami Ad School in Brooklyn (congrats!). Hilarious stuff all over his book, including Vines for Easy Cheese, Vocalizer for Halls, App for Airborne, and Advertorial for Animal Planet. Good stuff.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/hinduheat
Lyle is a copywriter/ACD at JWT NYC, BBDO and Dentsu before that. Lots of work for big brands like NFL, Listerine, Pepcid, DirecTV, Canon, and Rolaids. Plenty of TV and video, too. But don’t miss Writerly One-Offs, a collection of long copy pieces Lyle’s done over the years. From Lyle’s site: “I’ve always loved long copy ads. But with all the impending doom surrounding the future of print, it seems every year there are fewer opportunities to write ads in this much-beloved genre. In any case, I hope the bunch here are as much fun for you to read as they were for me to craft.” Amen, brother.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/lyleshemer
Since his last post on MC (5/22/12), Jeff has moved from mcgarrybowen to Ogilvy NYC, and added a bunch of new work to his site (Cargo). Time for an update!
Portfolio: jeffreyscardino.com
Otilia is a copywriter in NYC, graduated from Miami Ad School last year, spent nine months at Anomaly, and is now looking for her next gig. Her book is that new-copywriter mix of produced work and student spec, which MC thinks is awesome to see. What did Otilia create at M.A.S.? And then, what did she produce immediately after, at Anomaly? Check it out.
Portfolio: otiliadobrea.com
Brian is a copywriter in San Francisco. Since his first post on MC (March 2012), he’s moved from AKQA to Digitas and added some new work for eBay and Taco Bell to his portfolio — including a series of shorts for eBay called “eBay Thanks You.” Sometimes a story needs more than 30 or 60 seconds, you know? Also, MC would like Jonathan Adler’s beach house, please.
Portfolio: bookofbutton.com
Patrick is a new-ish copywriter in Los Angeles, after 10 years of performing sketch and improv comedy. (Again, says MC, comedians and drummers = the best copywriters.) There’s some hilarious stuff on his site, including a campaign for Ryan Airlines: “With prices this cheap, shut the f*ck up.” Nice. Don’t miss the video of 6-year-old Patrick called “All About Pat” at the bottom of the page Schedule a Kissing Consultation. MC was that kid, too.
Portfolio: patrickthedroll.com
Anthony is a senior copywriter at Anomaly in NYC. So much awesome hilarity up and down his site. Anthony is also a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade, and in a punk band called Wrad. Proving, yet again, MC’s theory that comedians and musicians make the best copywriters.
Portfolio: anthonyfalvo.com
Erin is a copywriter in San Francisco, one year after graduating from Miami Ad School. So fun to see a CW’s book at this stage, part student spec and part produced. Can’t wait to see where she lands next.
Portfolio: erinsmithwastaken.com