Phil is a new copywriter at barrettSF in San Francisco. So many student campaigns are based on dating life, or going on benders, or surviving the day after going on a bender, or pest control, or snacks, or booze. But you don’t see a lot of campaigns for vitamin supplements targeting the 50+ crowd. Phil’s SilverFox Force Active Figures are so funny, and so stupid, and so perfect.

Portfolio: philfattore.com

Circus Week Fall 2015: Teddy Solberg

Posted on 10/07/2015 by siciliano

Circus Week Wednesday and that means it’s time for the one and only Teddy Solberg. Fun mix of projects on Teddy’s site including Tumi, Lifesaver, Long John Silver’s, and Honest Beer Labels (above, why not?). Don’t miss Teddy’s video “What makes you creative?” which was required as part of his application to … Miami Ad School. Love that.

Portfolio: anotherdamnportfolio.com

Circus Week Fall 2015: Joey Henson

Posted on 10/06/2015 by siciliano

Joey is a new copywriter at BBDO NY working on Snickers (awesome) after graduating from Creative Circus. Don’t miss his case study for Post-it JotSpot, created with fellow Circus grads Ilana Wolstein and Hilary Smith. Such a perfect idea for Post-it. Such a good thing it doesn’t exist. MC’s 6th-grade daughter would be SO annoyed. “At the library? How’d you get so smart? Oh yeah, me!” Or, “In the kitchen? Hey, what’s that smell? You, acing your math test tomorrow!” C’mon, Post-it. Make that app.

Portfolio: joeyhenson.com

Circus Week Fall 2015: Hilary Smith

Posted on 10/05/2015 by siciliano

Creative Circus Week Fall 2015 kicks off with Hilary Smith, now a junior writer at 72andSunny in Los Angeles. Ever wonder what kind of portfolio you need to land your first copywriting gig at one of the best agencies on the planet? Wonder no longer. Big congrats, Hilary.

Portfolio: thehilarysmith.com

Jon Miller

Posted on 09/30/2015 by siciliano

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

Derek Bishop

Posted on 09/28/2015 by siciliano

Derek is a copywriter at McGarrah Jessee in Austin. All kinds of great work on his site (Indexhibit), including tons of quirky awesomeness for Shiner beer, plus YETI, Guitar Center, and Merrick dog food. Don’t miss “Jump” for Merrick. Could watch that all day.

Portfolio: ilikederek.com

Nitin Menon

Posted on 09/25/2015 by siciliano

Nitin is a senior copywriter at Interface Communications in Mumbai, India. His site is called Filter Copy, a reference to Filter Coffee—a popular brand you can only get in south India. Love having another portfolio from Mumbai up on MC. So cool to see.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/filtercopy

Shloimy Notik & Chad O’Connell

Posted on 09/23/2015 by siciliano

Shloimy is a copywriter at 360i in NYC. He shares a site with creative partner/art director Chad O’Connell. Together, they’ve launched a real dating app for bacon lovers called Sizzl (Oscar Mayer, client) that’s been getting all kinds of crazy press. It’s hot. It’s fresh. It’s crispy. MC is in love.

Portfolio: chadandshloimy.com

Andy Lewis & Stephen Giem

Posted on 09/21/2015 by siciliano

Andy Lewis is a senior copywriter in San Francisco. He’s work-married to senior art director Stephen Giem and they’ve consummated the relationship with a joint portfolio site that’s hilarious and all love. It links out to their individual sites, which is a great way to do it. The couple is asking for whiskey or gin in lieu of gifts, which you can send directly to MC.

Portfolio: stephenandandyforever.com

Stephen Chu

Posted on 09/16/2015 by siciliano

Stephen is a new copywriter about to graduate from the San Diego Portfolio Studio on September 23rd. (Hello, San Diego Portfolio Studio! Nice to see you on MC.) What a great student book—from a campaign about being watched for the Horror Channel to wild cats for Fancy Feast. Dig it. Can’t wait to see where Stephen lands.

Portfolio: stephen-chu.com

Adam Cote

Posted on 09/14/2015 by siciliano

Adam is a senior copywriter at Arnold Boston. Fantastic mix of projects on his site, from a beautiful film for Hilton Curio to Dunkin’ Donuts madness with Julian Edelman. Don’t miss his video for Field Notes celebrating the joy of writing. Just nails it.

Portfolio: adam-cote.com

Jake Van Yahres

Posted on 09/10/2015 by siciliano

Jake is a new copywriter finishing up at Creative Circus. Next week, he’s going to be visiting San Francisco, meeting with agencies, looking for his first gig. How fun is that? So fun. Go get ’em, Jake!

Portfolio: jakevy.com

Aaron Kirscht

Posted on 09/08/2015 by siciliano

Aaron is a senior copywriter currently freelancing at Starbucks in Seattle. MC has been a huge believer in internal creative teams for years now, so it’s cool to see Aaron’s LinkedIn journey, which includes a good variety of both in-house and agency experience. It’s getting easier and easier to cross back and forth, from one to the other. That’s a good thing.

Portfolio: snarkchariot.com

Tim Mac

Posted on 08/31/2015 by siciliano

Tim is a copywriter in NYC, previously at Big Red in Melbourne, Australia, looking to land his first job in the States. Click on his About page and you find a write-up from Tim about having never won an award in his first three years in the business because Big Red doesn’t enter them. You’ll also find a video below it—a testimonial from Tim Horton (Founder of Big Red) and Campbell Smith (Creative Director of Big Red)—the most glowing testimonial MC has ever seen, period. Who needs awards when you’ve got that?

Portfolio: timmacsurlalonemakesmethinkthatweshouldprobablyhirehim.com

Blake Solomon

Posted on 08/27/2015 by siciliano

Blake is a copywriter at Erwin Penland in NYC. Way back on 6.20.11, he was featured on MC during Creative Circus Week 2011. Since then, he’s had quite a four years: Denny’s, LL Bean, Mercedes-Benz, Sweet’N Low, Smart Car—but he’s still rocking one of MC’s favorite portfolio site homepages: faces of Blake. So Blake, in so many ways.

Portfolio: blakesolomon.com

Lawrence Wang

Posted on 08/17/2015 by siciliano

Lawrence is a copywriter at SapientNitro in Boston. Four years ago, he landed his first gig at Breakaway after seeing a post about it on MC. (Love that.) Now he’s shooting the fiddle for Ram, making rich media banners for Fiat, and posting all kinds of “chicanery” around the office. Well done, sir.

Portfolio: writeaswang.com

Adam Koehler

Posted on 08/12/2015 by siciliano

Adam is a copywriter/ACD at McCann in NYC. Since his last post on MC (back on 8.08.12), he’s added projects for Microsoft, CFP and Progressive (awesome Flo print campaign). He’s also written a book, The Path To Unenlightenment. Anytime you get to say, “Since the last time I was here I’ve written a book” you’re good. Dig it.

Portfolio: adamkoehlercreative.com

Mike Tsapos

Posted on 08/05/2015 by siciliano

Mike is a freelance ACD/copywriter currently at Leo Burnett in Chicago. He’s got a crazy variety of projects on his Behance site—from BMW Motorcycles to ESPN/Die Hard 4 co-branding, a campaign for the American Association of Railroads to a commercial for DCBeer.com featuring, well, you’ll just have to see that one for yourself. (MC only looked at the left side, FYI.)

Portfolio: behance.net/mtsapos

Stephie Coplan

Posted on 08/03/2015 by siciliano

Stephie is a junior copywriter at kbs+ in NYC. Before advertising, she was in Stephie Coplan & The Pedestrians, a band that charted #15 on the rock radio in 2012 with “JERK!” So what do you get when you combine advertising and rock n’ roll? For one thing, the best on-hold music track ever. Don’t miss the song Stephie wrote, produced and performed for Windstream (telco in Little Rock, AK). Dig it.

Portfolio: stephiecoplan.com

Portfolio Center Summer 2015: Hannah Walk

Posted on 07/30/2015 by siciliano

Hannah is a new copywriter after recently graduating from Portfolio Center in Atlanta. Sometimes, all you need is the right tagline, a photo of someone chopping veggies, and an astronaut’s head. Done.

Portfolio: walkhannahwalk.com

Portfolio Center Summer 2015: Jeff Johnson

Posted on 07/29/2015 by siciliano

Jeff is a new copywriter after recently graduating from Portfolio Center in Atlanta. Good info from Jeff that was news to MC: Portfolio Center and Miami Ad School joined forces in March. So, students of one can now access the resources/opportunities of both. Very cool.

Portfolio: jeffjohnsoncopywriter.com

Ben Phillips

Posted on 07/23/2015 by siciliano

Ben is a senior copywriter at TBWA\Manchester. All kinds of super imaginative projects on his site, including a late-night TV watching sloth for Sofaworks Gogglebox, evil dandelions for Resolva Liquid Shots, animated riders for First Transpennine Express, and the Foamburst Genies (above) for Imperial Leather Foamburst. What a casting session that must have been!

Portfolio: bennypee.com

Frank Cartagena

Posted on 07/21/2015 by siciliano

Frank is a copywriter/creative director at Deutsch in NYC. Since his last post on MC (almost exactly five years ago on 07.29.10), he’s gone from junior copywriter at Hill Holiday in Boston, to Arnold, to DDB, to Deutsch, created some amazing projects, and won a billion awards. Don’t miss his work for WATERisLIFE, including HashTag Killer (above). Just awesome.

Portfolio: frankcartagena.com

Scott Spooner

Posted on 07/16/2015 by siciliano

Scott is a copywriter at The Richards Group in Dallas. Since his last post on MC (05.15.12), he’s spent time at Goodby and Firehouse, added all kinds of projects to his portfolio, and is now back in Dallas at Richards. Don’t miss his transit posters for the National Cheerleaders Association (above) and his TV spots for Cisco—which explain a complicated product in a simple, engaging way. Awesome.

Portfolio: scottspooner.com

Eric Mayse

Posted on 07/14/2015 by siciliano

Eric is a senior copywriter at Vitro in San Diego. The first project on his site is the Kerri Cannon for Asics and the World Series of Volleyball. It shot a volleyball 65mph with pinpoint accuracy, just like ace volleyballer Kerri Walsh—and could be controlled/aimed by participants over the web. Good times!

Portfolio: ericmayse.com

Zak Stawski

Posted on 07/13/2015 by siciliano

Zak is a copywriter at Swirl in San Francisco. He’s got a beautiful Squarespace site that shows off a crazy variety of projects for the University of Michigan Health System (above), Zipcar, Federal Student Aid, Indeed.com, the U.S Food & Drug Administration, and a social media campaign for two falcons who laid their eggs on the agency roof. Why not?

Portfolio: zakstawski.com

Bevan Mahaney

Posted on 07/09/2015 by siciliano

Bevan is a copywriter in NYC, on the hunt for her next freelance gig. Since her last post on MC (03.17.14), she’s added a bunch of fun new TV work including the above vid “Sh*t Girls Say About Hair #DitchTheDrama” for Aussie Haircare. (Over 7 million views on YouTube, nice.) Dig it.

Portfolio: bevanmahaney.com

Alice Crippa

Posted on 07/08/2015 by siciliano

Alice is a copywriter/creative technologist at Leo Burnett in Milan, Italy. She’s made a beautiful site featuring a bunch of killer technology projects for Samsung, including the Smart Play-Board, Smart Bike, and Maestros Academy. Very cool. Love having an Italian writer on MC again.

Portfolio: alicecrippa.com

Nick DiLallo

Posted on 07/06/2015 by siciliano

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

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