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
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Category Archives: Copywriters
UPDATE: Bridget Deenihan
Bridget is a Senior Copywriter at Anson-Stoner in Orlando. Since her last post on MC (09.28.11), she’s got a new gig, a new site, a bunch of new work, and cool new side projects. Like her romantic cards rooted in reality (above). Or her films, Hear Something. Or her FREE Hot Poop sticker, which MC is hoping to acquire very soon. Time for an update!
Portfolio: bridgetdeenihan.com
Creative Circus Week: Emily C. P. Owens
Couple of weeks ago, MC was chatting with someone about CPR, about how all adults should know at least the basics, and that it was time to find a class. After reading Emily’s American Red Cross campaign (above), MC found a class and signed up. Just nails it.
Portfolio: emilycpowens.com
Creative Circus Week: Mariangela McMurray
On the back of Mariangela’s “The Official New Orleans Guide Of Who Not To Bring” there’s a quote by Mark Twain: “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” Perfect quote. Hilarious project.
Portfolio: mariangelamcmurray.com
Creative Circus Week: Zan Puig
Zan’s campaign for Waze (“the crowd-sourced navigation app that helps you outsmart traffic and other traveling troubles”) features the line: “Three minutes late but thirty-three minutes earlier than the rest of the office.” Hello, every single day in San Francisco.
Portfolio: iknowzan.com
Creative Circus Week: Jordan Dodson
Sometimes you see a project in a writer’s portfolio and think, “I wish I’d done that.” Other times, you see a project in a writer’s portfolio and think, “I want to DO that.” MC has a high school photo from back in the day that needs Jordan’s Great Clips HAIR DO-OVER, so bad. So, so bad.
Portfolio: boyjordan.com
Creative Circus Week: Lara Kesler
Big thanks to Lara for hooking up Creative Circus Week on MC. She graduates on June 20th with four other writers (big ups!), and then the future of advertising is in their hands. No pressure. Don’t miss her campaigns for Monopoly, Warby Parker (above), and Ford Fiesta. Good stuff.
Portfolio: larakesler.com
Dan Jordan
Dan is a copywriter/ACD at Calvary in Chicago. (Second City alert! Once again proving MC’s theory that comedians, drummers and surfers make great copywriters.) Fun stuff up and down his portfolio. One of MC’s faves is Chili’s “Open Letter” (above) reaction to Steve Carell and Paul Rudd’s spoof of LeBron’s famous “I’m going to Miami” ESPN interview. Steve and Paul end up describing/laughing about the letter on Charlie Rose. Genius.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/cawpywriter
Sam Bartos
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
Chris Endecott
Chris is a copywriter at MRM McCann in Frankfurt, Germany. Bunch of cool microsites in his portfolio, including five for Opel. Don’t leave without checking out his crazy Snackball machine for GranataPet. They need to have a contest where you can win one of those things for the backyard, your very own auto dog feeder and fetcher. Just make sure to duck before the tennis ball launches—dangerous!
Portfolio: chrisendecott.com
UPDATE: Rich Tseng
It’s been about a year since Rich’s last post on MC (04.15.13). Since then, he moved from Boston to NYC where he’s done some killer work and overhauled his book. Don’t miss his stuff for Tommy John men’s premium underwear (above, so smart). Time for an update!
Portfolio: richtseng.com
Carrie Bain
Carrie is a new copywriter (just graduated from Chicago Portfolio School) at The Food Group in Chicago, former comedian, and excellent casserole maker. Plenty of hilarity all over her site, like her Hungry Man campaign (love the Vine), but don’t leave without watching her video resume. Disappointed!
Portfolio: carriebain.com
Craig Miller
Craig is a copywriter/SVP/Group CD at Arnold Worldwide in Boston. Since his last post on MC (04.22.11), he moved from Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder to Arnold, and added a bunch of new work to his portfolio—which just rocks. It’s one those sites where you go, “Oh, that campaign. And that campaign. And he did that campaign, too. Geeeez.” Just awesome.
Portfolio: craigmillercreative.com
Chris Wernikowski
Chris is a junior copywriter at kbs+ in NYC, five months into it. (He’s also a surfer, which once again goes to prove MC’s theory that surfers, drummers and comedians make great copywriters.) Right now, his book is mostly student work — but MC can’t wait to see what he adds from kbs+ this year.
Portfolio: chriswern.com
Steven Jaynes
Steven is a copywriter at Blue Chip Marketing in Chicago. Just a crazy variety of projects and media in his portfolio. From a Cover Girl/MTV VMA Twitter Party to Food Network food porn for Fisher Nuts (above), there’s a little something for everyone. Plus, have to mention, MC got the chance to chat with Steven a couple of times over the past few months—and he’s good people. Dig it.
Portfolio: stevenjaynes.com
U of Texas at Austin Week 2014 – CW Grads
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the 2014 University of Texas at Austin graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):
Joy Barnett – joybar.
David Bassine – davidbassine.com
Amanda CoTan – amandacotan.wix.com/
Nick Delisi – iseedelisi.
Erik Donham – erikdonham.com
Janell Hendricks – cargocollective.com/janell
Megan Leinfelder – cargocollective.com/
Stuart Lovinggood – stuartlovinggood.com
Chris Nordahl – cnordahl2.wix.com/
Ananta Prayitno – anantapra.com
Cécile Robertshaw – cargocollective.com/
Sarah Turner – cargocollective.com/
Ben Wyeth – benwyeth.com
U of Texas at Austin Week 2014 – Nick Delisi
Nick is a graduating UT copywriter/photographer. He’s got a super clean portfolio that includes Aquafreshman: a campaign for Aquafresh targeting incoming college freshmen. Probably the most perfect student campaign idea ever. Definitely the freshest.
Portfolio: iseedelisi.com
U of Texas at Austin Week 2014 – Ananta Prayitno
What happens when a self-described “Indonesian oil brat imported to Texas” goes through the Texas Creative program? Idaho Tourism, Waffle House, and Fossil Watches, of course. Love the crazy mix of clients in Ananta’s portfolio. (True for whole Texas graduating CW class, actually.) Dig it.
Portfolio: anantapra.com
U of Texas at Austin Week 2014 – Sarah Turner
Sarah has her Bachelor’s in English: Creative Writing from The University of North Texas and now has a Masters in Advertising from the University of Texas. (Big ups!) From her About page: “I craft blogs, movie reviews, news articles, ad copy, short stories, and scribbles of absolute nothings on slips of paper I leave scattered across my apartment. I enjoy Hemingway, Hitchcock, and a band called Beirut. I believe in the Oxford Comma. And the occasional sentence fragment.” High-five on the Oxford Comma. And the sentence fragment.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/sarahturner
U of Texas at Austin Week 2014 – David Bassine
David graduated last week as a copywriter from the University of Texas at Austin, how’s about that? Big congrats, and a big thanks for helping MC put together U of Texas Week on MC. Don’t miss his Vegas social app, Interfriention. MC can think of so many uses.
Portfolio: davidbassine.com
Ricardo Duran
Ricardo is a copywriter at LatinWorks in Santa Monica, just finishing up his first year there. He’s got a rad mix of produced, spec, conceptual, and just fun stuff on his site. He’s also a drummer, and there’s a link to some of his music as well. (Once again proving MC’s theory that drummers and comedians make great copywriters.) Well done, Mr. Duran.
Portfolio: ineedricardoduran.com
UPDATE: Roger Fish
Roger is a senior copywriter at McKinney in Durham, NC. Since his last post on MC (01.16.12), he’s moved from Arnold Boston to McKinney and added a bunch of new work to his site, including some killer stuff for ESPN. Time for an update!
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/rogerfish
Chase Doutre
Chase is a copywriter at STRUCK in Salt Lake City. From his About us page: “Every morning I wake up and tell myself I’m not going to be weird today, and every morning I fail because that’s a weird thing to do.” (Nice.) Don’t miss his Glasses.com vids. Beautiful.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/chaseisnotabank
Thank you, Jim Terry
As y’all know, MC doesn’t accept $$$ for posting writer sites on MC. However, every once in a while, a writer sends in a “thanks for posting my site” treat … which is totally above and beyond. This morning, MC received the above box of magically delicious chocolate chip (and what else is in there?! coconut?!) cookies from SoCal writer Jim Terry. Many thanks, Mr. Terry!!!
Maddie McDowell
Maddie is a copywriter at The Richards Group in Dallas, almost one year into it after graduating from University of South Carolina in 2013. She’s already got some big Dodge Ram spots in her portfolio, plus cool work for Black Kow Fertilizer, American Classic Tea, and Sailor Jerry Rum. Good times.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/maddiemcdowell
Nick Marchese
Nick is a copywriter at Saatchi & Saatchi NY. You know, there’s nothing better than ads that make you laugh, like Nick’s Smooth Musings for Keystone with Keith Stone (“Bon Jovi. Which of course in French means, good Jovi”). Except, maybe, for ads that make you feel better about the world. Like Nick’s Super Bowl spot for Cheerios, or his videos for Goodwill. Nicely done, sir.
Portfolio: nickmarchese.tv
UPDATE: Louis Wittig
Since his last post on MC (03.06.11), Louis moved to Euro where he worked on Dos Equis and The Most Interesting Man in the World, then to Grey New York where he works on everything from Pringles to Purolator. On the side, he’s also doing something awesome for the CW community. From Louis: “I do a Google Helpout where anyone (students mostly) who wants me to take a look at their portfolio can set a up a time, video chat with me, and I’ll tell them what I think. It’s completely free.” To check out Louis’s Helpout: Click here. Big ups, Louis!
Portfolio: louiswittig.com
UPDATE: Chris Hancock
Since his last post on MC (wayyy back on 12.01.09), Chris has moved from Butler to Draftfcb to McKinney, where he’s now an ACD/writer. He’s also added a ton of killer new work to his site, including Chipotle, Travelocity and Priceline. Wayyy past time for an update.
Portfolio: chrishancockwriter.com
UPDATE: Jim Terry
Since his last post on MC (03.26.12), Jim has moved from Portland to SoCal and added some new work to his site. Time for an update! It should also be noted that Jim is an Oregon grad, as is MC. So, while he’s now living the high life in Hermosa Beach or wherever, his head is firmly on the ground. Or his feet. No, his feet are in the sand. His head, then. On the ground. (Ahem.) Go Ducks!
Portfolio: themothership.cc
VCU Brandcenter Week 2014 – CW Grads
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the 2014 VCU Brandcenter graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):
Sam Bauer – sambauercw.com
Karen Bolipata – karenbolipata.com
Jimmy Burton – jimmyburton.com
Ally Farrish – allyfarrish.com
Peter Henningsen – peterhenningsen.com
Katie Johnston – katierjohnston.com
Blakeley Jones – blakeleyjones.com
Demian Kendall – demiankendall.com
Chase Kimball – clkimball.com
Nicole Lague – nicolelague.com
Liz Loudy – lizloudy.com
Samson Madella – samsonmadella.com
Steve Nass – stevenjnass.com
Trong Nguyen – tronghnguyen.com
Hunter Pinnell – hpinnell.com
Erin Ridgeway – erinridgeway.com
Garrick Sheldon – garricksheldon.com
Gabe Sherman – meetgabesherman.com
Colleen Trachy – colleentrachy.com