Christian is a copywriter at Publicis Mojo in Brisbane, Australia (MC’s first from Brisbane), but most of the work on his site is for Vietnamese clients. Which MC finds fascinating. Any other Australian CWs interested in submitting? MC would love to see more.
Portfolio: conceptsahoy.com
Jarl is a copywriter/director in San Francisco. His site changes every time you visit. Sometimes projects are represented by heads. Sometimes garbage. Sometimes … well, you’ll see. (Fun.) Once you get into the site, there’s a huge range of work to check out, advertising and film. Dig it.
Portfolio: jarlolsen.com
Steve is a copywriter at Biggs/Gilmore in Kalamazoo, MI. (Kalamazoo!) His Crunchy Nut UNofficial Cereal of Celebration campaign celebrates fake holidays throughout the year, like Alien Abduction Day and Read in the Bathtub Day. Basically, whatever holiday Steve invents. How fun is that?
Portfolio: stevemolnar.com
Josh is a recent Creative Circus grad now writing at Fitzgerald + Co in Atlanta. (MC loves seeing what student books land which writers where.) Don’t leave without checking out his Photography link. Holy smokes, some great stuff in there.
Portfolio: joshsheltoncopywriter.com
Paxton is a copywriter at Reagan Marketing + Design in Grand Rapids, MI. His bathroom poster for Planned Parenthood made MC snort out loud. Funny stuff for FactoryOTC.com, too. Good times.
Portfolio: paxtonwiers.com
Prashant is a freelance sr copywriter in Chicago. You know, when MC used to think of Supercuts, MC thought $8. Or, now it’s probably like $20. (Who is MC kidding? It’s exactly $20 at the Supercuts in Corte Madera, CA.) So, it’s refreshing to see a Supercuts campaign featuring up-and-coming rock stars/DJs that doesn’t mention price. Probably pretty awesome for Supercutters out there, too. Nice.
Portfolio: prashantnashi.com
Last month, MC posted Circus Adoptions—a site created by Creative Circus grads to help them find jobs. Since then, Circus grad PJ Que reached out to MC about getting the rest of the Fall 2013 CW grads posted. To which MC responds, “Absolutely.” And so, ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the sites of 10 Fall 2013 Creative Circus graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):
David Cappolino – davidcappolino.com
Allan Eakin – allaneakin.com
Will Isom – willisom.com
Spike McClinton – spikemcclinton.com
Aidan McKiernan – aidanmckiernan.com
Emily Miller – emilymillercopywriter.com
Dang Phan – dangphan.com
Stefanie Powers – stefaniewithanf.com
Patrick Que – itbeginswithaQ.com
David Stich – copywriterdave.com
Alex is a freelance copywriter in NYC. He’s also a magician who recorded himself doing a trick a day for one full year. (Click ‘The Sleight Ascent’ for more about that.) Warning: lots of work on his site for Big Mac. Lots of photos of Big Macs. If you’re hungry, and it’s getting close to lunchtime, and you love McDonald’s fries as much as MC, might want to hold off going through Alex’s site until later.
Portfolio: alexschaeffer.com
Jordan is a copywriter/ACD at Slingshot in Dallas. Since his last post on MC (08.05.2010), he’s got a new Cargo site and all kinds of new work up on it. Including a campaign for Warheads, featuring “The Teeth.” MC imagines what it was like being the set designer, getting that call. “So, like, there’s like this giant mouth, and like, two of the teeth are people, Sour Tooth and Sweet Tooth …”
Portfolio: jordandontos.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
Devin McGillivary, Verenice Lopez, Kate Carter, Jarrett Jamison, and Xiao-Wen Mak, new Creative Circus grads (today, congrats!), have put together Circus Adoptions—a site dedicated to landing them jobs. Below is a link to the copy section of that site, featuring 17 graduating CW portfolios.
Circus CW Grads: circusadoptions.com/copy
Since Jason’s last post on MC (10/07/11), he’s gone from mcgarrybowen to Razorfish to his current gig, copywriter/ACD at Ogilvy in Atlanta. (Nice.) His site is still Cargo, MC’s fave for CWs, but he’s got all kinds of new work up. Like Change Your Hairitage for Aussie, above.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/jasoncorbin
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
Teddy is a copywriter at 72andSunny in Los Angeles. Teddy didn’t go to ad school, 72 is his first CW gig, and he’s been there three years. What’s that portfolio look like? Awesome. All kinds of killer work for ESPN, K-Swiss and Carl’s Jr on his site. Love it.
Portfolio: teddymiller.com
Maria is a new copywriter at Leo Burnett in Chicago, after graduating from SMU last year where she was part of their Creative Method program. (Big ups!) Her book is currently all student/intern work, which MC loves to see. It takes more than a killer book to land a job at a shop like Leo Burnett Chicago, but it all starts with the portfolio.
Portfolio: mariasnell.com
Lori is a copywriter at MRM // McCann in Salt Lake City, previously a writer in San Francisco, and before that an Officer in the U.S. Army (including combat in Iraq). Just a crazy mix of clients on her site, including Mobil 1, LeviStrauss, Gussies Chicken and Waffles, and, um, Jimmy Jane.
Portfolio: lorilouie.com
Sarah graduated from Creative Circus in 2011 and has been a copywriter at Leo Burnett in Chicago ever since. Her book is a mix of real world and student, which MC always finds super interesting. Don’t miss her retro ad for Mayhem that appeared in the Mad Men issue of Newsweek. Dream assignment, geez.
Portfolio: sarahgatling.com
Drago is a senior copywriter at Publicis Groupe in Slovenia. (MC’s first portfolio from Slovenia. Yes!) Ever wondered what a awesome book from Slovenia looks like? Wonder no longer. Love it.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/dragomlakar
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
Evan is a copywriter at Arnold Boston, been there since 2010. Little tangent here. After clicking through Evan’s site (good stuff!), MC kept going back to his Volvo Summer project. Is it completely cliché that MC now wants a 1966 Volvo P1800? Is it too “thirtysomething” Micheal Steadman? Probably. But that’s a NICE car.
Portfolio: evanjdunn.com
Andrew is a freelance copywriter/CD based in Los Angeles, available globally (previous MC post 3.19.12). He’s all about cars. His entire portfolio is cars — and when you scroll through it, you quickly realize he’s worked on just about every car brand out there. He recently traded in his old site for a new 2013 model (tumblr), so time for an MC update.
Portfolio: andrewbaker77.tumblr.com
Aaron is a senior copywriter at Pulsar in D.C. He’s got a crazy mix of clients and projects on his site, including Dentyne Fire, the ACLU, the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Arlington Co. Commuter Services, and 3 Bar & Grill. Good times.
Portfolio: aaronspratt.com
Julie is a senior copywriter at 360i NYC. She’s been a writer/CD in NYC since 2004, when she got her start at Mad Dogs & Englishmen. MC is always interested to see what CW’s include on their About Us pages. For example, personal recommendations. At the bottom of Julie’s About Us, she’s got two fantastic notes from Kash Sree and Noah Kerner. How do you beat that?
Portfolio: julierutigliano.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
Kiyomi is lead copywriter in-house at Lafayette 148 in NYC, previously in-house at Kiehl’s. She graduated with a B.A. in Creative Writing, and has worked her way into a copywriting career without the portfolio school stop. It’s possible!
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/kiyomidong
Brooke is a digital copywriter from Chicago who just moved to Philadelphia (available for full-time/freelance). She’s a graduate of the Second City writing program and you can tell—hilarious writing all over her site. Don’t miss her zombie work for Sears.com. So gross. So fun.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/brookerandel
Jen is a copywriter at RPA in Los Angeles, soon relocating to NYC. She’s got a bunch of cool work for Honda on her site. But if you’ve spent any time listening to NPR (what writer hasn’t?), don’t miss her Faces of NPR project. Ira Glass looks just like Ira Glass!
Portfolio: jenwinstondotcom.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