Phil Eichenauer

Posted on 07/24/2013 by siciliano

Phil is a copywriter/creative director in Los Angeles. He’s done a ton of work for the film industry (awesome) — posters, trailers, sites, etc. He displays most of his work on tilt viewer, which has its pros and cons. Pros, you can click through it quickly. Cons, it’s hard for MC to snap a straight-up screen shot of a piece of work without a cursor smack in the middle of it. (Arrrg, tilt viewer!) Still, very cool to see a CW having fun with the movies in LaLa. Good times.

Portfolio: boldstandard.com

Carolyn Bergen

Posted on 07/22/2013 by siciliano

Carolyn is a writer/group creative director at mcgarrybowen Chicago. Ton of work on her site for big name bevs like Crystal Light and Maxwell House. Beach Body (above) for Crystal Light is hilarious. The CL drinker’s delivery of “I can help you with that” and “I’m gonna get wet” are so perfect. Nice.

Portfolio: carolynbergen.com

Shloimy Notik

Posted on 07/17/2013 by siciliano

Shloimy is a copywriter at kbs+ in NYC. He shares a site with creative partner/art director Chad O’Connell. At the time of this post, they’ve got six projects up on their site — but all six are great and that’s what counts. Like their spot for AdCouncil/AdoptUSKids. Is that real mayo??? Ugh.

Portfolio: chadandshloimy.com

UPDATE: Chris Elzinga

Posted on 07/15/2013 by siciliano

Chris is a freelance copywriter in San Francisco (and a fellow Oregon Duck — go Ducks!). Since his last post on MC (Nov 21, 2009), he’s got a new site with a ton of new work from killer shops like Pereira & O’Dell, Hub Strategy, AKQA, Eleven … and on and on. Dig it.

Portfolio: chriselzinga.com

Chicago Portfolio School | Summer 2013

Posted on 07/08/2013 by siciliano

Ladies and gentlemen, MC proudly presents the portfolio sites of nine Chicago Portfolio School copywriter grads (in alphabetical order):

Alf Zapata – alfzap.com

Alicia Cressey – aliciacressey.com

Brett Williams – gbrettwilliams.com

John O’Toole – cargocollective.com/TheJohnOTooleExperience

Kerry Keady – kerrykeady.com

Kylie Hudgens – kylie-hudgens-02ye.squarespace.com

Megha Kumar – megkumar.com

Pete Kulak – petekulak.com

Rick Hickey – rickhickey.com

Anthony Falvo

Posted on 07/03/2013 by siciliano

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

Creative Circus | Summer 2013

Posted on 07/01/2013 by siciliano

Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of seven Summer 2013 Creative Circus graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):

Keith Atzman – keithatzman.com

Caroline Cappelli – carolinecappelli.com

Scott Chalkley – scottchalkley.com

John Huddleston – justanotherjohn.com

Jameson Rossi – jamesonrossi.com

Lauren Wood – laurenwoodwrites.com

Gretchen Zachan – gretchenzachan.com

Dan Acasuso

Posted on 06/27/2013 by siciliano

Dan is a freelance copywriter in NYC. Over the past two+ years, he’s spent time at shops like Ogilvy, 360i, Digitas, and Iris, has worked on a wide range of brands—including lots of cool social projects.

Portfolio: krop.com/danacasuso

UPDATE: André Toledo

Posted on 06/22/2013 by Siciliano

André is a copywriter at Y&R Perú. Since his first post on MC in August 2011, he’s got a shiny new Cargo site and a whole bunch of new work on it. Definitely time for an update.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/andretoledo

Jeffrey Hodgson

Posted on 06/17/2013 by Siciliano

Jeffrey is a copywriter at The Richards Group in Dallas. He’s got a nice variety of clients and media on his site, including tons of work for Dodge Ram and GameStop. When you’ve got print, video and digital to show, does anything work better/simpler/faster than Cargo + Vimeo? If so, MC hasn’t seen it.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/jeffreyhodgson

Jenny Badman

Posted on 06/12/2013 by Siciliano

Jenny is a freelance writer in South Carolina. So … when you click through a portfolio site, it’s all about the work, right? Then, if you like the work, you call and see if you like the writer. Sometimes though, you click through a portfolio site and read what the writer’s written, about their work, about their creative partners and clients, about collaboration, and you already know: this is a nice person. I could work with this person. That’s the vibe MC gets from Jenny’s site. She obviously loves what she does (web sites to wine labels) and who she does it with. That’s awesome.

Portfolio: jennybadman.com/portfolio

Bevan Mahaney

Posted on 06/10/2013 by Siciliano

Bevan is a copywriter at Woods Witt Dealy & Sons in NYC. Her site is Cargo, in a template of scrolling columns that looks pretty rad on MC’s MacBook. In addition to writing, Bevan has performed at Upright Citizens Brigade and freelanced for Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live—proving once again that comedians make fantastic copywriters. Don’t miss the SNL Weekend Update jokes on her site. Here’s one to whet your appetite: It was reported this week that John Mellencamp and Meg Ryan have been “quietly dating” for about seven weeks. They also added that the two have been “quietly dying” for at least seven years.

Portfolio: bevanmahaney.com

Charlie Noback

Posted on 06/05/2013 by Siciliano

Charlie is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. As a full-time freelancer, he’s added a couple of little extras to his site that are pretty key. Check out this Testimonials link. He’s got 10+ quotes, not too long, super easy to nav, that say a lot about him. His contact info (phone and email) are right up top, in a universal header. And his About Us page is no-nonsense, just the facts. A very clean, well-organized, hard-working site. Nice.

Portfolio: charlienoback.com

Kashyap Joshi

Posted on 05/29/2013 by Siciliano

Kashyap is a copywriter/ACD at DDB Mudragroup in Bombay, India. MC’s first from Bombay. Seeing as how India is the world’s second most populous country, MC is hoping to quadruple its Twitter following after this post. Namasté!

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/kashyap

Grant Spanier

Posted on 05/27/2013 by Siciliano

Grant is a copywriter in St. Paul, MN. He graduated in May and is currently leading up his own small creative studio called LESS Co. (http://theless.co). Love the ambition, right out of the gate.

Portfolio: grantdoeswork.com

Erin Smith

Posted on 05/22/2013 by Siciliano

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

Peter Hughes

Posted on 05/20/2013 by Siciliano

Peter is a copywriter at Arnold Boston. (Graduated from BU in 2010.) Awesome to see what he’s been able to produce at Arnold in only two years—for clients like Jack Daniel’s, Progressive, and American Eagle (love the spray-on jeans campaign). Big ups!

Portfolio: petermhughes.com

Susie Steinberg

Posted on 05/15/2013 by Siciliano

Susie is a copywriter/CD in Chicago. She spent 17 years at DDB, during which she took a four year detour from copywriting and was their Director of Creative Recruiting (2007-2011). Now she’s back (freelance) and ready to write.

Portfolio: susiesteinberg.com

Justin Miller

Posted on 05/13/2013 by Siciliano

Justin is a copywriter at GSD&M in Austin (two years), after graduating from Miami Ad School in 2010. So cool to see what he’s done at GSD&M (awesome shop) during that time—including Meet The Aces, a campaign that puts Ace Hardware right next door.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/justinmiller

Chicago Portfolio School Week – CW Grads

Posted on 05/09/2013 by Siciliano

Ladies and gentlemen, MC proudly presents the portfolio sites of 17 Chicago Portfolio School 2013 copywriter grads (in alphabetical order):

Amy Bauer – amybauer.com

Brittany Hughes – britthughes.com

Chelsea Berger – chelseaberger.com

Garrett Vernon – garrettvernon.com

Hassan S. Ali – cargocollective.com/hassansali

Jackie Suerth – jackiesuerth.com

Jennifer Smith – jenmadeabook.com

John Olson – sonofol.com

Julia Weeman – juliaweeman.com

Kat Ponting – katponting.com

Kelsey Alfredson – cargocollective.com/KelseyAlfredson

Lauren Fodero – laurenfodero.com

Leighanne Steckbeck – leighanimal.com

Matt Bush – stoutredbeard.com

Michelle Grano – michellegrano.com

Pat Whalen – patwhalen.com

Tom Katers – tomkaters.com

Chicago Portfolio School Week – Leighanne Steckbeck

Posted on 05/08/2013 by Siciliano

From Leighanne’s What’s A Leighanimal? page, under the heading What I Learned At Portfolio School: “Big ideas are king. Which means puns are either peasants or serfs. How to explain to outsiders that copywriting has nothing to do with being a lawyer. The stranger your idea the better; your partner is always there to reel you back in. Or to tell you to stop talking. I can’t help but play devil’s advocate while brainstorming, which is a blessing but often feels like a curse. Celebrity endorsed ads are mostly crap (with the exception of Nicolas Cage).” Amen.

Portfolio: leighanimal.com

Chicago Portfolio School Week – John Olson

Posted on 05/07/2013 by Siciliano

Sometimes you see a big-ass banner in some kid’s portfolio and you’re just like, “Yes. I want to see you knock that sucker down, cable channel for men in their 20s. Hells yeah.” And there’s no reason to be embarrassed about that. Because who wouldn’t?

Portfolio: sonofol.com

Chicago Portfolio School Week – Amy Bauer

Posted on 05/06/2013 by Siciliano

CPS Week 2013 kicks off with Ms. Amy Bauer. MC digs: destroyed Barbie® for roller derby, Parker Pens “Your hair shines like those halogen lights that some cars have” (funny), French’s mustard foul pole line, and Roomba Zamboni. Good times.

Portfolio: amybauer.com

Tom Goodrich

Posted on 05/02/2013 by Siciliano

Tom is a copywriter/ACD at Factory Labs in Denver. All kinds of inspiring work for athletics brands on his site: The North Face, Oakley, Callaway, Killington Mountain Resort (“The Beast” above), and Gatorade. Almost enough to make MC want to go for a run. Almost.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/tomgoodrich

Trey Ho

Posted on 04/30/2013 by Siciliano

Trey is a senior copywriter at Fuse in Los Angeles. The first four projects on his site are for Kawasaki, and they include TV, print, interactive, and a manifesto vid. What’s more fun, as a copywriter, than writing a company’s manifesto vid? Especially when the company makes motorcycles? So fun.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/hova

VCU Brandcenter Week 2013 – CW Grads

Posted on 04/25/2013 by Siciliano

Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the 2013 VCU Brandcenter graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):

Adam Tetreault: adamdtetreault.com

Andrew Kong: andrewckong.com

Atain Ibia: atain.me

Chris Martin: notthatchrismartin.com

Christina Semak: christinasemak.com

Daniel Chen: thedanielchen.com

Don Principe: thedonprincipe.com

Evelynne Scholnick: evelynnes.com

Faye Ibars: fayeibars.com

Gary Baker: andthenithought.com

Ian Downey: upsidedowney.com

Kai Neddersen: kaineddersen.com

Katlyn Williams: katlynwilliams.com

Maddison Bradley: maddisonbradley.com

Mary Gross: maryfgross.com

Matt Meszaros: mattmeszaros.com

Matt Skibiak: mattskibiak.com

Megan Winterhalter: meganwinterhalter.com

Michelle Lamont: michellelamont.com

Taylor Schumaker: taylorschumaker.com

Zac Milner: zacmilner.com

VCU Brandcenter Week 2013 – Andrew Kong

Posted on 04/24/2013 by Siciliano

So hard to pick which VCU CW grad portfolios to feature during VCU Brandcenter Week! They’ve all got something special about them. Don’t miss Andrew’s Botot radio (the world’s first toothpaste, created for King Louis XV, who knew?), and Shun Cutlery campaign (Honor Haiku, funny). Nice to see some creativity in brand/client selection. Good times.

Portfolio: andrewckong.com

VCU Brandcenter Week 2013 – Daniel Chen

Posted on 04/23/2013 by Siciliano

VCU Brandcenter Week Tuesday: Mr. Daniel Chen. Lots of fun writing all over his site, including a type solution campaign for Wonderbra (not kidding) and Sad Children’s Projects, which really is one of the saddest things MC has ever seen in a portfolio. Macaroni WE CAN’T AFFORD THIS and homemade 3RD FAVORITE SON medal. Yes.

Portfolio: thedanielchen.com

VCU Brandcenter Week 2013 – Kai Neddersen

Posted on 04/22/2013 by Siciliano

VCU Brandcenter Week! Love it. And Kai is a perfect start to the week. He was an intern copywriter at inHouse, Target’s fabulous internal creative department, back in 2010, when MC was a Creative Manager there. Kai could have probably gone right from that internship into a job, but instead decided that he wanted to learn more. He didn’t just want a good first job, he wanted a great first job, and he recognized that what he needed to get it was, well, VCU. Now, couple of years later, here he is, graduating from VCU, and that’s crazy awesome. Congrats, Kai!

Portfolio: kaineddersen.com

Dave Smith

Posted on 04/17/2013 by Siciliano

Dave is a freelance copywriter/CD in Nashville (Nashville Addy’s “2012 Copywriter of the Year”), previously at BBDO and Hill Holiday. Lots of beautiful writing all over his site for clients like LandTrust of Tennessee, United Methodist Church, and Boys & Girls Club of Boston.

Portfolio: davewordsmith.com

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