Ryan is a copywriter at McCann NYC. Since her last post on MC (May 4th, 2010), she’s added all kinds of killer new work including the above stop animation for Sony Xperia, directed by Wes Anderson. Yes, it’s awesome. And yes, MC is more than a little jealous. Tip ‘o the hat, Ryan.
Portfolio: girlryan.com
Chris will be graduating from Art Center College of Design this Saturday, December 15th. (His site was submitted by fellow student Brenton Covington—thanks, Brenton.) First, a huge congrats to Chris from MC on graduating. Love it. Second, it’s not often that Art Center College of Design graduates a copywriter, which makes his site even more interesting to check out. Again, love it.
Portfolio: chrisgilbertcreative.com
Matei is a 23-year-old Romanian digital writer (recent graduate of Miami Ad School Hamburg) currently in NYC. His site is organized by year, so it’s easy to nav through his student work, and then what he did during internships at Saatchi Moscow and BBDO NYC. It’s interesting—to see what’s in a graduating digital writer’s portfolio at the end of 2012. While most of it is digital or based on digital concepts, a lot of the work is non-digital. Makes you wonder, where’s the line? Will there be such a thing as a digital writer in Dec 2013 or 2014? Or will we all just be writers again? Hmm.
Portfolio: mateiology.com
Jorge is a copywriter/CD at Y&R in Lima, Perú. (His site was submitted by André Toledo from Y&R Perú. Big ups, André.) MC had trouble deciding which to feature: the above campaign for League Against Cancer or Jorge’s campaign for Banco Financiero. In the end, underwear wins. Ha! Sorry.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/coquisoto
Andrew is a copywriter at Draftfcb in Orange County. Bunch of cool stuff for Red Bull on his site from his time at Kastner. Be sure to check out Red Bull Creation V.2.0.12, which made MC laugh and want to throw up at the same time. So fun.
Portfolio: krop.com/ciaccio
Sarah is a copywriter at Sanders/Wingo in Austin. (Her site was submitted by Nikki Lott at Integer. High-five, Nikki.) One of the things MC enjoys most, going through a CW’s portfolio, is seeing their personality come through the work. Spend 30 seconds on Sarah’s site, and you see it. Bad-ass. Also, be sure to check out her rad blog Badder Homes & Gardens, with Nikki and Krista Hogg. Awesome.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/sarahweigl
Ian is a copywriter in San Francisco and a recent graduate of Miami Ad School. MC loves student books. Ah, the freedom. Check out Ian’s Winter Orgasm Rescue campaign for Durex, based on the premise that women don’t have orgasms when their feet are cold. MC had no idea.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/iangng
Daniel is a copywriter in San Francisco, formerly at Y&R Prague and TracyLocke NYC. So fun to see what a portfolio looks like after spending a couple of years in Prague. Because it’s so fun to imagine, hey, what if I did that? What if I packed it up and moved to Prague? How awesome would that be?
Portfolio: djosephportfolio.carbonmade.com
Kapil is a freelance writer/CD in Boston. Before going full-time global freelance superstar, he spent five years at Modernista!, but really MC can’t list everywhere he’s worked because it’s pretty much everywhere awesome. As copywriters, what we do is commerce and art. Some a little more commerce. Some a little more art. When you land on Kapil’s site, you immediately know. It’s art.
Portfolio: kapilkachru.com
Allison is a freelance copywriter at EVB in San Francisco, after (almost) graduating from Miami Ad School. Love the tag for her Crest White Strips campaign: “The hugest little difference.” Winner.
Portfolio: allisonlackey.com
Erik is a copywriter/CD at Goodby in San Francisco. He shares a portfolio site with partner/AD Anthony Decarolis, and their work is just ridiculous awesome. MC had a tough time selecting which piece to feature, but you can’t go wrong with Cheetos Flamin’ Hot fingers dialing 911. Brilliant.
Portfolio: antanderik.com
Mike is a copywriter/CD in Dallas. He spent a serious chunk of time at The Richards Group (12 years), and his Behance portfolio is full of all kinds of Home Depot work—including the above billboard that hung at Texas Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, owned by Jerry Jones. MC is neutral in all matters, and respects all 50 states, including Texas which is home to more than one great city and many, many awesome, creative people. But there’s no denying it. There’s only one Texas.
Portfolio: http://be.net/mikefishercreative
Mike is a VP/ACD/Copywriter at Leo Burnett Chicago. He’s got a redesigned site for a portfolio so good it’s scary. (Sorry. Halloween. It’s allowed.) The writing is flat-out amazing. MC recommends clicking through Categories: Print. Or, just go for it and click Categories: All Work. So much awesomeness.
Portfolio: mikeward-creative.com
Ladies and gentlemen, MC presents the portfolio sites of nine Chicago Portfolio School October 2012 copywriter grads (in alphabetical order):
Alex Gavin – alextgavin.com
Bettina Kozlowski – cargocollective.com/bettinakozlowski
Courtney McCormack – courtneymccormack.com
David Drake – cargocollective.com/daviDDrakePortfolio
Eddie Rybarski – eddierybarski.squarespace.com
Jared Perkins – jaredperkins.com
Larry Scott – larry-scott.com
Molly Lartz – cargocollective.com/TheMolltron
Paul Thelen – paulthelen.org
Alex is a new copywriter and currently interning at AKQA in San Francisco. (Fun.) Which is a perfect fit, as all six of the campaigns on his site are heavy digital/social. MC also noticed that almost all have a good-for-the-world POV, which is good to see.
Portfolio: alextgavin.com
MC’s said it before and we’ll say it again. Surfers, drummers and comedians make the best copywriters. David is a new copywriter fresh out of CPS and a stand-up comedian, and we’re talking real-deal. As in, named the “Best of the Midwest” by the Iowa Comedy Festival. What agency doesn’t need more funny?
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/daviDDrakePortfolio
Molly is a new copywriter from CPS, freelance hairstylist, and she does some work for Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. That’s like the three best jobs, all in one person. MC really, really wants to see that play.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/TheMolltron
Lane is a copywriter/ACD at Critical Mass in NYC, formerly at mcgarrybowen, Digitas, Hill Holiday, and FCB. Like many writers, he’s done some interesting stuff on the side, too. Like being Editor of Capital, a lifestyle magazine for the financial services industry. You can click through an issue in the Editorial section of Lane’s site. Very cool.
Portfolio: lanemitchell.com
Vlad is an art director/CD at CP+B in Miami. His portfolio was one of MC’s rare Honorary posts for art directors (Feb 2011), because it’s just off the charts awesome with big ideas. Got a nice email from Vlad saying that that post helped him get his current gig, which MC loves to hear. Anyway, year and a half later, it’s time for an update. New site. New work. Still off the charts.
Portfolio: vladislav-ivangorodsky.com
Théo Wallace is a copywriter in Los Angeles. His portfolio is an old school Blogspot called Fern Bar, named after 1970s bars frequented by hip ad peeps at the time (including Théo’s father who was at BBDO) that were filled with actual ferns. What’s better than ad land history? MC loves it.
Portfolio: fernbar.blogspot.com
Lasse and Suchi are recent grads of Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design in London and are currently working in NYC. They think of themselves as writer/art directors, and so (for the first time evah) MC is listing both members of a team as such. Because why not?
Portfolio: lasseandsuchi.com
Keenon Daniels is a copywriter in Cape Town, South Africa (interested in finding a gig in NYC, by the way). Lots of great stuff all over his site, including a couple of categories that are pretty tough: package design and direct mail. Don’t miss his campaign for Musica’s rock star-themed products. Awesome.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/keenondaniels
Chase is a copywriter/comedian in NYC. He’s got some fun new work for Planter’s, plus good times for Fanta, Time Warner Cable, Burger King, and others. Also, be sure to click on his link “My Comedy (and other projects)” and then scroll down to video #2, “This is the only kind of house party that I like …”
Portfolio: chasedomergue.com
Ben is a recent grad from Creative Circus, looking for his first CW gig. Tell you one thing, MC was so excited to click through Ben’s campaign for Heinz Manup and discover that there is a product out there that actually combines ketchup and mayo, one of the best condiment combos on Earth. That is, until MC Googled it, and realized it was just a stroke of ad school genius. Dang! Was already thinking about hitting Costco for the 112 oz tub. Ah, well. Tip ‘o the Hat, Mr. Santoriello.
Portfolio: bensantoriello.com
Matt is a copywriter/Creative Executive at CAA in Los Angeles. He’s been busy since his last MC post about a year ago, including a stint on the writing team of Eastbound & Down Season 3, stemming from the ad work he did for the show. (Awesome.) Don’t miss his Fake Craigslist Ads, especially the last one, “I don’t like the baby we adopted (Beverly Hills)” and his subsequent visit from non-fake police detectives. Hilarious.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/mattheath
Joel is a copywriter/ACD at Eleven in San Francisco, previously at Pereira O’Dell, CP+B, and AKQA. He was last up on MC in Jan 2010, and since then has added all kinds of new work. Killer book then. Even killerer now. Definitely time for an update.
Portfolio: joelakaplan.com
Greg is a copywriter/CD at Ogilvy NY. He’s got a brand new site and a bunch of new work to go with it, including an interactive touch wall for IBM at the US Open, and three new spots for IBM. But honestly, there’s so much killer work in Greg’s portfolio, any excuse to post it again is a good excuse.
Portfolio: greggerstner.com
Rick Morrison, graduating Circus CW, checks in with a new site featuring his entire graduating class—the biggest in Circus history. (Congrats!) From Rick: “We wanted to pay homage to our class–the biggest in school history–as well as show off everyone’s individuality. So we created Creative Circus High School 2012, a fun, semi-ridiculous website for posterity and to introduce our class to all of you in the real world. Click the heads to hear our catch phrases and click names below for personal sites.”
Site: cchs2012.com/copywriters
Leah is a copywriter in Minneapolis. Check out her “shaving for good” campaign for The Bridging Barber. When did grooming for charity officially become a thing? Movember started in 2004, was it then? Don’t know, but MC respects macho, pruning and positivity, so it’s all love.
Portfolio: leahraymetz.com
Brad is a copywriter/ACD in San Francisco. People often ask MC, what makes a good CW portfolio? Pretty simple. When you’re clicking through it, do you feel jealous? Of the work? Do you wish it was yours? That’s a good start. Brad’s site includes a campaign that made MC so jealous back in the day. That 7-Eleven experiential campaign, where they turned 12 stores into Kwik-E-Marts from the Simpsons to hype the release of the Simpsons Movie. Just fantastic.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/bradleymeyers