Miami Ad School Week 2011 – CW Grads

Ladies and gentlemen, MC proudly presents the portfolio sites of summer quarter 2011 Miami Ad School copywriter grads (in alphabetical order):

Brian Alexander – brianalexander.me/portfolio

Max Arlestig – max-and-max.com

Will Binder – cargocollective.com/willbinder

Jason Lazar – cargocollective.com/jasonlazar

Nate Stroot – krop.com/nathanstroot

Erik Stinson – erikstinson.com

Chethna Suryakumar – chethna.com

(Photo by Andres Mencia)

Shawn Couzens

Shawn is a copywriter/CD at Grey in NYC. His site features an animated Shawn pulling portfolio categories out of his head, snoozing and falling out of his chair. Even though MC is a big fan of Cargo, it’s refreshing to see a site made for the writer whose name’s on the door. (Or URL.) Dig it.

Portfolio: shawncouzens.com

Creative Circus Week 2011 – CW Grads

Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the 2011 Creative Circus graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):

Sarah Chase – ChaseSarahChase.com

Johnny Dantonio – johnnydantonio.com

Mike Gallucci – cargocollective.com/mikegallucci

Mike Haftel – mikehaftel.com

Dan Ahern – cargocollective.com/danahern

Matt Kapler – cargocollective.com/mkcw

Melissa Langston-Wood – melissalangstonwood.com

Neil Ramanan – topramanan.com

Blake Solomon – blakesolomon.com

Kevin Steele – cargocollective.com/kevinsteele

Matt Vitou – cargocollective.com/mattvitou

Eric Webster – eggwebster.com

Whitney Yando – whitneyyando.com

Creative Circus Week 2011 – Mike Gallucci

Going through the Circus CW grad books, you notice a couple of things. One, they were a tight group. Lots of references to each other in bios and photos of each other in their work. Lots of collaboration. Two, it seems like half of them were in rock bands or pseudo rock bands. Mike Gallucci was 1/2 of Soft Serve, one-hit wonder band (with fellow Circus CW grad Matt Vitou). Make sure you check that out. Also, don’t miss his crazy video for Hamilton Beach Blenders, and his Yelp reviews for himself.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/mikegallucci

Daniel Lobatón Morey

Daniel is a Peruvian copywriter at Y&R Paris. For those of us who came up in the industry when the TV commercial was God, the past 10 years have been painful. Graphic design and Flash banners. Blah. But now, finally, we’re coming full circle. Video has caught up to the Internet, and visa versa, and we’re shooting again. So, when you see a portfolio like Daniel’s with a Short Films section, you don’t think of it as extra – you think great! The kid knows how to make a video. Now go tell Craft Services that we want those little smoothies with the vitamin C booster. Pronto.

Portfolio: daniellobaton.com

Louis Wittig

Louis is a junior copywriter at iNDELIBLE in NYC. His portfolio features a campaign for the American Heart Association that uses the nastiness of pizza grease to deliver its message in an ingenious way (above). His portfolio also features an app for Little Caesars pizza. And there, my friends, is the copywriter conundrum. We saveth from heart attack. We selleth the heart attack.

Portfolio: louiswittig.com

Gino Click

Gino is a copywriter in San Francisco, previously a Social Media Copywriter at Mekanism. If you’re like MC, you found that title interesting. Social Media Copywriter is awesome on your rez, for sure. And there are killer examples of it on Gino’s site. But does that mean no writing traditional or digital while in that position? Does it mean no social media for the rest of us? Hmm.

Portfolio: ginoclick.com

Matt Bowne

Matt is a senior copywriter at Barkley in Kansas City. Bunch of fun work on his site, including Sonic Drive-in, Blue Bunny Ice Cream, Krispy Kreme, Mr. Coffee and plenty more. The caption above his Sonic TV spots simply says, “These commercials increased sales by 1000%. I’m sure of it.” How many times have I wanted to write that? Also, be sure to click on Bio for one of the most awesome family photos ever.

Portfolio: mattbowneexperiment.com