Tom is a copywriter at McKinney in Raleigh-Durham, Fallon before that. Sometimes you go through a site and it’s just like, this person has fun being a copywriter. This person had fun making all of this stuff. Check out the first Holiday Inn spot: Unicycle. I just watched it five times in a row. “What is he a clown or something?” “I hope so.” “Good for him.”
Portfolio: tomsebanc.com
Ellen is a copywriter at Deep Focus NYC, previously at AKQA. Being the Janet Champ fan I am, I’m always interested in the evolution of Nike Women. Ellen has a Nike Women Asia campaign in her book that’s pretty huge. Lots of other cool stuff for Nike, Xbox and Visa, too.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/ellenmkaras
Cindy is a copywriter/ACD at TBWARAAD in Dubai, Publicis in Seattle before that. Dubai! So interesting. Such a crazy opportunity. Would you?
Portfolio: cindyhammel.com
Sally was a copywriter/CD at W+K, Fallon, Martin, her own shop, and then she opened a CP+B office. Since then, she’s done more with her career than 10 average copywriters combined, including writing the popular book Radical Careering (above). What else can I say? She’s Sally Hogshead. Her career is what’s possible.
Site: sallyhogshead.com
Sam is a copywriter/CD at JWT in NYC. His site just rocks. Couple of don’t misses: first two spots of Fatty Golf Open (hilarious!) and, in Info, scroll down and check out the Client History Map. Never seen that.
Portfolio: sammazur.com
Aleix is a senior copywriter in Barcelona who’s done time at Publicis, BBDO and Atletico. Don’t misses: SEAT Toledo TVC (second spot, so simple, why haven’t I thought of that?) and WWF Print.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/aleixbou
Rebecca is a copywriter/ACD at AKQA NYC. Her site is super quirky fun. (Totally stole my theme song, BTW.) A little taste from her self-description: “West Virginia native but I still have most of my teeth. I’m allergic to cats, in need of a tan, and teach Easy Bake Oven cooking classes in my free time. (Very tiny meatloaves).” Want one! Don’t leave without checking out her Weird Fun page. It’s weird. And fun.
Portfolio: freewebs.com/rebeccarenner
Luke is a copywriter at Razorfish in NYC, AKQA before that. His portfolio is a blast to poke around and explore. On top of page two is a site for Benjamin Moore that’s described like this: “What is the color of Rock n’ Roll? What is the color of passion? Of power? Of sound? Discover how others view color and express your own.”
Portfolio: lukecarmody.com
Stephen is a copywriter/ACD at Gotham in NYC, Lowe and Ammirati before that. Go to the TELEVISION section and click on the Stella Artois spot “Femme Fatale.” I don’t know how they got the daughter to cry “Mommy!” like that. (Not sure I want to know.) But it’s sooo perfect.
Portfolio: stephenlundberg.com
Miller is a copywriter/ACD at Energy BBDO in Chicago. Don’t misses: T-Mobile TV 3rd spot in (“And you can call that lady at my soccer games you always stare at”), Coinstar TV, T-Mobile Print 2nd ad in (on the spine, very cool), and in Other Stuff, “A running list of how white people complain.”
Portfolio: mynameismiller.com
Evan is Chief Creative Officer of Victors & Spoils, before that copywriter/CD/VP at CP+B. Probably don’t need to write more than that, do I? Absolutely, positively stellar.
Portfolio: evanfry.com
Mike is a copywriter at David & Goliath, before that Deutsch and GS&P. This is one tight site. Four very different, very awesome integrated campaigns, one short Other page, plus Mike’s résumé. Ka-pow.
Portfolio: mikevanlinda.com
Eduardo is a copywriter/ACD at Ogilvy Interactive in São Paulo. (Lots of killer sites coming to MC from São Paulo.) There’s great work up and down his blog, and Whopper Face is a biggie. But I have to call out one old school print campaign that’s just awesome. Look for the post title “Second Hand Furniture.” Tagline is “More than furniture. Witnesses.”
Portfolio: pastadudumarques.blogspot.com
Liz is a copywriter/CD at Tribal DDB. So cool to see all of the different ways copywriters display their work. I was trying to think of how to describe Liz’s first five or six projects, and the word “placemats” popped into my head. Placemats with video, sound effects and links. So cool.
Portfolio: liztaylorswebsite.com
Tim is a copywriter/GCD/VP at Hill Holiday in Boston. There are many sites on MC that make me jealous, but this one is way up there. So much great TV. I think I’ve watched “Karate” like 30 times now. And Miller Lite “Epidemic” (I can’t taste my beer!) is just awesome.
Portfolio: timcawley.blogspot.com
Tim is a copywriter/ACD at BBDO in Detroit. He shares a site with art director/creative partner Steve Glinski. Much of the work on their site is GM, and you’ll recognize a lot of it. But there’s also some really great stuff I’d never seen – especially in Print. Anvil and Night Light are awesome.
Portfolio: steveandtim.com
Gary is a copywriter/CD at Ogilvy in Toronto, previously at TAXI, BBDO and TBWA. Don’t misses: Mercedes (print), Black Coffee (print), Honda (tv), Nedbank (tv), Virgin Atlantic (campaign).
Portfolio: garydutoit.com
Luis is a copywriter/CD at Leo Burnett in Mexico City, Ogilvy and Lowe before that. This is such an interesting portfolio for those of us in the states. It’s full of edgy work for what are very conservative clients here. In Print, check out the Proctor & Gamble Gain campaign. In Film, check out the Hasbro Monopoly vid.
Portfolio: Click here
Edson is a copywriter at DM9DDB in São Paulo. Look what you can do by 25-years-old in Brazil. Wow. Most of Edson’s book is art directed by Rodrigo Bombana and it’s just beautiful.
Portfolio: edsonoda.blogspot.com
David is a freelance copywriter/CD, previously at McCann, GS&P and Euro RSCG. He was also an Executive Producer at GS&P and Euro, which is an awesome “value add” (sorry). But that’s nothing. Check out his Experience page. What job hasn’t he had?
Portfolio: theyost.com
Alex is a creative at GS&P, formerly a copywriter/CD at Saatchi and Modernista!. His portfolio is just sick. Tons of killer work for Hummer, including the It’s A Little Monster spot, which is one of my faves. Some awesome surprises too, like a print campaign for Herb Chambers Car Dealership.
Portfolio: alexflint.net
Sean has moved to W+K NYC from Anomaly. It makes me so happy to write that. Not that he left Anomaly. Anomaly is awesome. But Sean and I went to Oregon together, and there’s a bond between Oregon and W+K that’s deep. Seeing Sean land at Wieden makes everything right in the world. Big congrats, Sean. And for the zillionth time, thanks for Reservoir Dogs and The Afghan Whigs.
Portfolio: lugree.com
Will is a copywriter/ACD at Arnold Boston. He shares a site with art director/ACD partner Rob Kottkamp. I can count on two hands the number of team portfolio sites on MC. (Maybe one hand?) Career creative teams have become rare. Will and Rob’s site shows what we’re missing. Tip ‘o the Hat.
Portfolio: willandrob.com
Brian is a copywriter/ACD at The Concept Farm in NYC. He’s also the brains behind Ask A Copywriter. Philosophy: “I believe advertising should be a force for good. At the very least, it should be great.” Amen, brother.
Portfolio: askacopywriter.com
Justin is a copywriter/ACD at Publicis & Hal Riney. He’s got nine projects in his book, and they range from a killer site for Riney (breakthrough nav) to branded content/film Unflinching Triumph, directed by Mark Decena. NOTE: Instead of a rez, Justin links to his LinkedIn profile. Starting to see more of that.
Portfolio: justinkramm.com
Amanda is a sr copywriter/editorial manager at Old Navy in San Francisco. It takes a special kind of copywriter to go after retail and make it great. Got to love writing. You can tell Amanda does, and writing loves her back.
Portfolio: amandahughes.carbonmade.com
Justin is a copywriter at R/GA in San Francisco, Cutwater and McCann T.A.G. before that. How about this for a client list: Jeep, Ray-Ban, Nike, Arnette, Oreo, Master Lock, Gibson. Suh-weeet.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/justinchen
Neil is a copywriter/ACD at BBDO West in San Francisco, Odiorne and Chiat before that. Lots of awesome SF Zoo work on his site. Check out his Innovative Media section.
Portfolio: neilrlevy.com
Roger is a copywriter/ACD in NYC, formerly at Lowe and Leo Burnett. In the Content section of his site, check out rexona. Robots auditioning for commercials. Hilarious.
Portfolio: rogerbaran.tv
Alec is a senior copywriter at Y&R NY, Publicis and Maxim and BBDO before that. See, this is how you get a job in advertising. Check out The Google Job Experiment. Brilliant.
Portfolio: alecbrownstein.com