Napper is a copywriter at David & Goliath in Los Angeles, Saatchi before that. I wonder if he knows that James Napper Tandy (1740 – August 24, 1803) was a famous Irish rebel leader? Judging by the above photo, I’m guessing he does. Happy St. Patty’s Day.
Portfolio: Click here
Nick is a senior copywriter at Jupiter Drawing Room in Cape Town, Ogilvy and Saatchi before that. His site is MC’s first from South Africa and it’s awesome. It’s so interesting to see the humor and the vibe of South Africa in Nick’s work. Some of it, like the above print, could be right out of Europe or the States. But some of the other pieces, especially some of the TV, definitely has a different vibe.
Portfolio: craftthatcopy.blogspot.com
Greg is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles, Team One before going solo. I’ve heard it said that going freelance kills your portfolio. If that’s true, then Greg is the exception. He’s been on his own for ten years and wow. His book is anything but killed.
Portfolio: gregcollinsworks.com
Justin is a senior writer at Tauntr, Arnold before that. My faves: gorgeous Pacifico vids, Billy Mays for ESPN 360, and an awesome idea for small bank Umpqua: sponsoring the smallest small biz of all, lemonade stands.
Portfolio: justingalvin.com
Gregg is a senior copywriter at Arnold Boston, Mad Dogs and Englishmen before that. To me, his book is classic Arnold. Smart. Honest. Funny. Awesome.
Portfolio: gnlsn.com
Hayley is a copywriter at Agency Republic in London. Her work for Secret Diary of a Call Girl is amazing, especially radio (One Show silver). She also got to work with the Muppets. DING. Winner! So jealous.
Portfolio: hayleymarks.carbonmade.com
Matthew is an interactive copywriter at Publicis in Seattle. Not to be missed: HotelHellVacation.com (especially the game) and Matthew’s stand-up. Now that, my friends, is bravery. Tip o’ the Hat, Ween.
Portfolio: bigween.com
Tim is a senior copywriter at Carmichael Lynch, Colle+McVoy before that. His site is on Behance.net, which you should check out if you haven’t. (Think Facebook, but for creative portfolios.) His stuff rocks. YearbookYourself.com, PaintThatShitGold.com, Winnebago … it’s all good. NOTE: Also worth checking out but not yet up on Tim’s site are MillionBabyCrawl.com and LivingSasquatch.com.
Portfolio: behance.net/TimBlevins
Matt is a copywriter/CD at JWT NY, Bates before that. His bio reads that his “career goal is to make advertising people don’t hate.” Well, he’s done a hell of a lot better than that. Snake a bottle of the good stuff out of your agency’s client stash, shake it up dry, and sneak off somewhere you can be alone for 15 minutes. This is a great one.
Portfolio: mattmacdonald.net
Anthony Ciolino – anthonyciolino.com
Becky Darling – beckydarling.com
Bipasha Mookherjee – bipandchris.com
Brad Soulas – bradsoulas.com
Branden Kramer – brandenkramer.com
Brandi Clinch – brandiclinch.com
Carlos Rangel – thecarlosrangel.com
Chase Domergue – chasedomergue.com
Chris Mead – cwmead.com
Courtney Koeneke – somethings-happening.com
David Gordon – heygordon.com
Eric Roller – ericroller.com
Jerrod Woods – copyjwds.com
Jessye Hand – greeneggsandhand.com
Katie Facada – katiefacada.carbonmade.com
Kevin Martin – kevinslightbulb.squarespace.com
Louis Laurent – bookoflouis.com
Mark Gaspar – markgaspar.com
Michael Mishu – michaelmishu.com
Nick Zacher – nickzacher.com
Courtney graduated from Miami Ad School in 2009 and lives in San Francisco. Check out her Long’s Horseradish site (One Show merit) and messy Revlon Colorstay campaign. FUNNY: Courtney went to the U of Wisconsin before MAS. On her site, she has a little photography section. The first photo? Cheese.
Portfolio: somethings-happening.com
David graduated from Miami Ad School in 2009 and is now a copywriter at Razorfish in San Francisco. Lots of good stuff on his site. The third campaign, for Jolt Energy Gum, is hilarious.
Portfolio: heygordon.com
Louis graduated from Miami Ad School in 2009 and is now an interactive copywriter at Tribal DDB Dallas. Before MAS, he got a degree in creative writing from Iowa. During and after MAS, he interned at Fallon, Lowe, CP+B, and Energy BBDO (two months each). NICE.
Portfolio: bookoflouis.com
Branden graduated from Miami Ad School in 2008 and lives in Orange County. His portfolio is a blast. Army men for Nicorette, an awesome conceptual product idea for Nike+Wii, and Jaw-Jitsu for Colgate.
Portfolio: brandenkramer.com
Chris graduated from Miami Ad School in December 2009 and lives in San Francisco. He’s got a tight portfolio (seven campaigns) that includes a nice mix of everything: two headline campaigns, two visual campaigns and three interactive campaigns.
Portfolio: cwmead.com
Kathy is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. She’s spent time at W+K, The Martin Agency, and TBWA Chiat/Day. She’s also a novelist. Like, a Los Angeles Times Bestselling-slash-Penn Faulkner Awards West Finalist novelist.
Portfolio: kathyhepinstall.com
Laura is a copywriter/CD at JWT in NYC, Cliff Freeman before that. On her site you’ll find The Most Interesting Man In The World, what it means to be Gingery, and one of my fave all-time spots for Mercedes, “Re-incarnation.”
Portfolio: laurafegley.com
André is a copywriter at Almap BBDO in São Paulo. There’s so much to love on his site (including the site itself, which looks like a Word doc). My fave is the Discovery Channel spot “In A Man’s Life.” Flat-out awesome writing.
Portfolio: andregodoi.com
Edu is an interactive copywriter/CD at Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam, CP+B before that. He speaks Spanish, Catalin, English and French. His CV is three pages long, second page being every awards show you ever wanted to be in, the third page being a list of shows he’s judged and industry presentations he’s given. In addition, his site has been recommended to MC by two fabulous copywriter/CDs who tell me that Edu is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Sheesh!
Portfolio: edupou.com
Jon is a freelance copywriter in NYC, formerly at Amalgamated. Don’t misses: Rapcat for Checkers, Court TV outdoor, FUSE afternoon re-branding, and Clearblue Easy TV. So much awesome.
Portfolio: jonyasgur.blogspot.com
Emiliano is a copywriter/CD at TBWA Berlin. On his site you’ll find a goalkeeper Ferris Wheel, Obama’s image on a latte, and oh so many reasons to wish you were writing in Europe rather than the States.
Portfolio: madeinbabel.carbonmade.com
Ryan is a copywriter at Pocket Hercules in Minneapolis, Hunt Adkins before that. It’s so refreshing to see a new school copywriter’s book (with a good media mix) filled with old school, kick ass headlines.
Portfolio: theryanburk.blogspot.com
Jackie is a copywriter at Draftfcb in San Francisco, Arnold before that. Her site is built with Indexhibit, which is clean and easy to nav. Check out her digital installation for Citizens Bank. Good times.
Portfolio: jackiemeyercw.com
Van is a copywriter/ACD at space150 in Minneapolis. He was on MC last year (12.09), but has a shiny new site, with interactive work from his first year at space150, that’s definitely worth a new post.
Portfolio: vanhorgen.com
Josh is a freelance copywriter in San Francisco. He graduated from VCU in 2006, interned at AKQA and did some time at Arnold. The first thing in his portfolio is the “Carnival Interactive Aquarium” and it’s just ridiculous awesome.
Portfolio: joshfinderup.com
David is a copywriter at CP+B in Boulder, Amalgamated before that. Going through the work on his site, I found myself saying the same two words over and over again: “No … way …”
Portfolio: seriousboyfriend.com
Kevin is a copywriter at The Martin Agency in Richmond. If you’re a fan of long copy, you must click over to his site and read the above print ad immediately.
Portfolio: slashweasel.com
Rich is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Before going solo, he was at Y&R, TBWA Chiat/Day, Team One and BBDO. He’s responsible for the above ABC campaign, which Creativity Mag named one of 20 that changed the face of advertising. You know, for me there’s just something magic about the big outdoor campaigns. I remember exactly where I was the first time I saw one of Rich’s ABC boards, on 101 South in San Francisco. I still remember thinking, “Oh man, look at THAT.”
Portfolio: siegelrich.carbonmade.com
Craig is a freelance copywriter/CD in Dallas. Before going freelance, he was ECD/Managing Partner of DDB Dallas, EVP/CD at Flavour, and SVP/ECD at BBDO Toronto. Craig’s site is in-the-making, so you may find an unfinished corner here or a locked door there. And you have to register to view his resumé. But no worries, it’s deep enough to go exploring as is, and I’ve already given you the gist of the rez. To me, someone who hasn’t ventured into the ECD/SVP/MP acronyms yet, one of the coolest things about the site is that you see CD Craig as much as you see CW Craig. He calls out exactly what his role was on each project. Love that.
Portfolio: craigcooper.com
Max is a copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Before going solo he was a CD at TM and Saatchi, and before that he wrote for Vitrorobertson, BBDO and Borders Perrin & Norrander. His site is one long scroll, left to right, and it’s a blast to go through. There’s a ton of great Toyota work, including the genius Unbreakable campaign that won everything. If you haven’t seen the Monster Truck spot, it’s a must.
Portfolio: http://www.godsil.com