Chad is a freelance copywriter/CD/social brand innovator/entrepreneur in Portland. Before all that, he was a CD at W+K, founder/CD of 86 the onions, and a senior creative at KesselsKramer (Amsterdam), Mother (London), and Pyro (Dallas). Remember Wizard of Oz, when the witch melted? That’s gonna be your brain after about 15 minutes on Chad’s site. I don’t even … I’m not sure if I … but what about … pure awesome.
Portfolio: chadrea.com
David is a freelance copywriter/CD in Richmond, VA. Before going solo, he was a CD at Y&R and an ACD at Phillips Ramsey. My fave part of his site was watching the first thing on his reel, a classic Jaguar spot, and the last thing on his reel, an SNL skit that includes a parody of the spot. Screw awards. If SNL does your spot, you win.
Portfolio: davidneale.me
Mark is a freelance copywriter/CD in NYC. Before going freelance, he was an ECD, GCD, CD or ACD at oneseven, Saatchi, Y&R, Ammirati, BBDO, and DDB. To go through the work on his site, you first combine two heads representing new school and old school Mark into one mutant creature. Then you grab the mutant creature’s head and slide it down through campaigns that range from classic Cheerios TV to fun interactive banners for Ford.
Portfolio: www.the2ofme.com
Mark is a copywriter at Razor in Addison, TX. (Addison! Holla!) His site begins with a Domino’s FSI and then just explodes. It’s creative madness. It’s all over the place. It’s so fresh.
Portfolio: fleshforks.com
Lisa is a freelance copywriter in Boston, and was at Arnold before going solo. One of my faves from her site is a simple little game called Toothpick Javelin. Maybe it’s my Italian heritage, a genetic thing, but I couldn’t stop until I got all four toothpicks into the top tray of meatballs. Stupid toothpicks! Then I had to go across the street to Zelo and get a plate of spaghetti for lunch.
Portfolio: taylorwriting.com
Linda is a freelance copywriter in Minneapolis. Before going solo she spent time at Carmichael Lynch, Martin/Williams and Fallon. There’s a smart, gritty edge to a lot of her work: Harley-Davidson, Museum of Death, E*Trade, Mediawise, awesomeness.
Portfolio: notmyrealteeth.com
Jed is a freelance copywriter/CD in Portland, after 12-ish years as a CD at Wieden + Kennedy. If you’ve ever thought this would be an easy little blog to run, if you’ve ever thought, “Oh man, that Siciliano guy has it good!” I simply ask you to go browse Jed’s site and tell me which one piece you would choose to feature. Impossible. This is a brilliant portfolio.
Portfolio: www.jedalger.net
Brian is a freelance copywriter/CD in Minneapolis. Before going solo he spent time at Fallon (Group CD), CP+B, Carmichael Lynch, and Martin/Williams. Books don’t get much better than this, and I’ll just leave it at that. [Pause] Okay, one more thing. I remember first seeing the above outdoor board with my art director when I was still in SF. We both just freaked out. One of my fave lines EVER. Okay. Done now.
Portfolio: briantierneycreative.com
Julie is a copywriter/principal/ECD at Giant Noodle in Dallas. Her portfolio is just loaded with awesome writing. If you’ve ever had to pen something for the Super Bowl, for a client that didn’t officially sponsor the Super Bowl, you must check out Dean’s Dip.
Portfolio: juliebowman.com
Molly is a copywriter/CD at The Integer Group in Dallas. From the looks of her rez, she’s written for every great shop in Dallas over the past 20+ years.
Portfolio: mollymclaren.net
Krista is a copywriter at TM in Dallas. In addition to checking out her work, be sure to visit her blog Badder Homes & Gardens, The Bad Girl’s Guide to Good Housekeeping. Ridiculous fun.
Portfolio: kristahogg.com
Alan is a copywriter at The Integer Group in Dallas. He’s got all kinds of killer clients in his book, but the first is just ridiculous. How does it feel to have a Lamborghini brief land on your desk? One can only hope Alan got to do a little product research.
Portfolio: alanmccoy.com
Yutaka is a copywriter at Wieden + Kennedy in Tokyo. His previous site, yutakasucks.com, was featured on Modern Copywriter on 01.13.2010. His new site is just as amazing and absolutely, completely worthy of its own post.
Portfolio: borderlessidea.com
Nate is a senior copywriter at Proximity BBDO in Chicago. His site is one long horizontal scroll, left to right. Love that. It starts with the words “The more you find interesting, the more you can make interesting.” Love that. I now know what Guacamolito sauce looks like. Love that.
Portfolio: mininate.com
Jennifer is a copywriter/ACD at Energy BBDO in Chicago. She shares a site with art director/creative partner Krystyn Campbell. They call themselves AdCreatures and they look like a hell of a lot of fun (as well as super talented). Check out Jennifer’s Save The Date postcard, the last piece in Other. Tell me you don’t wish you were at that wedding.
Portfolio: adcreatures.com
Brett is a copywriter at Arnold Boston, AKQA before that. He’s done some crazy amazing interactive, including work for the NHL, truth, and an absolutely outrageous site for Fallout 3.
Portfolio: brettreese.blogspot.com
Joel is a senior copywriter at Pereira & O’Dell in San Francisco, CP+B and AKQA before that. On his site, right under his name, are the words Integrated Creative. It’s no joke. Give yourself some time to go through this one. Almost every piece is an experience, and they’re all just sick.
Portfolio: joelakaplan.com
Alexandra is a senior copywriter at Goodby in San Francisco, before that an ACD at Evolution Bureau. Going through her site makes me feel like the PC guy standing next to the Mac guy. Just wow.
Portfolio: alexandratyler.blogspot.com
Jake is a senior copywriter at Hoffman|Lewis in St. Louis. His site is titled “Pile” and that’s just what it is: a pile of print you pick through. (Fun.) Be sure to check out the “Me” page. Jake sums it up right.
Portfolio: jakeedinger.com
Ashley is a senior copywriter at Saatchi NY, GSD&M and Chiat before that. Her site is minimal. Her work is hilarious.
Portfolio: ashleywrite.com
Jessica is a freelance copywriter in Portland, Wieden + Kennedy before that. It’s no secret that I’m a huge Janet Champ fan. So, I do not give out the following compliment lightly. Jessica’s ideas and writing, while completely her own, give me goosebumps in the same way Janet’s do. Her work is honest and beautiful and inspiring and awesome.
Portfolio: jessvacek.com
Kent is a freelance copywriter in New York City. He’s done a little of everything, including stand-up at The Laugh Factory, writing for Cartoon Network and Playboy TV’s Naked News, and being a page on Letterman. So, imagine Kent’s brain. Now, imagine Kent’s brain online. Yes, his blog site is a little nuts. Yes, it’s all a little raw. But still, I laughed. Out loud.
Portfolio: kentkoren.blogspot.com
Troy is a copywriter/CD at Ogilvy & Mather Singapore, BBDO and Saatchi before that. His work is amazing. As for his site – there are two, a new site and an old site. It’s really interesting to compare them. Portfolio sites seem to fall into two general camps. One, get out of the way and showcase the work. Two, create a site that’s a piece in itself. Troy’s new site is in the first camp, a clean blog that’s super easy to nav. His old site is in the latter camp, and is both gorgeous and fun to play around on.
New Portfolio: troylim.blogspot.com
Old Portfolio: troylim.com
Kevin is a copywriter/CD at Apple in Cupertino. Check out his TV/interactive reel. Great stuff, including a couple of episodes of one of my favorite web video campaigns EVER, The True Adventures of Chad, The Guy Who Was So Into Super Monkey Ball™ Deluxe That He Decided To Live In A Ball.
Portfolio: kevinfranksf.com
Yutaka is a copywriter at Creature Seattle, CP+B before that. His work sucks. (Not really.) His site sucks. (Not really.) He sucks. Or, that’s what his site proclaims. Absolutely, positively hysterical. Love it love it love it.
[UPDATE.01.19.2010: Yutaka is no longer at Creature, he moved back to Japan]
Portfolio: yutakasucks.com
Matthew is a copywriter at BBDO NY. His site is on Carbonmade. You’ll recognize every spot on his reel. They’re all big brand national spots and they’re all good.
Portfolio: zaifert.com
Alexandre is a copywriter at Leo Burnett São Paulo, Y&R and Euro before that. His site is one long blog page and there’s a bunch of video right at the top, so it takes about 10-15 seconds to load. Much of the work is in Portuguese, but even if you don’t speak it, you won’t care once you get into his book. Big ideas translate in any language.
Portfolio: alexandrescaff.blogspot.com
Colin is a freelance copywriter in NYC, Goodby before that. There are a couple of not-miss pieces on his site that I must point out and you Must. Not. Miss. Under Internet, check out the HBO short films directed by Sam Mendes. And under Writing, go to McSweeney’s Humor Essays and read “It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers”. It made coffee shoot out my nose.
Portfolio: www.colinnissan.com
Mike is a senior copywriter at Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners in Sausalito, Cole & Weber before that. Awesome awesome awesome site filled with amazing work. I’m a sucker for the long copy, and Mike’s writing on his US Department of State campaign is just beautiful. Give yourself some time to savor and enjoy this one.
Portfolio: tutonglobalwide.com
Jake is a copywriter at Goodby in San Francisco, Saatchi NY before that. Good writers have the ability to shed themselves and write in character. Good copywriters have the ability to shed themselves and write in brand. (I just made that up. Deep!) Stepping through Jake’s book, he just nails brand after brand. His Tide campaign is clean. His ASPCA campaign is heartbreaking. His Fruit By The Foot ad is fun. His Hyundai campaign is a Cannes Lions 2009 Titanium Award Winner.
Portfolio: lovetownusa.com