CW Wanted: CTP Boston

Posted on 06/11/2012 by Siciliano

Jenny Love, Director of Talent at CTP Boston, is looking for a copywriter. From Jenny, “Laptop. Fingers. Go. Funny. Sad. Smart. TV. Radio. Print. Web. Clients. Present. Smile. Laugh. Sell. Baseball. Horses. Banking. Experience? Big. Ego? Small. Book? Envy. Awards? Armfuls. CTP. Needs. More. Words.” Amazing. Follow-up from the CTP Creative Dept.: “CTP offers a great opportunity to be part of a collaborative team environment at an award-winning agency. We’re looking for a Copywriter with 3-5 years experience in the ad biz, great conceptual skills and someone who plays well with others. You’ll have the chance to touch many different clients like Boston Red Sox, do some great work, hang out with some cool people, and win some awards. All in a day’s work.” For more information, or to apply, click the link below.

More info/to apply: ctpboston.com/career/copywriter

Sarah Mosseller

Posted on 06/08/2012 by Siciliano

Sarah is a copywriter at Mullen in Winston-Salem, NC. Her book is right at that stage when it’s half-produced (four projects), half-spec (five projects), and you get to see both. Fun for those of us looking through it, but a painful time for creatives. What goes in? What comes out? Produced is worth more than spec, but by how much? Arg.

Portfolio: isellmoss.com

Marta Caseny

Posted on 06/06/2012 by Siciliano

Marta is a copywriter at DoubleYou in Madrid. She got Microsoft to spend who knows how much to convince Julia, a young Spanish woman, to take back Alejandro, her mess-of-a-boyfriend, in 30 days. Just as Hotmail is asking users in Spain to take it back. Ah, that’s love. MC loves the love. And loves that Microsoft loves the love, too.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/martacaseny

CWs Wanted: The Fire Station

Posted on 06/04/2012 by Siciliano

Tom Hargis, an internal recruiter for Roll Global (parent company of FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Teleflora, Paramount Farms, Paramount Citrus, among others), is looking for a couple of Senior Copywriters for Roll’s internal agency, The Fire Station in Los Angeles. Don’t know about you, but MC loves the POM Wonderful. To learn more about the positions and to apply, click the link below:

More info/to apply: Click here

Chicago Portfolio School Week – CW Grads

Posted on 06/01/2012 by Siciliano

Ladies and gentlemen, MC presents the portfolio sites of eight Chicago Portfolio School 2012 Fall copywriter grads (in alphabetical order):

McCamie Cole – cargocollective.com/mccamiecole

Steve Horak – cargocollective.com/stevehorak

Eleanor Koh – eleanorkoh.com

Sara Kristen – sarakirsten.com

Laura Madary – cargocollective.com/lauramadary

Johnny Michael – cargocollective.com/johnnymichael

Mark Sandy – markpsandy.com

Will Sharpe – cargocollective.com/willsharpe

Chicago Portfolio School Week – Sara Kirsten

Posted on 05/31/2012 by Siciliano

Even though MC is a huge fan of Cargo Collective, it’s nice to see someone try something different. Sara’s site is beautiful, and changes color like the bar at XYZ in the W San Francisco. Can’t … stop … looking … pretty … colors …

Portfolio: sarakirsten.com

Chicago Portfolio School Week – Will Sharpe

Posted on 05/30/2012 by Siciliano

You can do things in a student book that you can’t do in real life. That’s part of the fun of making them, and part of the fun of looking at them. Looks like Will had a lot of fun making his.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/willsharpe

Chicago Portfolio School Week – McCamie Cole

Posted on 05/29/2012 by Siciliano

Big-ups to McCamie Cole for helping organize this year’s Chicago Portfolio School Week on MC. Much appreciated. You know, there’s nothing better than finding the perfect line for a campaign. Once that’s nailed, everything gets easier, from executing to selling. McCamie’s got a couple of gems in his book. “A thousand pictures for every word” for Flickr, and “Get out what you put into it” for Public Storage.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/mccamiecole

Will Bright

Posted on 05/24/2012 by Siciliano

Will is a copywriter/CD at Kirshenbaum in New York. So much killer work in his book, including a ton of stuff for BMW. His site is Cargo, and is broken out into six categories: Latest Work, Branded Content, Web, TV, Print/OOH, and Case Studies. Interesting, because you can view the work by media (old school) or by case study/campaign (new school) or just check out the latest. All in six links. Very cool.

Portfolio: bloodsweatideas.com

Jeff Scardino

Posted on 05/22/2012 by Siciliano

Jeff is a copywriter at McGarry Bowen in NYC. As part of his work for State Farm, he writes Facebook posts for Alfonso Ribeiro (from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air). That’s fun. But who would be the ultimate person to write as/for on FB? MC’s pick: Burt Reynolds.

Portfolio: jeffreyscardino.com

Elena Romeu

Posted on 05/17/2012 by Siciliano

Elena is a copywriter at Mullen in Boston. Before that, she was a receptionist at Mullen in Boston. From her site: “I started in this business answering phones, now it’s my turn to talk.” Gotta like that. Props to Todd Bradley for sending MC her link.

Portfolio: elenaromeu.com

Scott Spooner

Posted on 05/15/2012 by Siciliano

Scott is a copywriter at Commerce House in Dallas. He’s one year of school (U of North Texas) and already has the beginnings of a kick-ass portfolio. Check out his brand book for Deep Ellum Brewing Company. The kid ain’t afraid to write. MC likes that.

Portfolio: scottspooner.com

Scott Johnson

Posted on 05/11/2012 by Siciliano

Scott is a senior copywriter at VITRO in San Diego. Know what makes MC happy? Flipping through a portfolio and seeing killer writing all over the place. Long copy writing. Pages and pages of it. Because that means someone was doing some writing, and selling some writing, and buying some writing, and producing some writing. Which makes MC happy. And that’s a good way to start a Friday.

Portfolio: scojomojo.com

ACD/CW Wanted: Hub Strategy

Posted on 05/09/2012 by Siciliano

Our friends at Hub Strategy in San Francisco are looking for an ACD/writer with a funny bone. (Note from MC: This is an AWESOME position at a FUN shop.) From Hub: “We work a lot with humor—there’s a thread of it in almost every thing we do. From subtle/wry to sharp/clever to funny/wacky; serious experience with humor and comedy is absolutely essential. If comedy/humor is not your thing (and we mean really your thing), please don’t consider this opportunity.” Interested? Should be. To check out Hub’s site/work, click on the link below. To contact/apply, shoot Cory an email at the address below.

Site: hubstrategy.com

Contact/Email: cory@hubstrategy.com

Ryan Durr

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Siciliano

Ryan is a copywriter at Pereira & O’Dell in San Francisco. MC is straight-up jealous of his client list. Skittles, Nike, LEGO, Corona, Juicy Fruit (which has gone a little Skittles), Camelbak, Kiehl’s, wow. Love the work, too. Like Sarah Silverman making out with the Serenading Unicorn (above). Disgusting. And so beautiful.

Portfolio: durrtywords.com

VCU Brandcenter Week 2012 – CW Grads

Posted on 05/04/2012 by Siciliano

Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the 2012 VCU Brandcenter graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):

Daniel Aguinaga: danielaguinaga.com

David Ashton: davidjashton.com

Christopher Brotzman: chrisbrotzman.com

Phil Clockers: phil.clockers.org

Lonnie Elliott: lonnieelliott.com

Matt Garcia: c argocollective.com/rmattgarcia

Craig Gerringer: cargocollective.com/cgerringer

Bri Hand: secrethidingplaceofbrihand.com

Bryce Isaacson: bryceisaacson.com

Alina Karabaich: karabaich.com

Patrick Kraft: patrickkraft.com

Alex Ledford: alexledford.com

Yahkeema Moffitt: yahkeema.com

Mariana Oliveira: heymar.com

Nick Park: cargocollective.com/nickpark

Brandon Poole: bpoole.com

Johnathan Ranson: iamjonransom.com

Whitney Ruef: whitneyruef.com

David Satterfield: david-satterfield.com

Ben Schneider: schneiderben.com

Chris Sheldon: crsheldon.com

Scott Thomasch: cargocollective.com/LostBoy

Jeff Vitkun: jeffvitkun.com

Tedd Wood: teddwood.org

VCU Brandcenter Week 2012 – Whitney Ruef

Posted on 05/03/2012 by Siciliano

What do CDs and recruiters look for in a graduating CW’s portfolio? Well, for starters, work that looks like someone had fun making it. Whitney’s definitely falls into that category. In addition to ads, she’s got Greeting Cards for Cardless Occasions, Depressed Copywriter submissions, and Horsewarming—a relaunch of Digital Kitchen. Awesome.

Portfolio: whitneyruef.com

VCU Brandcenter Week 2012 – Craig Gerringer

Posted on 05/02/2012 by Siciliano

MC is a fan of funny. If you can write funny and smart, there’s at least a 51% chance you’ll make it as a copywriter. Craig can write it funny. Check out his Jack Handy-esque campaign for Bigelow Tea (above). And there are good times all up and down his site. Including a Movember vid. Which is just. I mean.

Portfolio: http://cargocollective.com/cgerringer

VCU Brandcenter Week 2012 – Lonnie Elliott

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Siciliano

There are copywriters. And there are writer/copywriters. Lonnie is the latter. His ‘Preamble’ taken directly from his site: “Fact: Dyson vacuums use the same plastic as riot shields. I’ve never understood writers who work best by distancing themselves from the details of a product. For me, the opposite is true. Knowledge fuels my creative thinking. Working on a problem is like a game of chess. It only takes a few pieces to checkmate the king, but I never know which ones until I start playing. The Dyson fact above remains my favorite crumb of information found while researching a campaign. It was later abandoned, like many others, for lacking the relevancy to become an ad. Such is the process. And for many reasons, why I love it.”

Portfolio: lonnieelliott.com

VCU Brandcenter Week 2012 – Bri Hand

Posted on 04/30/2012 by Siciliano

VCU Brandcenter Week 2012 kicks off with The Secret Hiding Place of Bri Hand. So much to love in her book. Be sure to check out Google Search Stories, a project she did while interning at Google Creative Labs. Awesome.

Portfolio: secrethidingplaceofbrihand.com

Nick Hughes

Posted on 04/27/2012 by Siciliano

Nick is a senior copywriter at Razorfish in Portland. Click into his Print section and ahhh … hello there, copywriting. Nice to see you again. There are a few cities that just seem to make better copywriters: Minneapolis, San Francisco, Portland. Nick’s portfolio is proof again.

Portfolio: nickghughes.com

Diane Sinnott

Posted on 04/25/2012 by Siciliano

Diane is a copywriter/CD in NYC. For the past six-ish years, she’s been freelancing at big name shops like Arnold, BBDO, McCann, Draftfcb, Tribal DDB, and Team One. Her site is Carbonmade, and features 18 projects from a wide variety of those agencies in all kinds of media. Check it out.

Portfolio: dianesinnott.carbonmade.com

UPDATE: Bryan Karr

Posted on 04/23/2012 by Siciliano

Bryan is a copywriter/ACD at Leo Burnett Chicago. Since his last post on MC (Dec 2009, one of MC’s first), he’s got a shiny new Cargo site and all kinds of killer new work. Love it. Definitely time for an Update.

Portfolio: cargocollective.com/bryankarr

Dana Tiel

Posted on 04/20/2012 by Siciliano

Dana is a copywriter at SapientNitro in NYC. She’s got “copywriting + art direction” on her rez, and that’s no joke—there are strong visual concepts all over her site. Be sure to check out: Ancestry.com, Saw 3D, Tiffany’s “Eraser”, Weather.com, Red Stripe, and City Harvest grocery/stomach bags (above).

Portfolio: danatiel.com

Scott Reedy

Posted on 04/18/2012 by Siciliano

Scott is a copywriter at GOOD Corps, an agency formed by GOOD Magazine, based in L.A. Great mix of stuff on his site, from Toyota’s Ideas For Good to the TMZ Fantasy Trainwreck League. Dig it.

Portfolio: scott-reedy.com

CWs Wanted: Brownstein Group

Posted on 04/17/2012 by Siciliano

Kelly Poulson, HR Director at the Brownstein Group in Philly, is looking for copywriters. From Kelly: “Creative word people! You bright elusive things! Looking for something that combines the delicate gymnastics of poetry, the bravura & thrill of the short story, and the cultural stakes of the great American novel? Meet Advertising. Perhaps you’ve already met. Great. Join us here in the glittering sequin mines of commerce: Brownstein Group is hiring copywriters. All levels, all titles, any level of experience. The only qualification is a burning desire to make our beloved language do all sorts of crazy tricks. Your writing and your passion are the only two requirements.” Interested? (Who wouldn’t be with that write up?) Send your link, rez, samples, whatever you’ve got to the email address below.

Contact: hr@brownsteingroup.com

Tyler Kirk

Posted on 04/16/2012 by Siciliano

Tyler is a senior writer at JacobsonRost in Chicago. First campaign on his site, for Mercury Marine Edge, is a real deal long copy print campaign. (They still make ’em!) Add a QR code in the lower right corner and you just made an interactive long copy print campaign. New old school. How’s about that?

Portfolio: tylerbkirk.com

Circus Week | Winter 2012 – Kate Danger Baynham

Posted on 04/12/2012 by Siciliano

Right from Kate’s site, because MC couldn’t write it any better: Should we address the elephant in the room? “Is this middle name real? Danger? Are we dealing with delayed adolescence? Is she going to be trouble? Can she bake?” Well to answer: yes, yes, no, sort of, and yes*.

Portfolio: katedangerbaynham.com

Circus Week | Winter 2012 – Justin Ralph

Posted on 04/11/2012 by Siciliano

Justin’s campaign for Febreze features cartoon characters—who wear the same clothes all the time—spraying their clothes with Febreze and the tag, “Wear it more than once.” Genius. And don’t miss Zippo Burn Box, which torches the Facebook posts of your ex after you break-up. Also genius.

Portfolio: justinstuartralph.com

Circus Week | Winter 2012 – Meredith Karr

Posted on 04/10/2012 by Siciliano

Check out Meredith’s fun escalator overlay for Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest: a never-ending stream of hot dogs, escalating down into an open mouth. Why does that make MC hungry for chili dogs and tater tots? Because MC is always hungry for chili dogs and tater tots, of course.

Portfolio: meredithkarr.com

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