Adam is a Sr Copywriter at Draftfcb in Los Angeles, Chiat and DDB before that. And he’s a rock star.
Portfolio: theadamshow.com
Adam Nowak
Reply
Mark Krajan
Mark is a copywriter/ACD in San Francisco, formerly at Fancy, Chiat and McCann. Don’t misses: Chiquita, xbox welcome video (directed by Tom Kuntz), and Mark’s Photography.
Portfolio: Click here
Christian Durrett
Christian is a copywriter at SK+G in Las Vegas. Almost everything in his book has something to do with Vegas, but what a cool variety: Las Vegas and Bon Appetit, National Finals Rodeo in Vegas, Vegas TAP Project, etc. And don’t miss the last campaign in Print for Borders. Just perfect.
Portfolio: christiandurrett.com
Alberto Garcia a.k.a. the fake faker
Alberto is a copywriter/artist/director at Atletico International (Grey) in Barcelona. Seriously, this is why I do MC. Alberto’s portfolio is fresh and weird and inspiring. Check out the spot for SEAT Leon, featuring the original narative of Argentinean writer Julio Cortázar. Beautiful.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/thefakefaker
Todd Mitchell
Todd is a copywriter/ACD at Arnold Boston, Publicis West and Core before that. Hurray, awesome copy! Check out Jack Daniel’s, Virgin Mobile, Montsanto, St. Louis Dispatch, and Never Compromise Golf. Todd also has a Thievery Corporation vid on his site. One of my faves.
Portfolio: toddmitchellhome.com
Neel Williams
Neel is a copywriter at The Martin Agency in Richmond, Y&R NY before that. As the father of a daughter, an extremely talkative daughter, I looove Neel’s Cellular South spot. (Made coffee shoot out my nose.) His blog, Superuselsess Superpowers, is just ridiculous. I’m so buying the book.
Portfolio: neelwilliams.com
Scott Model
Scott is a copywriter at Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis, Energy BBDO before that. If you’ve visited MC before, you probably know that I have a thing for remedial video games, having grown up in the Pong Generation. Scott’s made a good one. “Man Luge.”
Portfolio: Click here
Evan Brown
Evan is a copywriter at Sid Lee in Montreal, BBDO before that. Lots of cool work for Adidas on his site. Don’t miss Print, which is grouped together in one section about halfway down the page, Art (my fave is “one part loss, one part gain”), and Design: Enigma Travel.
Portfolio: evanbrown.carbonmade.com
Andy Kadin
Andy is a copywriter at 72 and Sunny in Los Angeles, Modernista! and Euro RSCG before that. His site is a blast. Make sure you click on The Info and then, bottom of the page, The Fail. Andy can’t dunk.
Portfolio: andykadin.com
Ryan Montanti
Ryan is a copywriter at McCann Erickson NYC, Walrus and Mad Dogs & Englishmen before that. Don’t misses: Avis Mascot spot, Howard Stern vids (in TV section), Radar Magazine print, and in Ryan’s PLAY category, Animals I’ve Befriended On Vacation.
Portfolio: girlryan.com
Mike Howard
Mike is a copywriter/ACD at Arnold Boston, Butler Shine and CP+B before that. One of the things I like best about blog portfolio sites is how deep you can go, how much work you can show, without bogging down visitors with a billion clicks. Mike’s done a ton of killer work and his site is way deep. The blog format makes it fun to go exploring. Check out a Volvo piece here, BK there, Truth, Epson, VW, Earthlink, Monster, Puma, Miller Lite …
Portfolio: mikehowardcreative.com
VCU Brandcenter Week: CW Grads
Barbara Schwartz – baschwartz.com
Chris Stephens – awisebeardedwriter.com
Dylan Meagher – dylanmeagher.com
Grace Harris – lydiagraceharris.com
Heather Ryder – heather-ryder.com
Joe Hagel – joehagel.com
John Colin Quinn – johncolinquinn.com
Matt Spicer – mattspicer.com
Mike Nichols – tallmikenichols.com
Natalie Hammel – nataliehammel.com
Nate Totten – natetotten.com
Talia Ledner – beersontheroof.com
VCU Brandcenter Week: Chris Stephens
Chris just accepted a job as a Jr Copywriter at Chiat NY. (Yes!) Right out of school, just like that.
Portfolio: awisebeardedwriter.com
VCU Brandcenter Week: Nate Totten
Nate is graduating from VCU on May 22nd. He calls himself Man Of The Wind. “Oh, he’s from Chicago,” you think. Nope, Kansas. “Then why not Dust In The Wind?” you ask. Because Nate’s so young, he’s probably never heard Dust In The Wind. “Oh God, I’m old,” you think. Me too.
Portfolio: natetotten.com
VCU Brandcenter Week: Colin Quinn
Colin graduates from VCU in May. There’s a ton of good writing on his site. Diamond Toothpicks is hilarious. Check out his rez, which is a big map of the world. Where hasn’t he taught English?
Portfolio: johncolinquinn.com
VCU Brandcenter Week: Natalie Hammel
Natalie will graduate from VCU in May. Her portfolio site is titled DIE FAT: “Die Fat is an attitude, approach toward life and a social experiment. I was put on this planet to be a sponge and I won’t be satisfied until I soak up every bit of curious matter in my surroundings and non-surroundings. Like creative chlorophyll, I get my breath from absorbing the world’s ecstatic experiences. Die Fat is how I want to live every day until the day I die fat.”
Portfolio: nataliehammel.com
VCU Brandcenter Week: Dylan Meagher
Dylan will graduate from VCU on May 22nd. It’s so interesting to compare student books from different schools. (Note: No favorites here. All of the schools featured on MC are awesome.) Dylan’s portfolio is all about integrated case studies. Check out Pampers. He’s thought of everything.
Portfolio: dylanmeagher.com
Gary Bostwick
Gary is a copywriter in Cleveland. He has to be the first copywriter to graduate from a major university with a 3.98 GPA. (Copywriting, Gary? Really?) Be sure to check out his blog, Sucks To Be You.
Portfolio: tallskinnyguy.com
Andy Pearson
Andy is an interactive copywriter/ACD at CP+B in Boulder. Dare you to find something uncool on his site. Even the URL is sick. Don’t miss: Cheerleidoscope, 12 Months of Andy & Liza, and Accidental Dong.
Portfolio: ievenwrotethissickurl.com
Casey Rand
Casey is a copywriter at BBDO NY. In the year-and-a-half since she graduated from VCU, she’s put together a really fun portfolio, including that AT&T spot with the Jr. Assistant who runs around getting stuff for Mariah Carey. Love when he kicks the elevator button. Perfect ending. She’s also got a killer blog called People Who Deserve It. Getting punched in the face, that is. Soon to be a book.
Portfolio: caseyrand.com
Mike Lear
Mike is a copywriter/VP/ACD at The Martin Agency in Richmond, CP+B and WestWayne (under Luke Sullivan) before that. His site is a straight-up, old school Blogger blog with zero extra fanciness. That’s what you can do when you have a portfolio like Mike’s portfolio. Which, if you haven’t guessed, is just absolutely, completely awesome.
Portfolio: mikelearportfolio.blogspot.com
Amy Hollrah
Amy is a copywriter/ACD at Hoffman York in Chicago after doing time at Leo Burnett, Cramer-Krasselt and Arnold. She wrote a spot for the Broan Ultra Silent Fan that I’ve seen about a zillion times (yes, I watch HGTV), and there’s a moment at the end that cracks me up. In the version on her site, they let that moment play out. Fun.
Portfolio: writesomethingnow.carbonmade.com
Marcin Markiewicz
Marcin is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, TBWA Chiat/Day and Euro RSCG before that. His portfolio is just sick. I wish I could have featured his Energizer print campaign above, because the writing is absolutely hilarious, but the type is too small for my blog. So, go check it out. And the Pedigree Adoption spots. And Tap Project. And … just go.
Portfolio: marcinmarkiewicz.com
Creative Circus Week: CW Grads
Adam Jackson – adamjacksontheperson.com
Ashley Cagle – ashleycagle.com
Ben Bliss – benblissed.com
Brent Weldon – brentweldon.com
Caroline Smith – carolinesmith.me
Chrissy Deem – cmdportfolio.com
David Cooper – cooperwrites.com
Devon Ament – devonament.com
Erica Donovaro – dandychick.com
Erin Collins – erincollinscw.com
John Anderson – johnranderson.net
Katie Brinkworth – katiebrinkworth.com
Kevin Still – stillkevin.com
Liza Behles – lizabehles.com
Mark Pantsari – mark-pantsari.com
Mary Money – itsmarymoney.com
Mehgan Levesque – mehganlevesque.com
Nattavut Leekulpitak – who-is-oo.com
Creative Circus Week: Ben Bliss
Ben graduated from Circus in 2009 and is currently in Seattle, where he helped create the above Microsoft project with Wexley School For Girls. On his home page, Ben writes “I want to be an awesome copywriter.” Cool. Me too.
Portfolio: benblissed.com
Creative Circus Week: Mary Money
Mary graduated from Circus in 2008 and lives in NYC. You can tell by her book that she has fun making ads. Just look at the one she did for Barbie up there. Dog pooping magic mushrooms. C’mon. Plus, her name is Mary Money. What more could you want?
Creative Circus Week: Nattavut Leekulpitak
Nattavut graduated from Creative Circus in 2010 and lives in Atlanta. I nabbed this from his LinkedIn page: “Nattavut Leekulpitak’s Specialties: Photographic memory, cooking Thai&Chinese dishes, talk shit about you in Thai while smiling at you.” Love it.
Portfolio: who-is-oo.com
Creative Circus Week: Michael Cambardella
Michael graduated from Creative Circus in 2009 and is currently living in Atlanta. Look out advertising, here comes Cambardella.
Portfolio: michaelcambardella.com
Creative Circus Week: Erin Collins
Erin graduated from Circus in 2009 and is now in Detroit. After you check out her book (and the above campaign for DSW), check out her About Me page. Good times.
Portfolio: erincollinscw.com
William Tran
William is a copywriter at Draftfcb in NYC. His wrap-around poster for the Global Coalition for Peace (above) is just awesome. Also dig his campaign for Oreo with Fudge. Yum.