Mike is a copywriter at Fallon in Minneapolis. All of the work on his site is awesome, but the print is what really gets me. The guy can just flat out write.
Portfolio: Click here
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Luissandro Del Gobbo
Luissandro is a copywriter/CD at Grey Paris. He shares a site with AD/CD Giovanni Settesoldi. Their work makes me want to scratch my career and start over. (In Paris, please.) Magnifique.
Portfolio: pioneer-plaque.com
Tim Wassler
Tim is a freelance copywriter in NYC after 3+ years at Chiat. He’s got work on his site for Snickers, Starburst, et cetera, that’s written wicked brainiac smart. (He actually got a reference to Jonas Salk onto a Snickers board. Yes, I’m jealous.) It’s so refreshing to see work that assumes consumers are smart enough to get it. Tip o’ the Hat.
Portfolio: timwassler.com
Jake Mikosh
Jake is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, CP+B before that, McKinney Silver before that. His site is loaded with interactive. There’s also a link to his blog, aptly titled “jakefood,” which features photos of everything he eats. Yes, everything.
Portfolio: jakemikosh.com
Desmond LaVelle
Desmond is a copywriter/CD/SVP at DraftFCB in SF, before that Element 79, before that Leo Burnett. His site is my holiday gift to you. When you’ve had enough of the relatives and need a little break – pour a glass of wine, grab the laptop and excuse yourself for some advertising awesomeness.
Portfolio: desmondswork.com
Adrian Alexander
Adrian is one half of an Austin freelance creative team with AD Rochelle Raiss. Before that he did time at GSD&M and CP+B, with a stint in Barack Obama’s presidential campaign sandwiched between the two. Adrian and Rochelle call themselves Third Culture Kidz, which they describe on their site as “someone who, as a child, has spent a significant period of time in one or more culture(s) other than his or her own, thus integrating elements of those cultures and their own birth culture, into a third culture.”
Portfolio: thirdculturekidz.com
Ryan Inda
Ryan is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, Leo Burnett before that, Carmichael Lynch before that. His site is filled with great stuff from Carmichael – classic, awesome Minneapolis print – for Harley and Porsche. Love it.
Portfolio: ryaninda.com
Aaron Robnett
Aaron is a Senior Writer at Tauntr in Boston, Kirshenbaum before that, Cole & Weber before that. (He’s also a fellow Oregon Duck, yes!) His site is juiced. I found myself spending as much time playing around with the nav as I did looking at the work – and I mean that in a good way. It’s fun times.
Portfolio: aaronrobnett.com
Janet Champ
Janet Champ is the reason I’m a copywriter. Period. When I was in Journalism School at U of Oregon, she and AD Charlotte Moore were changing advertising forever with one unbelievably brilliant campaign for Nike Women. For my money, Janet Champ is the best copywriter to ever put a pen to paper.
Portfolio: champandmoore.com
Miles Nebeker
Miles is a copywriter/CD in Las Vegas. His work is interesting in part because most of it is for one industry: Las Vegas casinos. And from the looks of it, he’s done big campaigns for just about all of ’em.
Portfolio: milesnebeker.com
Pete Harvey
Pete is a copywriter at Arnold Boston. His site is super quick: two spots, two print campaigns, two interactive campaigns, resumé, contact, done. Makes you want more. Makes you want to call Pete, “Hey, Pete. Love it! What else?” And, really, isn’t that the point of a portfolio site? To prompt that call? Yes. Yes it is.
Portfolio: comistaken.com
Grant Smith
Grant is a freelance copywriter/CD at Handsome Advertising, BBDO NY before that, Cliff Freeman before that. He shares his site with creative partner Richard Artdito. Their book almost forced me to break my “one piece per post” rule. Their Red Stripe campaign is amazing. They also did a Budget Moving Truck campaign (in their Alternative Media section) that’s equally amazing. In the end, I choose beer over trucks. Go figure.
Portfolio: grantandrick.com
Chris Torrens
Chris is a copywriter at Deutsch in LA. And yes, I’m a sucker for the agency self-promo.
Portfolio: christorrens.com
Lawson Clarke
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to feature Lawson’s site. He used to work at Arnold. Now he doesn’t. I’ll let you discover the rest on your own.
Portfolio: malecopywriter.com
Ryan Dean Waite
Ryan is a copywriter at Arnold Boston, and Chiat before that. The work on his site is laid out in one, long linear (left to right) string, TV to print to integrated. What nice about that is that Ryan has done all the work for you. Look at this, then this, then this, etc. He shows you what’s important to him. In addition, there’s nav in the upper right that allows you to go back through it at your leisure. Oh, and the work. It starts with that killer Nissan spot where all of the college team mascots – real life versions of them – are chasing the Nissan pick-up with the Heisman trophy strapped in the bed (awesome), and doesn’t let up from there.
Portfolio: ryandeanwaite.com
Jeff Gillette
Jeff is a copywriter/CD at Google Creative Lab in NYC, CP+B before that. I love the look and functionality of his site. It’s super clean. As you would expect, there’s a lot of great work. But what really blows me away are his inventions. In addition to being an ACD/copywriter, Jeff is an inventor. A real inventor. As in, he makes stuff. Check out Coffee Coals®. If they were at Target, everyone on my Xmas list would have ’em.
Portfolio: jeffgillette.com
Carl Corbitt
Carl is a copywriter/CD at Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam. He also has an agency-company-creative business thing called Mutant, Inc., that he runs with his long-time creative partner/AD, Anja Duering, who is also a CD at W+K. Got all that? If not, visit their site and all will be revealed. Along with a ton of absolutely fabulous work.
Portfolio: mutantinc.com
David Povill
David is a copywriter at David & Goliath, and before that Chiat, and before that CP+B. I had a hard time choosing one piece to post. He’s got an AMAZING print campaign for Method, and I almost went there. But, you know, I’m just a sucker for photos of great writing out there in real life.
Portfolio: davidpovill.com
Robyn Gunn
Robyn is a freelance copywriter in San Francisco, previously at Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners. Her book is filled with absolutely awesome writing – and I mean filled. She’s got a couple booklet/brochures for MINI that she just wrote the hell out of, including one of my all-time faves, Field Guide To Good Motoring. To top it off, she’s into taxidermy.
Portfolio: robyngunn.com
Van Horgen
Van is a copywriter/ACD at space150 in Minneapolis, and before that design shop Little & Co, and before that design shop Carmichael Lynch Thorburn. You can tell Van knows exactly how to write for designers. His book is gorgeous.
Portfolio: behance.net/vhorgen
Dave Kwasnick
Dave is a CD/writer at Blattner Brunner in Pittsburg. He’s got fantastic campaigns for Zippo and Juicy Fruit on his site. He’s also got campaigns for Consol Energy and Navy Federal Credit Union that are harder working, but clean and smart. It’s nice to see a book with clients/brands that are a little more straight-forward, but who are buying work that’s portfolio-worthy. Tip o’ the Hat.
Portfolio: davekwasnick.com
William Burks Spencer
William is a freelance copywriter in NYC, Wieden + Kennedy London before that. What I love about his portfolio is that it’s filled with ideas. Literally. Campaign ideas, script ideas, written out. Now that, my friends, is brave. And it works – because the ideas, and the writing, are great.
Portfolio: williamspencer.com
Brooks Jackson
Brooks is a copywriter at GSP in SF. One of my fave things about his site, other than the work, is the size of it. Just enough to know he’s a kick ass writer. I’m left wanting more, which is how it should be.
Portfolio: Click here
Mark St. Amant
Mark is a copywriter/CD in Boston, most recently at Arnold. And how about this – in addition to copywriting, he’s written the world’s best-selling book on fantasy football. His site is dual purpose, featuring both his ad portfolio and his books.
Portfolio: markstamant.com
Allen Hannawell
Allen is a copywriter/CD at GSD&M in Austin. He’s got some great BMW stuff on his site, including the online movie/event “The Ramp” which was forwarded to me 1,342,468 times. For good reason.
Portfolio: ahannawell.com
Ian Falcon
Ian is a copywriter at CP+B in Boulder, Leo Burnett before that. On his site, he lists Additional Experience:
Co-Founder – The Forgery; A Pittsburgh Literary Works (2003-2004)
Asst. Editor – The New Yinzer (Literary Magazine) (2003-2004)
Founder and Co-Editor – The Factory (Magazine of Cultural Criticism) (2002-2003)
Producer/Co-Host/DJ – World Domination Industries (Radio Show) (1999-2000)
Actor and Director – Productions with Theater Emory and throughout Asia
Toured Asia with a symphony – Double Bass (1998)
Portfolio: ianfalcon.net
Eric Helin
Eric is a copywriter at RPA in Santa Monica, where he did this cool Honda board. He wrote that killer Honda “Trashed” spot, which is a must-see on his reel. He also does what many of us dream of doing, and that’s live in Santa Monica and write films.
Portfolio: letsgoinonashiptogether.com
Bryan Karr
I’m pretty sure Bryan is a copywriter at Arnold Boston. His rez is somewhat mysterious, as is much of his site (contact is just a yahoo email address … and give “download resumé” a shot – awesome). The work isn’t mysterious though. I saw the above campaign at the Kelly Awards this year. Smokin’.
Portfolio: bryankarr.com
Ryan Kutscher
Ryan is an ACD at CP+B. If you’re not happy with your career, just skip going to his site. If you’re having a good day, a really good day, then I recommend going through it backward. Start with the rez. He broke into the biz as an intern at CP+B in 2004. Right. Then to to the awards page. Shit. Deep breath. Then to the work, which is really just a line-up of every other brilliant spot that’s come out of Crispin over the past five years. Including the Whopper Freakout campaign.
Portfolio: ryankutscher.com
Brian Ahern
Brian is a Senior Copywriter at Saatchi New York, but halfway through his print portfolio I had to double-check his rez to make sure he was a copywriter, not an art director. Why? Because his book is full of super clean, big idea, visually-driven work that KICKS ASS. Not to mention his TV. Damn.
Portfolio: bahern.com