Since his last post on MC (wayyy back on 12.01.09), Chris has moved from Butler to Draftfcb to McKinney, where he’s now an ACD/writer. He’s also added a ton of killer new work to his site, including Chipotle, Travelocity and Priceline. Wayyy past time for an update.
Portfolio: chrishancockwriter.com
Since his last post on MC (03.26.12), Jim has moved from Portland to SoCal and added some new work to his site. Time for an update! It should also be noted that Jim is an Oregon grad, as is MC. So, while he’s now living the high life in Hermosa Beach or wherever, his head is firmly on the ground. Or his feet. No, his feet are in the sand. His head, then. On the ground. (Ahem.) Go Ducks!
Portfolio: themothership.cc
Martin Baker, a writer at Mother, gave MC a heads-up that they’re looking for a couple of summer CW interns in NYC. And that they’ve got this guy, Donald, trolling LinkedIn for candidates. How do you know if Donald is trolling for you? Watch the video and find out.
Check out Donald: Click here
Watch the video: Click here
Apply for internships: Click here
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the 2014 VCU Brandcenter graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):
Sam Bauer – sambauercw.com
Karen Bolipata – karenbolipata.com
Jimmy Burton – jimmyburton.com
Ally Farrish – allyfarrish.com
Peter Henningsen – peterhenningsen.com
Katie Johnston – katierjohnston.com
Blakeley Jones – blakeleyjones.com
Demian Kendall – demiankendall.com
Chase Kimball – clkimball.com
Nicole Lague – nicolelague.com
Liz Loudy – lizloudy.com
Samson Madella – samsonmadella.com
Steve Nass – stevenjnass.com
Trong Nguyen – tronghnguyen.com
Hunter Pinnell – hpinnell.com
Erin Ridgeway – erinridgeway.com
Garrick Sheldon – garricksheldon.com
Gabe Sherman – meetgabesherman.com
Colleen Trachy – colleentrachy.com
Jimmy’s Divorce-A-Ments project begins with this simple introduction: “A lot of things change after your parents get divorced. One of those things is Christmas.” Amen, brother. MC is guessing we’ll see some form of these in Urban Outfitters around November/December.
Portfolio: jimmyburton.com
Samson is from South India, where from 2002 through 2012 he was a professional bass player, church elder, missionary, guitar player, songwriter, clinician, proofreader, gofer, report writer, activist, publicist, singer, change agent, band manager, hotel lobby musician, content writer, and social justice advocate. Today, he is a new copywriter grad from VCU Brandcenter, and his site features projects represented by electric guitar pedals. Excellent.
Portfolio: samsonmadella.com
You know what’s funny? Listening to people annunciate when they’ve got a cold. It’s just stupid funny. Ally’s campaign for Afrin features a Google Translate language setting for Congested (sponsored) that turns ordinary sentences into their stuffed-up equivalent. Afrin needs to do that.
Portfolio: allyfarrish.com
VCU Brandcenter Week 2014 kicks off with Mr. Garrick Sheldon. Part of the fun of putting together a student book is that you not only get to go crazy creative with the work, but also with clients/projects. Garrick’s Monsanto campaign “In search of solutions, not popularity” flips the finger at protesters in the name solving world hunger. His Gas-X campaign “Focus” is a series of short documentaries about people who need less distractions on the job—female and male strippers is the first (above), bomb technicians will be the second. His LegalZoom.com campaign “Garage, Inc.” is about connecting entrepreneurs with investors who are willing to invest workspace. Dig it.
Portfolio: garricksheldon.com
Taylor is a copywriter/acd at R/West in Portland. After checking out his portfolio (don’t miss the First Tech spot with the pen, “A pen. Notice anything different about it? No chain attached.” Yes.), click over to his Culture page and behold Cruisedays On The Roof, which is all about watching Tom Cruise movies on the agency roof. (See Ice Man ice sculpture above.) Warning: there’s a tight-whitey shot halfway down the page.
Portfolio: taylorsiolka.com
Ben is a freelance writer in Chicago. Since his last post on MC, just after graduating from Circus (09.28.12), he’s spent time at INNOCEAN and Draftfcb, and added a bunch of work to his site. His book is in that in-between stage, part student and part produced, which MC digs seeing the most. So interesting to check out what writers create in school, and what that means in agency life, at this shop or that. Clicking through Ben’s site, MC totally remembered his school book vibe. And watching his FootJoy video, it’s like, yep, there he is—Bag Checking a pro golfer, just hoping to find Atomic Fireballs or Laphroaig.
Portfolio: bensantoriello.com
Jenny is a copywriter at Ogilvy in NYC, just over a year into it. Her book is in that part-student/part-produced stage that MC loves to see. Jenny’s got nine projects up on her site at the time of this post, three produced for UPS & Ferrari, Philips Norelco Social, and Big Ad Gig/Bully Prevention, plus six student campaigns. MC had no choice but to post a piece from her student campaign for Half Price Books, featuring The Cat In The Hat plus Gulliver’s Travels (originally titled “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships” for the literary among us). “Two books for the price of one.” Nice.
Portfolio: jennybean.virb.com
Josh is a recent grad of Miami Ad School (Oregon before that, go Ducks!), in New York, just starting a gig at R/GA this very week. How great is that? Great. Who wouldn’t want to be Josh this week? Nobody. Meaning, everybody. Would want to be Josh this week. Nobody wouldn’t want to be him. Big ups, Josh!
Portfolio: jgocreative.com
Sara Greene, Director of Talent Management at Factory Labs in Denver, is on the hunt for a Senior Copywriter (would also consider an ACD/CW for the right person). For a detailed job description or to apply, click the link below. To check out Factory Labs, click the image above. From the job description: “The Senior Copywriter is a senior-level position within the agency, with the potential to move into a management role. Senior Copywriters collaborate with account, media and creative teams to strategize, develop and produce work across every medium, from broadcast and print, to web and mobile applications. Roles and responsibilities include owning creative assignments as a lead team member, concepting, presenting and crafting the work, and playing an integral role in new business pitches.”
For job description or to apply: Click here
Jeremias Stelter, Recruitment Director at Code and Theory NYC, is on the hunt for a copywriter. From Jeremias: “Who are we? We’re Code and Theory – specifically the brand side of our company, where we work on everything from Dr Pepper, to Burger King, to Jack Daniel’s. We’re looking for a copywriter with 2-4 years agency experience to join the team.
Who are you? You’re getting good at presenting your work, you love what you do, you get excited about doing work that’s never been done before, you can write headlines, and idea statements, and come up with big integrated ideas. You’ll be working on one of America’s biggest soda brands, with some whiskey on the side. You’ll be working with a partner. And having a good time in the heart of SoHo as part of one of the fastest growing digital agencies in the US. You’ll even be allowed to bring in your dog from time to time.”
Send your URL to Jeremias at: jeremias.stelter@
Bryan is a new copywriter in NYC, having just finished up his first portfolio at Adhouse. (Big ups, Bryan!) Lots of fun writing on his site for brands like Bolt Bus, Major League Soccer, Strand Bookstore, and Money Magazine. Can’t wait to see where he lands.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/bryanjmcmanus
Wells Fargo is on the hunt for both a senior copywriter and a senior art director to join their in-house Enterprise Creative Group in either the Bay Area or Charlotte (your choice). From Wells Fargo, on the CW position: “This is a newly created role within the Enterprise Creative Group that will work under the direction of our Creative Director. The Senior Copywriter will work across a range of digital and traditional projects including print, video, online advertising and digital direct response with an emphasis on creating effective and breakthrough direct mail communications.
The ideal candidate has:
For the full SR CW info/to apply: Click Here search Requisition Number 3856617
For the full SR AD info/to apply: Click Here search Requisition Number 3856615
Stevie is a copywriter in London, currently freelancing at Droga5, previously at Channel 4 and Mother. He shares a site with AD/creative partner Emily Churches. Don’t miss Gay Mountain—their video showing Channel 4’s support of gay athletes at the Olympics in Sochi. Rawrrr.
Portfolio: emilyandstevie.com
James is a copywriter/art director/CD in Milwaukee, on the hunt for his next adventure. Notice the CW/AD slash in his title. How many CWs have fantasized about having that slash? “I know my copy is great. It just needs to be designed different. If only …” and then you wake up, still seeing some ghost of the perfect layout in your mind, but not clearly enough to do it yourself, and besides, you don’t really know how to do type in InDesign anyway, even if you do know the kerning button. Dang.
Portfolio: holymolycow.com