MC is psyched to see headline campaigns all over Circus CW portfolios this Summer. I count six such campaigns in Sarah’s book alone. “But wait,” you retort. “Just how in demand are good headline writers these days?” To which MC replies, “Congratulations Sarah Anderson on your new job at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco!” Dig it.
Portfolio: sarahaanderson.com
Big thanks to Brent Goldman for hooking up Creative Circus Summer 2012 on MC. Definitely some strong books coming out of Circus as of late, as evidenced by most of this graduating class already having new jobs or internships (who’s where on Friday). Love it.
Portfolio: brent-goldman.com
Copywriter/CD Shane Hutton (MC 9.15.10) has opened a new agency in Los Angeles, with art director Lee Walters, and they’re ready for new biz. MC can’t wait to see what comes next.
New site: ArcanaAcademy.com
Johanna is a copywriter in Los Angeles. MC is a big fan of awesome illustration/animation, who isn’t? Lots of it on Johanna’s site. Check out: H.D. Buttercup, Papaya King, Hansaplast, The Cold Hearted Thief (cover), Until We Bleed (type), etc. Dig it.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/johannawidegren
Mate is an interactive copywriter in Stockholm, after recently graduating from Berghs School of Communication. (Note to self: must host Berghs Week on MC.) Lots of smart, awesome ideas on his site. Don’t miss Mercedes Future Cell, where he turns old cars into an artificial reef. Amazing job putting the video together. Wow.
Portfolio: matenagy.com
Cassidy is a copywriter/ACD at Tris3ct in Chicago. (Portfolio submitted by friend of MC Alan McCoy, big ups.) Super clean presentation of her work, and such a writer-ish way to present it. All words: category columns, campaign groupings, individual titles. Did I mention super clean? Maybe that’s because Cassidy is not only a writer, but has been doing a lot of work recently for toilet tissues? (Sorry. Had to.)
Portfolio: cassidyfletcher.info
Craig Likhite, Vice President/Creative Manager at CK Chicago, is looking for a mid-level copywriter to work on Corona, Panera, Hilton, Cedar Fair, Porsche, and other (awesome) accounts. From Craig: “CK is looking for a mid-level copywriter. What’s a mid-level copywriter? You’ve done some things. You’d like to do more things. Some of your things are good. You’d like your next ones to be great. You’ve worked on this and that. You’re looking to work on this, that and the other. TV. Radio. Digital. Whatever. The more curious, the better. Oh, and mid-level copywriters can’t be assholes. They have to be seniors to be assholes.” Amen. If you’re interested, contact Craig directly at the address below.
Email Craig: CLikhite@c-k.com
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is proud to present the portfolio sites of the University of Oregon 2012 copywriter grads (in alphabetical order):
Adam Panetta – adampanetta.com
Alex Walentin – cargocollective.com/alexwalentin
Beckett Short – cargocollective.com/beckettshort
Ben Novak – cargocollective.com/bennovak
Breanne Thomas – breannethomas.net
Brenden Morgan – brenden-morgan.com
Don Whitlatch – cargocollective.com/doncwhitlatch
Eric Perrenoud – ericperrenoud.com
James Mueller – jamesjmueller.me
Justin Han – justinandrewhan.com
Kelsey Wilkins – kelseywilkins.com
Kris Cantrell – cargocollective.com/kriscantrell
Michelle McKenzie – michellermckenzie.com
Nickolaus Sugai – nicksugai.com
Niki Naboulsi – nikinaboulsi.com
Tyler Carrington – tycarrington.com
Nick shares a couple of campaigns with Niki Naboulsi (featured Tuesday), as happens when you’re in school, sharing resources, collaborating, etc. MC likes the teamwork. Anyway, also on Nick’s site be sure to check out: NASA, Fantasy Trainwrecks, and U of O Advertising. Love to see all of the real-life books being made and shot for portfolios. Love to see print alive and well, in any form. Very cool.
Portfolio: nicksugai.com
So interesting to see the trends running through CW portfolio sites at different schools. From Oregon, lots of poetry and beautiful video. (Not unexpected, with the W+K influence.) As an Oregon alum, I love Tyler’s time-lapse piece “Miniature Eugene.” Ah, Eugene.
Portfolio: tycarrington.com
Oregon is Oregon, and you know when you go through an Oregon site there’s going to be some stuff that’s just out. Because that’s how Ducks do it. You also know you’re going to find stuff that’s just fun. Like Niki’s “Sweaty Little Secrets” campaign for Champion sweatpants. Or a page of pics of Oregon students, and when you hover over them, they laugh. Good times.
Portfolio: nikinaboulsi.com
What do you want to see on a graduating copywriter’s site (in addition to great writing)? How far from “five campaigns plus a video” can they go? What’s relevant and what’s not? Physical artifacts of their dreams? Unsolicited signs out in the wild? Do those count? MC thinks yes.
Portfolio: breannethomas.net
Madeleine Clark, good friend of MC and awesome headhunter/recruiter, is looking for just the right CW/CD for a killer position in Los Angeles. From Madeleine, “Creative Director/Copywriter role for booming cause-related consumer brand in Los Angeles. We’re looking for experience on consumer products and superb storytelling skills, particularly in the video/film medium. Oversees in-house creative department of 20 and partners with CD/Art Director. Salary range $150-$175k.” Trust MC, it’s a good gig. Contact Madeleine at the address below if you’re interested.
Madeleine Clark, Clark Cohen Executive Search: mclark@clarkcohen.com
Marcelo is a senior copywriter at Ogilvy São Paulo. Fun fun fun fun fun. All kinds of fun work all over Marcelo’s site. For his post, it was between the above and one of his Huggies print ads, featuring ET poops and pees in UFOs battling against laser-weilding diaper aliens. Such a tough call.
Portfolio: marcelopadoca.com
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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: cargocollective.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