New copywriters! Nothing MC likes better. Ladies and gents, below are links to four Creative Circus December 2016 graduating writer portfolio sites:
Jessica Hartman (copywriter) – jessicadawnhartman.com
Sydney Langway (copywriter) – sydneylangway.com
Dan Lemaux (copywriter) – danlemaux.com
Estephania Martin (copywriter) – estephaniamartin.com
December 2016 Creative Circus Week on MC continues, today with the portfolio sites of eight art director grads. Can’t wait to see where they’re gonna land!
Lauren Adams (art director) – laurenbrookeadams.com
Michelle Bird (art director) – michellelouisebird.com
Leslie Graham (art director) – leslyegraham.com
Sally Mills (art director) – stuffbysally.com
Chidalu Montanya (art director) – chidalu.com
Derek Smith (art director) – derekcsmith.com
Shannon Steger (art director) – shannonsteger.com
John Wood (art director) – johnleowood.com
Ladies and gentlemen, this week MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of December 2016 Creative Circus grads: designers (Monday), art directors (Tuesday), and copywriters (Wednesday). Congrats to all!
Patrick Bone (designer) – patrickbonedesign.com
Catherine Buchanan (designer) – catbuchanan.com
Deanna Clark (designer) – deannaclark.com
Ana De Olano (designer) – anadeolano.com
Katherine Law (designer) – katherinelaw.com
Adam Vettraino (designer) – adamvettraino.com
Mary Claire White (designer) – mcforshort.com
Candice is a new art director in Chicago after recently graduating from Chicago Portfolio School. Don’t miss her projects for the Talkspace app (above, online access to therapists) and Kotex “Congrats, you’re not pregnant!” greeting cards. Such a funny idea. How are those not a thing yet?
Portfolio: candiceschlax.com
Scott is a copywriter (available for full-time or freelance) in Boston, previously at Allen & Gerritsen. Check out his social videos for Caron Comprehensive Addiction Treatment (above), which are beautifully shot—especially for social vids. Well done.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/scottkey
Mark is a senior integrated copywriter at MDG in Boca Raton, Florida. He’s gone full Florida 80’s retro with both the URL and design of his site, including the tag: “Creating Words and Ideas in America’s Weirdest State.” That’s a lot of portfolio site bravery, Mr. Trueblood. Respect.
Portfolio: floridacopywriterman.com
Shirley is a freelance copywriter/ACD in San Francisco. She’s got super interesting career experience (LinkedIn here), including Editorial Director at Madison Reed, Copywriter at Fab.com, PM at Random House, and Reporter at the New York Post. Tons of strategy, UX/UI, and brand voice work on her site, too. Dig it.
Portfolio: sh.irleygirl.com
Jim is a freelance copywriter in Omaha, Nebraska. On his About page, he writes: “I’ve racked up a decade of agency experience in a conservative part of the world where steaks are never tough, but people are sometimes tough on new ideas. Basically, it does this to your pitching skills. And makes you realize the power of sincerity to help a client overcome fears.” Amen, brother.
Portfolio: hokewriting.com
Tracy is a new copywriter in San Francisco after graduating from Miami Ad School a few months back. Check out her powerful Norton video against cyberbullying (above, whew!). Also, don’t miss her video for Airbnb Arena, which is a super fun idea—minus the cleaning bills. Yikes. Can’t wait to see where Tracy lands!
Portfolio: tracysilagi.com
Kirk Donnan, of Donnan Creative Strategy in Sunnyvale, CA, is on the hunt for a killer freelance writer based in Northern California. From Kirk: “My virtual agency just landed a big client and I need a high-tech copywriter/designer yesterday. If we can find a stellar writer that has a good design perspective, that would suffice.
First assignment: 20-30-slide powerpoint that the CMO can present to Sales and Marketing departments on Jan. 25, at the annual Sales Kickoff.
This is a very technical company, so I need someone with tech, strategy and creative chops. The job will involve spending quite a bit of time with the CMO over the next few weeks in Santa Clara, CA. So someone based in San Francisco or Northern California is probably best.”
Send your portfolio or link to Kirk at: kirk@donnancreativestrategy.
Clayton Reed, Talent Acquisition & Development Manager at Thorne Research in Madison, Wisconsin, is on the hunt for a copywriter. Details below along with a link of where to apply:
THE POSITION
Reporting to the Creative Director, the Copywriter is responsible for producing compelling written work for digital promotions, page layouts, product descriptions, storyboards, scripts and other creative projects. This includes fusing editorial content and commerce, as well as ensuring brand standards are consistent and maintained across written assignments.
REPSONSIBILITIES
EXPERIENCE
Raoni is a senior copywriter at DDB Mozambique (MC’s first site from Mozambique, yes!), previously at agencies in Brazil. He’s worked on banks, insurers, beverages, credit cards, and cars, for brands like Google, Gatorade, Paints Suvinil, Toyota, Vodacom, and Standard Bank. No matter the language, it’s so cool to see the ideas that get produced in different parts of the world. Always something to learn.
Portfolio: raonileao.com
Jason is a copywriter/ACD at FKQ Advertising in Clearwater, FL. Cool mix of projects on his site including work for Chobani (above), Stella Artois, Diageo, Ball Park, Ronald McDonald House, Chick-Fil-A, and a Chick-Fil-A site, LoveIsHere.com, “developed to encourage an ongoing, honest conversation about love, relationships, marriage, and family.” Once again proving MC’s theory that copywriters know everything about everything—especially relationships. (So kidding.) Good stuff.
Portfolio: lookwhatiwrote.com
Kyle is a senior copywriter at Sterling Rice Group in Boulder, previously at Preston Kelly in Minneapolis (where MC spent some time back in the day). Fun mix of clients on his site, including California Almonds, Daisy Cottage Cheese, the US Potato Board, and Nickelodeon Universe (above). In addition to writing, Kyle also performs marriages as an internet minister, plays in bands which have included Men Who Control The Weather, Caution Peanut, and Shark Town, and smashes pumpkins to Smashing Pumpkins. Yes.
Portfolio: kyleparr.com
Jeff is a copywriter/creative director in Boulder, CO, who is looking to move to Los Angeles, CA. Don’t miss his crazy fun spots for MapQuest, including “your way of out hell” (above). That’s how Jeff is going to feel every day on the 5 in LA. Kidding! (Not kidding.)
Portfolio: jefferin.com
Derek is an art director/designer/creative director in San Francisco. (MC met Derek in SF two weeks ago, good peeps!) Great mix of art direction and design on his site, include a bunch of projects for Macy’s. Don’t miss his photo art direction page, some really beautiful work (including the photo above, MC wants to live there). Dig it.
Portfolio: derekcreates.com
Nothing MC loves more than posting the portfolio sites of brilliant new copywriters. Ladies and gents, below are links to 11 Chicago Portfolio School Fall 2016 graduating writers (in alphabetical order):
Sarah Bass (copywriter) – sarahrbass.com
Olivia Crandall (copywriter) – oliviacrandall.com
Kaitlynn Frank (copywriter) – kaitlynnfrank.com
Chris Glascock (copywriter) – glascockforcopywriter.com
Cole Hintz (copywriter) – medium.com/cole-hintz
Scott Mendlinger (copywriter) – scottmendlinger.com
Kevin Murray (copywriter) – kevinmurraydotcomwastaken.
Brett Rimkus (copywriter) – brettrimkus.com
Shawn Rudolph (copywriter) – shawnrudolphcreative.com
Nika Sagalchik (copywriter) – nikachik.com
James Scharfe (copywriter) – jimscharfecreative.com
Angela Williams (copywriter) – angeladwilliams.com
Fall 2016 Chicago Portfolio School Week on MC continues, today with the portfolio sites of seven September art director grads. Get ’em while they’re hot!
Allie Hunt (art director) – alliehuntad.com
Chris Kilmer-Lipinski (art director) – chriskilmerlipinski.com
Danny O’Donnell (art director) – danny-odonnell.com
Madeline Reusch (art director) – maddiereusch.com
Candice Schlax (art director) – candiceschlax.com
Jake Starr (art director) – jake-starr.com
James Stolbom (art director) – jamesstolbom.com
Ladies and gentlemen, this week MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of September 2016 Chicago Portfolio School grads: designers (Monday), art directors (Tuesday), and copywriters (Wednesday). Congrats to all!
Elise McIntyre (designer) – elisemcintyre.com
Jen Mulvihill (designer) – jenmulvihill.com
Raina Shannon (designer) – rainashannon.com
Vicki Wrobel (designer) – vickiwrobel.com
Mike is a copywriter/CD at JWT in Chicago. So much great video on his site, including Illinois “Mancations” with Bill Kurtis, Illinois Made, and St. Louis Children’s Hospital (above) which might have had MC in tears once or twice. Or three times. Very nice.
Portfolio: mike-beamer.squarespace.com
Vidhi is a copywriter looking for opportunities in NYC after recently moving to the States from Argentina where she was a creative lead at Mother Buenos Aires. Killer variety of projects on her site, including short films for Renault (above), a PETA video featuring Pamela Anderson, Colors Magazine (where Vidhi was an editor), and the beginnings of The Global Warming Cookbook (and possibly pop-up restaurant). Dig it.
Portfolio: vidshah.com
Lindsey is a copywriter at Brand Content in Boston, previously in-house at Staples (last post on MC 07.03.14). In a world that’s spinning a little negative at the moment, it’s so nice to see someone using their copywriter powers for good. Lindsey’s no-budget School The World campaign generated 7 million views in one week for a non-profit that builds schools for kids in developing countries. More of that, please.
Portfolio: copylady.website
Barbara Yoiris, Human Resources Specialist at &Barr, is on the hunt for an experienced writer to join their Orlando team. From &Barr: “&Barr is looking for a Senior to ACD-level copywriter who will be responsible for writing and managing copywriting efforts for a specific client or group of clients. Strategic, innovative, passionate, you’ll work closely with your Creative Director to ensure that all creative efforts are effective and award winning. You must be curious, a collaborator and be able to inspire and mentor junior creative staff.
Duties & Responsibilities
Qualifications
For more info or to apply, contact Barbara at: barbara.yoiris@andbarr.co
Vicki Bokser, Senior Staffing Specialist at Prudential in Newark, New Jersey, is on the hunt for a copywriter. From Prudential: “Prudential’s unique internal full-service marketing & advertising agency has an opening for a Copywriter to be responsible for overall copywriting activities in accordance with strategic goals of the brand, the organization and its various business units. Versatile and conceptually strong in digital and offline channels. Experience with some of the following medium, web, video, social, as well as B2B and consumer print, out of home and marketing communications. Ability to develop strong campaign ideas and write compelling copy.
Roles & Requirements
Qualifications
To learn more and/or to apply: Click here
Mike is a copywriter at VML in NYC where he helped create the above Moto Dojo campaign highlighting Motorola’s Moto Action. There are times when every copywriter gets lost in the grind of penning 500 tags for some new product that doesn’t really need a tag and questions, “Why? Is this really a job? Is what I do worthy of my short time on this planet?” Then comes along a project like Mike’s Moto Dojo and it all goes out the window. Of course this isn’t a real job. Look at what we do. And yet, somehow, they pay us. Shhh.
Portfolio: mikebreighner.com
Beth Voegtli at New Honor Society in St. Louis is on the hunt for a tech-savvy copywriter. From Beth: “New Honor Society is a creative boutique helping brands attract a following by giving people something to buy into, not just a product to buy. We identify a brand’s reason for being and help them talk about it, demonstrate it, and share it: from their company DNA, to their marketing, to their products and services.
We’re searching for a tech-savvy writer who can quickly be brought up to speed on complex matters, write everything from a caption to a video script, and hit deadlines.”
To apply online, click here.
To learn more about New Honor Society, click here.
Sara is a copywriter in San Francisco. She’s got a cool mix of projects in her portfolio, including lots of editorial, fashion and beauty. MC got the chance to meet Sara a few months back and she’s good peeps. If you’re looking to meet a writer in SF with fashion/beauty experience, definitely give her a shout.
Portfolio: sarairavani.com
Drew is a senior copywriter at 160over90 in Gainesville, Florida, previously at BRIGHT RED\TBWA in Tallahassee, and before that Mirium in Minneapolis—where he got to work on the super cute Dream Champion campaign for American Family Insurance (above). Derek Jeter, JJ Watt and Kevin Durant, geez.
Portfolio: drewharkins.com
Calli graduated from Chicago Portfolio School earlier in the year and is now a junior copywriter at mcgarrybowen in Chicago. Her portfolio is still mostly fun spec projects (so cool to see what gets a CPS grad into a shop like mcgarrybowen), and the first celebrates Waffle House servers as saints. Probably more than Waffle House would go for in the real world—but they should totally do the candles for employee of the month. Also on Calli’s site is a campaign for MOBA (above), the Museum Of Bad Art, which MC never knew existed. Hello, road trip.
Portfolio: callihoyt.com
Leonardo is a copywriter in São Paulo, Brazil. (For MC’s English speakers, click on the “English” button at the top of Leonardo’s site before you scroll down his portfolio.) His first project “Rescue Drive” is a genius idea for Chevrolet Cobalt. From Leonardo: “Most Brazilians aren’t used to changing their car unless they really need to. So, we found the perfect moment to present the new Chevrolet Cobalt.” When their car breaks down. Also, don’t miss his videos for Bradesco bank (above), so much drama! You can’t do that better.
Portfolio: barbosa.rocks