Category Archives: Experience

Mid-Sr Writer Wanted: Sleek Machine, Boston

Tim Cawley, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Sleek Machine in Boston (also a killer writer), is on the hunt for a mid-senior level writer. From Sleek Machine: “Sleek Machine / Boston is looking for an entrepreneurial, optimistic, prolific, relentless, responsible, conceptually rock-solid copywriter – the kind of ODC ad-geek who would pore over a site like MC! Someone with 3-7 years’ experience who can generate exciting ideas, regardless of medium. Someone who sees opportunity in everything – from TV production, to the no-budget social media post.

We’ve been around 3 years. 14 full-time employees. Creatively-driven culture. Our work has been featured extensively in Creativity Online, Ads of the World, Adweek, and we’ve even had our own 8-page agency profile in Communication Arts. National (and occasionally international) accounts in a range of categories. Fast-paced, productive, tight-knit environment. You will definitely produce significant amounts of book-worthy, real work for real brands. You can get a sense of our venture here: sleekmachine.com“

Please send a portfolio link to: inquiry@sleekmachine.com

Mark Walter

Mark is a senior copywriter at DigitasLBi in NYC. Sometimes you click through a writer’s site and you can tell that the person on the other end of the portfolio just loves making stuff. Definitely the case with Mark’s site. After “Selected Work” (password for protected projects, including featured spot above, is ‘happy’), don’t miss “Side Projects” and “Etc.” Good times.

Portfolio: markwrotethisurl.com

Jon Gruber

Jon is a new copywriter at Deutsch NYC after graduating from Miami Ad School on June 9th (big congrats!). The first project on his site is heavy, but powerful. Words Kill shows cyberbullies the real consequences of their actions by linking the sites of suicide victims who were bullied with the same words. Super smart.

Portfolio: jon-gruber.com

Copywriter Wanted (Contract), NerdWallet, San Francisco

NerdWallet is on the hunt for freelance copywriter to join their team in San Francisco. From NerdWallet: “We’re looking for an imaginative and skilled marketing copywriter to join our Brand Studio team on a contract basis. This is an on-site, 40 hour/week contract role based in San Francisco. This person will write compelling, clear and strategic copy that drives business results and supports key marketing initiatives while maintaining the NerdWallet voice and vision. We’re looking for a self-driven, creative problem solver who’s passionate about making personal finance clear and human.

As the marketing leg of our copy team, you’ll work closely with our designers and the Paid Marketing team to craft messaging and copy for digital deliverables.

Where you can make an impact:

Working closely with Paid Marketing and Brand Studio designers to create engaging concepts for landing pages, display ads, social and video.
Communicating complex financial concepts using punchy, conversational language.
Developing collaborative relationships with performance marketing managers to craft campaign and feature-specific messaging, value props and benefit-driven copy.
Digesting performance metrics and integrating learnings into creative.
Understanding and identifying the nuances between between high-performing copy across various channels.

Your experience:

2+ years of related marketing copywriter experience at an advertising or marketing agency, or in-house creative team.
Must have digital experience — especially direct response copywriting.
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Organized and able to reference past projects when needed.
A love of storytelling and thinking outside the box to create impactful marketing campaigns and materials.
A strong interest in personal finance, and a curiosity to learn more.”

For full job description and to apply: Click here

ACD Writer & Intern Writer Wanted: Edelman SF & LA

Heidi Espejo, Recruiting Manager for Edelman Western Region, is on the hunt for an ACD copywriter to join their San Francisco team and an intern copywriter to join their Los Angeles team. From Heidi:

ACD/COPYWRITER

Edelman is looking for an Associate Creative Director to join its award-winning San Francisco creative team, working on some of the world’s biggest and most exciting brands. Edelman is a great place to grow your talent and hone your craft. You will be challenged to push convention and your own creativity to find the most innovative ways to drive consumer behavior in today’s socially-charged, digital environment.

Edelman is a new kind of agency, at the intersection of PR, Advertising, Social, Digital, and Experiential. We blur the lines between each medium to create smart, innovative, and powerful work that gets people talking and engaging with brands in new ways. We’re passionate, unconventional and driven by a desire to do the best damn work possible. We get results for our clients and have the trophies to prove it. We also laugh a lot Ö and swear a little.

Glimpse life on the inside with #lifeon27 on Instagram.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Serve as the client-facing creative lead for key accounts, providing high-level creative strategy, brand stewardship and executional oversight for all creative programs and deliverables across social, digital and PR
Lead (and sometimes execute) projects from concept to completion for a wide range of marketing outputs from short-form video and interactive web experiences to a variety of social content and experiential activations

QUALIFICATIONS:

7-10 years experience in marketing, advertising or social media
Portfolio: A body of work that showcases your writing chops across a variety of clients with an innate ability to bring to life the nuances of a brandís unique voice
Social fluency and a solid understanding of how to drive conversation and engagement across social channels

Send portfolios to: heidi.espejo@edelman.com

INTERN COPYWRITER

As part of this 20+ team of Copywriters, Designers, Creative Directors and Producers, you will be working on some of the world’s biggest and most exciting brands. You will be continually challenged to push convention and your own creativity to find the most innovative ways to influence conversation, perceptions and culture in exciting and meaningful ways.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assist the creative team with copywriting needs across multiple brand accounts ranging in entertainment, gaming, lifestyle and more
Work closely alongside creatives and account teams to help concept ideas and flesh out campaigns, from the initial brainstorm to the final presentation for a variety of creative deliverables
Demonstrate hustle and curiosity in expanding your creative skills and overall professional experience in a competitive, evolving and fast-paced environment
Stay abreast of industry trends and seek out an understanding of the communications marketing offering from creative to earned media to specialties and everything in between.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The intern candidate must have a BA/BS from an accredited college or university. Disciplines in English, Journalism and/or Communications are a plus
An online portfolio of creative work, with samples of four or more creative projects demonstrating copywriting capabilities
Strong conceptual thinking, demonstrating an appreciation for multi-channel storytelling and overarching strategic direction

To apply: Click here

Copywriter Wanted: Curiosity, Cincinnati

Ried Cartwright, Creative Director at Curiosity in Cincinnati, is on the hunt for a writer. From Ried: “We are looking for an idea generating machine. One who sees things others don’t and then can write it up in a way that makes clients salivate. Yes, we’re in Cincinnati, but we have a roster of national clients and national creatives supporting them.

Key Responsibilities:

It’s easy: show up, work hard, do what you love and come up with interesting ideas
Be the writer everyone wants on their account
All that other stuff, you know—collaborate, presentations, team player…

Qualifications/Skills Required for this Position:

1-2 years experience
A portfolio of great ideas

For more info or to apply email Ried at: rcartwright@curiosity360.com

Don’t talk to Ried and go right for the application: Click here

Hugo Eléspuru

Hugo is a senior copywriter at Fahrenheit DDB in Lima, Peru. (Hello, Peru!) All kinds of awesome creative strategic campaigns on his site, including an extreme price hike on Mother’s Day for gifts no mom wants to receive, using fast internet to slow down speeding drivers, and popcorn boxes that promote equal lending mortgages for same-sex domestic couples. Dig it.

Portfolio: hugoelespuru.com

Jo Forel

Jo is a freelance senior copywriter in London, previously at Mother, Saatchi, HMDG, and Droga5. All kinds of amazing work on her site. Don’t miss her Manifestos page—that’s how you do it. Also, be sure to check out her David Lachapelle-directed video for Boots (above). Now that’s a shoot.

Portfolio: joforel.com

Amanda Abrams

Amanda is a copywriter/CD at Team One in Los Angeles, previously at Red Tettemer and ViTRO. So many cool projects in her portfolio for brands like Lexus, Taylor Guitars, Under Armour, and Planet Fitness. Don’t miss her Lexus LIT IS video (Lexus IS with 42k LEDs on it), or her custom Sriracha Lexus IS. So hot.

Portfolio: amandaabramscopywriter.com

Bo Han

Bo is a junior art director at Translation in NYC. Bunch of great projects on her site for MailChimp, Google, Lego, Genius.com, State Farm, Purina, and Amazon Fresh, that are a mix of student work (Art Center College of Design, Bookshop), internship projects (Droga5), and produced. Also, don’t miss her homemade chinchilla furniture. Serious band saw skills.

Portfolio: bookofbo.com

Hunter Siegel

Hunter is a senior copywriter at VaynerMedia in NYC. All kinds of smart, beautiful campaigns on his site for brands like GE, Labracadabra (above), Kondo, and Ralph Lauren. Love the presentation, too. Very clean, very modern, great strategic write-ups. Oh, and more vertical videos—shot for GE Pi Day. Dig it.

Portfolio: hcreates.com

Brian Bockelman

Brian is an associate copywriter at VML in Kansas City. He runs community management for Propel in addition to working on some cool digital campaigns for Propel, Tropicana and Brisk (above). His portfolio is in that half-produced/half-spec stage that we’re all at about 2-3 years into the biz, and is so cool to see. Good times. Check out his Tropicana vids, which are some of the first scripted vids MC’s seen shot vertical for mobile. Wonder if we’re going to be seeing a lot more of that in the near future? Hmm.

Portfolio: poppinbockles.com

Lisa Taylor

Lisa is a freelance copywriter/CD in Boston. Since her last post on MC (back on 02.04.10), she’s got a brand new site titled “Writing In Yoga Pants” which sounds very comfortable. (Confirmed on her PANTS page, very comfy.) She’s also got a crazy variety of new projects for brands like Able Made, Ocean Spray, SelectHealth, Fancypants Baking Co., and Keds + Taylor Swift (above), which is a super deep integrated campaign. Dig it.

Portfolio: writinginyogapants.com

John Kastanes

John is a freelance copywriter/ACD in Chicago. Since his last post on MC almost six years ago (05.30.11), he’s got a new Squarespace site with projects for a crazy variety of brands, including Maxwell House (above), Dannon, Miller Lite, AbbVie Foundation, and Polyseamseal. Way past time for an update.

Portfolio: johnkastanes.com

Shanteka Sigers

Shanteka Sigers is a copywriter/strategist/ECD at Sanders/Wingo in Austin, Texas. Since her last post on MC (back on 11.02.11), she’s worked on and overseen projects for huge brands including Chevrolet (above) and AT&T, spoken at SXSW and the 3% Conference, been featured in CA and Complex, and won an EFFIE and ADDYs. Definitely time for an update.

Portfolio: shantekasigers.com

Colby Spear

Colby is a copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather NYC. Since his first post on MC two and a half years ago (01.23.15), after graduating from Miami Ad School, Colby has been busy—including a new site with all new projects for brands like Motorola, Kijiji, and UPS. There’s also a link to his student portfolio as it was back in the day. So cool to see what turned into what. Dig it.

Portfolio: colbyspear.com

Regan Kline & Jason Tisser

Regan (copywriter/CD) and Jason (art director/CD) are a freelance team in Los Angeles. All kinds of great projects up and down their joint site, including work for Allstate, Hefty, Hornitos, and a hilarious campaign for Neato Robotics (above). Dig it.

Portfolio: tisserkline.com

Sr Copywriter & Sr AD Wanted: The Escape Pod, Chicago

Heather Hayden, Director of Talent for The Escape Pod, is on the hunt for a senior copywriter and senior art director (individuals or as a team). From Heather: “The Escape Pod CHICAGO is looking to hire a Senior art director and Senior copywriter (either as a team or we will pair up separately) to join us.

Specifically, we are looking for creative talent who:

Have “the ability to think their way out of a proverbial bag”
Have a proven track record of presenting & selling conceptual campaign idea work (not just executions)
Are self-sufficient, independent yet collaborative
Have managed one or more broadcast shoots and been ultimately responsible for its final production delivery
Have some creative mentorship experience

If interested or for more info, please contact Heather: heather@theescapepodagency.com

John Dolab & Chip Kettering

John (copywriter/CD) and Chip (art director/CD) are a freelance team based in Los Angeles. Their portfolios are loaded with big-name clients like Farmers, Chevy, Kaiser Permanente (above), and Wells Fargo, along with some cool surprises like Thomas + Friends and the Institute on Aging. Psyched to have them up on MC.

John’s portfolio: johndolab.com

Chip’s portfolio: chipkettering.com

Bob Meagher

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Bob is a freelance copywriter/CD in Richmond, VA, previously at the Martin Agency (for 28 years). Honored to have him up on MC! So many amazing projects on his site. Few things not to miss: the buzz clips reel at the end of the Geico “Good News” project page, Peter Frampton introducing Bob’s reel on his About page, and Kozy Shack Pudding “World’s Worst Jingle” on his radio page. So bad. So good.

Portfolio: bobmeagher.com

Copywriter Wanted: New Honor Society, St. Louis

Beth Voegtli at New Honor Society in St. Louis is on the hunt for a copywriter. From NHS: “You love to write. You’re good at it. Good enough to get paid for your abilities. But you’re not just a wordsmith, you’re a problem solver. You get as excited about a brand challenge as you do about a killer headline. If this sounds like you, let’s talk.

SPECIFIC DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

The Work

Tell a compelling story in four words or 4000.
Ability to write in every medium: digital, social, print, film.
Work alone or with a team to arrive at solutions.
Contribute to brainstorms.
Follow a brief and ensure work is on strategy.
Have high personal standards; “good enough” isn’t good enough for you.
Stay on top of industry and cultural trends.

The Team/Culture

Be collaborative, flexible and open-minded.
Contribute to the cultural dynamics of the agency.
Take the work seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously.

EXPERIENCE/CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor’s Degree in related field of study
1+ years of experience as a copywriter across multiple brands, categories and channels
A portfolio with a range of work that shows your strengths and your potential for growth

SKILLS/DESIRED TRAITS:

Solid writing/spelling/grammatical skills
Organization, communication and presentation skills
Critical thinking
Resourcefulness
Conceptual (big ideas, not just executions)
Desire to make a mark on the agency and industry at large”

To apply online, click here.

To learn more about New Honor Society, click here.

Clarence Bradley

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Clarence is a copywriter/CD currently freelancing at Apple in London. Since his last post on MC way back on 08.09.2010, he’s taken over the world. So many awesome projects in his portfolio. The first three had MC laughing out loud, including a genius campaign for American Standard, a super hot (not!) spot for Planet Fitness (above), and an amazing video for The Green Party in the UK. Awesomeness.

Portfolio: krop.com/clarencebradley

Copywriter Wanted: RXM New York

Raul Mandru, Partner/Creative Director at RXM in NYC, is on the hunt for a killer writer with 5+ years experience. From RXM: “RXM is an award-winning creative agency based in New York. We are working with Ray-Ban, Harper’s Bazaar, H&M, Sunglass Hut, and Lokai on integrated campaigns and content.

More about our work and vibe rxmcreative.com and instagram.com/rxmcreative.

Your Experience:

You pronounce GIF correctly
5+ years of experience in an agency setting
Strong conceptual abilities. You can easily come up with spot-on ideas from content to TV and video scripts, social posts, activations, events
Solid writing skills and a knowledge of the current digital, social landscape
Strong logic in structuring presentation flow
Genuinely interested in cultural trends and you read the likes of Dazed, Paper, Another
You can easily name a few artists, photographers, musicians you follow and would like to collaborate with
Have been working on similar brands as our client roster (lifestyle, millennial, retail)
You’re obsessed with grammar and already found the 3 mistakes in this description
You work efficiently, pick your battles and agree that “Real artists ship”
You can collaborate with and AD and lead projects independently without a lot of direction
You have great presentation skills and are used to present directly to clients
Native english only
Able to work in the US (Citizen/Greencard/Independent O1)
You’re based in New York

Please only apply if the description fits your profile and experience.”

Send portfolio to: Jobs@rxmcreative.com

Copywriter Wanted: VML Memphis

Cassandra Ondich, Talent Acquisition Manager at VML, is on the hunt for a copywriter to join their Memphis office. From VML: “At VML, it’s not just the job you want — it’s who you are that matters. We’re looking for visionaries. Planners. Dreamers. Because VML is a place that’s all about putting everything you are into everything you do. And we believe in the thought that if it doesn’t exist, it can be created.

Yes, technically we’re located in Kansas City. And New York. And Chicago. And Seattle. But if you need to find us, we suggest visiting somewhere that can’t exactly be pinpointed on a map. Look for us where dreamers thrive. And ideas, too. In a place where limits are pushed and pulled and stretched. Because VML is a full-service digital advertising agency that thrives where the blue sky of possibilities intersects with grounded solutions. We know this is a great place, and others know it too. In fact, we’ve been voted as one of the 25 best places to work in America three times and have partnered with brands around the world. And with two decades under our belt, you’d be correct to guess our trophy case is pretty full as well.

VML is seeking a Copywriter for a government client based in Memphis. Project work requires US citizenship.

What we’re looking for:

Good client presentation skills demonstrating a clear vision of how the work addresses the client challenge
A desire to take on new challenges, grow and learn every day
Ability to work collaboratively as part of a larger team in a fast-paced environment
Savvy with social media
Passion for creating online advertising that busts through banner blindness
Writing talent that makes people take notice and take action

Required Experience:

A bachelor’s degree, English or writing emphasis preferred
Three-plus years of experience in an agency setting, with strong conceptual abilities, solid writing skills and a knowledge of the digital landscape

VML is a M/F Disabled and Vet EEO/AA Employer.”

Apply here or email Cassandra at: Cassandra.ondich@vml.com

Chris Baker

Chris is a freelance senior copywriter in NYC, previously at Figliulo & Partners and Pereira & O’Dell. He’s written spots for the Sprint Framily Frobinsons and World of Tanks (with Steven Seagal, above), improvised on a we-are-in-a-foreign-country-and-don’t-have-a-permit-for-this-everybody-be-cool digital campaign for Skype, and has made everything in between for brands like Macy’s, Virgin Atlantic, AC Hotels, Seabourn, and Mattel. He’s also optioned a TV pilot with Caviar Content in LA about Guardian Angels. Awesome.

Portfolio: thechrisbakery.squarespace.com

Jon Arnold

Jon is VP/CD/AD at BOHAN in Nashville. Since his last post on MC (09.17.14), he’s got all kinds of cool new work up on his site: Coolville. As a writer, one of the first things MC looks at in designer portfolios is typography. Don’t miss Jon’s typography page in the design section of his site (awesome). But there’s great type all over his site, including in his Mars One project (above, featured under art direction). Take me, please.

Portfolio: thecoolville.squarespace.com

Mike Weidner

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Mike is a freelance copywriter in Atlanta, GA. The work on his site is broken out into four categories (Consumer, B2B, Digital & Social Media, Recruiting), plus a page called Marcia & Me (Marcia Brady!), Awards, and Contact. Some cool projects on his Digital page, including NCAA Final Friend for AT&T, which looks fun, but also a possible nightmare—rejecting 63 Facebook friends. Yikes!

Portfolio: mikeweidner.com

Matei Curtasu

Matei is a freelance copywriter/CD working in NYC and Berlin. Since his last post on MC (way back on 12.10.12), just after graduating from Miami Ad School Hamburg, he’s taken over the world. His portfolio includes projects for Google, Nike, adidas, AT&T, CNN, and Hornbach, for agencies including heimat Berlin and Havas NY—and Matei is now teaching at Miami Ad School. Time for an update!

Portfolio: matei.nyc

Shaton Winston

Shaton is a freelance copywriter/ACD/experiential designer in NYC. Huge variety of media platforms represented on his Behance site, from Moleskin notebooks to service design to Citi on Apple Watch (above). Is it time for MC to finally pony up for an Apple Watch? Hmm.

Portfolio: behance.net/shatonwinston

Brian Powers

Brian is an art director/designer/CD in San Francisco, previously at start-up Madison Reed in SF and DigitasLBi Chicago, Ogilvy Chicago, and Doner Detroit before that. He’s got a beautiful Squarespace site that shows off six brands/projects for Madison Reed, Bumble & Bumble, Dove, Interface, Jim Beam, and BP Stations. Dig it.

Portfolio: pwrs.me