Jenna is a copywriter/CD in San Francisco who’s done time at Riney, W+K Amsterdam and Fallon. Don’t miss her Travel Writing section. Russia, Morocco, Rwanda, Japan, Vietnam, Tibet, Chile … seriously.
Portfolio: jennahall.com
Scott is a copywriter/CD in Chicago, previously at CP+B, Cramer Krasselt, Chiat Day, GS&P, Leagas Delaney, and W+K. His site is divided into two halves: Writer and Creative Director. Both are just stellar.
Portfolio: rswild.com
Albert is a copywriter/CD previously at Fallon, Strawberry Frog, GS&P, and just holy crap wow. Uncork a bottle and lock the doors. His site is The Motherload.
Portfolio: albertkelly.com/thework
Brooks is a copywriter at GS&P in SF. He’s got a new site and some killer new work up on it. Last week, I wrote that Cargo is taking over the Creative Portfolio Universe and for good reason. Here, my friends, is this week’s evidence.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/brooksjackson
Brian is a copywriter/CEO/CCO of Barkley in Kansas City. Don’t misses: Sonic Drive-in, Vintage Spyder Replicas, Johnson County Library, Creativity Symposium, and Motion Graphics (cool).
Portfolio: brianbrooker.com
Jason is a copywriter at Tribal DDB in Dallas. He’s got a deep site, with lots of digital and some serious words in there, too. Check out Believer Magazine, MADD and Alien Training Camp.
Portfolio: jasonshipp.com
Clarence is a senior copywriter at Martin in Richmond. His Charmin Public Restroom Stall Wraps (above) make me so jealous. Why haven’t I thought of that? With all the time I’ve spent … uh, nevermind.
Portfolio: clarencebradley.tumblr.com
Mandy is a copywriter at Goodby in San Francisco. She shares a site with art director/husband Aaron Dietz. Their site broken out into channels: DietzTV, Work, Picmap, News, Haircuts (including the photo above), etc. The Work page is a series of non-active thumbnails, plus a link to an article about Mandy and Aaron. So interesting!
Portfolio: aarondietz.com
Jordan is a senior copywriter at TM in Dallas. On his site is a series of posters welcoming IT Specialists to a server convention in Las Vegas. No visuals. No budget. Just words and a drop of type design. That, my friends, is copywriting.
Portfolio: jordandontos.com
John is a copywriter/ACD at RPA in Los Angeles, David & Goliath and McKinney before that. What’s better than going through someone’s site, seeing work you’ve never seen before, and laughing out loud because it’s hilarious and awesome? Well. Okay. The Spinach & Shaved Parmesean Pizza at Tommaso’s in San Francisco is better. But not much.
Portfolio: johnguynn.com
Peter is a senior copywriter at GS&P, previously at Y&R and Mullen. Ton of great work in his book for a really awesome mix of clients, from Sprint to the Sopranos. His site is hosted on Cargo, which has taken over the Portfolio Site Universe over the past three months, and for good reason. Clean, easy to nav, and makes work look tay-ay-asty.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/petercarnevale
David is a copywriter/CD in Dallas who, as he puts it on his LinkedIn profile, has spent the past nine years acting as a “marriage counselor between traditional and digital advertising.” From what I’m hearing, that’s something a lot of agencies are looking for these days.
Portfolio: davidcoats.com
Jessica is a senior copywriter at The Martin Agency in Richmond (as of two months ago), GS&P before that. Her site is titled JessLikesToMakeStuff and is divided into two parts: For Work and For Play. But they could be For Play and For Play With Money, because her work is just wicked fun.
Portfolio: jesslikestomakestuff.com
Frank is a junior copywriter at Hill Holiday in Boston. So cool to see what a writer can do at an awesome shop in a year and a half.
Portfolio: frankcartagena.com
Kon is a copywriter/planner/CD, previously head of copy at a crypto exchange (that went boom), and before that 18+ years at W+T, Lowe, Ogilvy, and TBWA and affiliates. He now freelances between Thailand and South Africa. So much to discover on his site. Awesome Thai director (Thanonchai Sornsrivichai), great Thai agency (Jeh United), and a bar called Ronnie’s World Famous Sex Shop For Ice Cold Beer.
Portfolio: konhouse.com
Jenny is a copywriter at McKinney in Raleigh-Durham. Lots of cool stuff on her site for Virgin Mobile, Sherwin-Williams and Travelocity. Check out “Chatroulette.” Can you imagine what that poor Gnome saw? Don’t even want to think about it.
Portfolio: jennysayshi.com
Andrew is an interactive copywriter at CP+B, previously at AKQA. Don’t miss: The Lost Ring case study. Amazing project. Amazing sponsorship. Just wow.
Portfolio: andrewmcmurchie.com
Nancy is a copywriter/GCD at MacLaren McCann in Toronto. Check out this portfolio client list: Coke, Lotto, Chevrolet, Tylenol, Bell, Great Wolf Lodge, GM, Dentyne, Cheerios, and Nike.
Portfolio: napkinscribbler.com
Casey is a copywriter at Publicis in Seattle. He’s got a new Cargo site and a bunch of new work on it, including the now world famous Erotic Bakery Boner Cupcake campaign thing social media grosstrosity. How can you not laugh? You just can’t. Not laugh.
Portfolio: caseybrewer.com
Chris is a copywriter in Los Angeles, currently at Chiat. Some hilarious TV on his site. Don’t miss the IKEA spot (top row, third from left) and the Jack In The Box spot (third row, third from left). Also, check out “Chairs” (top nav, far right). I want one.
Portfolio: chrispouy.com
Andrew is a senior copywriter at CP+B in Boulder. Don’t misses: Burger King’s King Roulette, Nike Punishment Tracks and VW Routan Boom. Just awesome.
Portfolio: andrewgoldin.com
Brian is a copywriter at McKinney in Raleigh-Durham. Some really cool clients in his portfolio, like Richardson’s Rod & Custom, Serious Robots, Wieler Modern Homes, and Durham School of Boxing. Awesome work for Southern Comfort too – including the SoCo Night Institute. Check out the instructional vid for Dancing With A Drink In Your Hand (Web: SoCo Night Institute: link in lower right).
Portfolio: murraydeluxxxe.com
Bill is a senior copywriter at EURO RSCG in Chicago, Grey Direct before that. His site starts with tasty campaigns for Brigid’s Bags and Parker Brothers … and then, wham! Check out the old school Rolex spreads. Fellow copywriters, if print is dying, know this: MC will be with you every step of the way. Together, we will march to the grave. Together, we will tap the dirt with our shovels. Together, we will raise our glasses to 36-point centered Palatino, 150 words of body copy and a tag that drives it all home in four. Salute!
Portfolio: billforce.blogspot.com
Nick is a copywriter out of NYC, previously at Toy and BBH. He shares a site with creative partner/AD Thompson Wharrell. They’re responsible for one of the greatest online virals of all time: Elf Yourself.
Portfolio: nickandthompson.com
Francisco is a copywriter/CD at Leo Burnett in Madrid. There’s all kinds of awesome work up and down his blog, but be sure to watch the first video: “Prodis. Let us do it.” Seeing an agency use their powers for good is so cool. Especially when it’s done like this.
Portfolio: fcassiswork.blogspot.com
John is a copywriter/ACD at Butler Shine, CP+B and Cramer Krasselt before that. This, my friends, is a perfect Friday post. John’s got 20 killer projects on his site, some of them with as many as 10 pieces. Enough for Saturday and Sunday, too.
Portfolio: johnreidportfolio.com
Tom is a copywriter/senior creative exec in Minneapolis, formerly EVP/ECD at both Arnold and Martin Williams. What, you ask, does someone with those credentials put in their portfolio? Well, MC answers, see for yourself.
Portfolio: tomkelly.carbonmade.com
Erik is a copywriter at Risdall in Minneapolis, previously at Brooklyn Point, Martin Williams and Carmichael Lynch. Don’t misses: Crumpler Custom Bags vid (cool to see someone actually making the custom bags) and letters from Hell’s Kitchen NYC to OJ, Manson and Skilling.
Portfolio: kvalseth.com
Luke is copywriter at Cutwater in San Francisco. He’s got himself a St. Bernard named Harper, new baby on the way, and a Cargo site that’s good times. Go, Luke!
Portfolio: thebookofz.com
Well, how about this? The one and only Chris Ford, long-time copywriter/CD at GS&P (and the very first copywriter posted on MC), is moving to Australia to become ECD of Ogilvy Sydney. Congrats, Ford!
Portfolio: chrisford.tv