Reagan is a copywriter/CD at R/GA Singapore. So many killer projects on his site, including lucky underwear for KFC (see image above), Southeast Asian Adidas, a magic marketer-branding tunnel for Meta, and a campaign fighting Post-Travel Withdrawal Symptoms (PTWS) for Hotels.com. Dig it.
Portfolio: reaganraj.com
Rob is a copywriter/ACD at FP7 McCann in Dubai, UAM. His site features projects for brands like TCS, Rolex, Hardee’s, Lux, McDonald’s, Volkswagen, and STA. Don’t miss “Ketchup Insurance” for Heinz (Bronze Lion, Gold at New York Festivals). From the write-up on Rob’s site: “a staggering 48% of Heinz customers have had ketchup accidents. While we can’t stop mishaps happening, we can cover them. Because if it’s worth the risk, it has to be Heinz. So, inspired by 57 real incidents found on social media, we launched a real, legally-binding insurance program offering customers coverage against 57 ketchup customer-inspired accidents.” Brilliant.
Portfolio: robhall.work
Stephen is a copywriter/CD currently serving as CD at Lumenati, a new-ish production company in Denver. Previously, he spent time at CP+B, BBDO, 72andSunny, WorkInProgress, and freelanced all over the place. His portfolio features work for brands like Domino’s Pizza, Spotify, Google, Jimmy John’s, Charles Schwab, Applebee’s, Village Inn, Nescafé, Mike’s Hard Lemonade (featuring Mike Tyson). He and his partner also came up with the infamous “Captain Obvious” campaign for Hotels.com (love it). So much good stuff. Grab a cold beverage, fire up the laptop, click the link below, and enjoy!
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/stephendalton
Matt is a new copywriter based in Los Angeles on the hunt for his first gig. His student portfolio features projects for brands like Spotify, Tidal, Stella & Chewy’s, Casper, Grammarly, Dramamine, FujiFilm, Body Armor, and Diablo Extra Course Sandpaper—which is rough. (Ha.) Can’t wait to see where he lands!
Portfolio: mattmcewan.co
Austin is a copywriter/front end developer at Bullhorn in Lexington, Kentucky. From his site: “Before I was either of those things, I was a decent touring musician, a mediocre barista, and a pretty bad peach seller. Turns out I’m allergic to peaches anyway.” Ha! You can tell that Austin is a front end developer as soon as you land on his site—super cool semi-OCD-ish organization of the projects on his Work page, including tags for Copywriting, Concept, Brand Voice, Naming, and Web Development. Most of projects are for regional brands like Gates Auto Family, Stockton Mortgage, Taco Tico, Peoples Exchange Bank, and Screamin’ Mimi’s. Always a treat to see work from other parts of the country. Dig it.
Portfolio: hohiemer.com
Tucker is a new copywriter in Nashville on the hunt for a FT gig. Lots of hilarity all over his site, including a Gen Z campaign for Candy Crush that’s all about thumbs, a lazy campaign for DoorDash, and a whole bunch of social work for KFC. From his About page: “I don’t know where you live yet so I made this site to show you all this work. I recognize that it’s rough around the edges, but then, so am I. Think of how smooth I might be with your help.” Can’t wait to see where Tucker lands.
Portfolio: tuckerjackson.com
Ciaran is a senior copywriter at VML Health in Manchester, UK, previously at Havas and TBWA. One of the best things about MC is getting to see portfolios from all parts of the world and all kinds of product categories. Ciaran’s portfolio is part-pharma, part-consumer and features campaigns for everything from managing MS during the pandemic to getting “That New Toy Feeling” for Smyths Toys Superstores. Toward the end of his portfolio there’s a password-protected project (you’ll need to email him to get the password)—and a catch-all “other stuff I’m proud of” page.
Portfolio: ciaranwatkins.com
Ben is a freelance copywriter/CD based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s got a whopping 27 projects on his site for brands like Mobile 1, Sling, SVB, Facebook, Instagram, Pedigree, and MLB. For Schwab, Ben wrote “around 10 TV spots featuring a character named Carl, a bad broker anti-hero played by the hilarious Salvator Xuereb.” Schwab! Good times.
Portfolio: benheller.dunked.com
Gary is a freelance copywriter/CD in Boston. Love his headline writing. Clicking through his site, there are smart lines for brands like Nikon, Tufts, Timberland, Range Rover, Time Magazine, and Megamillions (and that’s just the first few projects). Also, don’t miss his About page. Gary tells the story of how he got into copywriting, some of the giants he’s worked with, and what matters most to him—in just a few short, well-crafted paragraphs. That’s how you do it.
Portfolio: garycohen.myportfolio.com
Jeff is a freelance copywriter based in Tampa, FL. What a cool variety of projects on his site for brands you’ve definitely heard of—and some you maybe haven’t. Those include Back Market (above), Oatly, Outdoorsy, Kenvue, OnHub, Vote.org, and something called Google Chrome. (Ha!) His site is divided into Work (start there), Writing, More Ad Stuff, Branding, About, and Contact. When he reached out to MC, Jeff sent a very cool PDF version of his site. (If you’re an agency recruiter, worth asking for.) Good times.
Portfolio: thisisjeffjohnson.me
Austin is a copywriter/social media specialist at Movement Strategy in Los Angeles. His site is currently divided into “Work” which features four produced social projects for Amazon and Tractor Beverage Company, and “College Adfolio” which features eight projects from his time at Boston University College of Communication. Dig it.
Portfolio: austinpak.com
Diana is a new copywriter in NYC searching for her first junior copywriter position after studying at Adhouse and interning at Gus. In her past lives, she’s been a data analyst in corporate, non-profit, and political campaign environments, and briefly a mushroom farmer. Can’t wait to see where she lands!
Portfolio: dianahou.com
Kyle is a freelance copywriter/ACD/”long-haired dude” in Nashville, previously at shops like McCann NY, RPA, and Translation. He’s got a whopping 25 projects on his site at the time of this post—including work for Verizon, Peloton, Honda, WhatsApp, AT&T, and more. Don’t miss the first project in his portfolio, an Emmy-winning short film dealing with what we all felt during the pandemic, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker and Sufjan Stevens. So cool.
Portfolio: kyledouglasharrison.com
Shelley is a senior copywriter/CD in Los Angeles on the hunt for her next gig, previously at Saatchi in Seattle. Since her last post on MC (back on 02.03.17), she’s been busy. All kinds of cool projects on her site for clients like Hardee’s, Hot Wheels (above), T-Mobile, Microsoft, Toyota, and more. Can’t wait to see where she lands!
Portfolio: shelleybarkerwrites.com
Nick is a freelance copywriter/CD in Minneapolis. Lots of inspiring lifestyle and outdoor projects on his site for brands like Supra Boats, Jack Link’s, CLIF Bar, Moomba Boats, Polaris, Catch Co., and Bauer Hockey (above). Makes MC want to get out there this weekend and do something active. Or, write a campaign about other people getting out there and doing something active. (Hmm.) Dig it!
Portfolio: nickrudie.com
Mick is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Since his last post on MC (back on 12.15.10), he’s added a ton of projects to his site—so many, it takes two pages of thumbnails to get to them all. On the second page of projects, don’t miss “Heart Beats,” part of a branded content campaign he did with SoulPancake/Participant for Denny’s restaurants called “Denny’s Reconnection Stories.” Great story and great storytelling. Time for an update!
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/mickdimaria
Julia is a freelance senior copywriter/CD in Berlin. (Hello, Berlin!) All kinds of beautiful storytelling on her site for brands like Google, eBay, MINI, Spotify, and more. Most of her site is in German, but the descriptions are in English and the stories go beyond language. Don’t miss her short films for Google Pixel. Nice.
Portfolio: juliasumpf.com
Ryan is a Principal Creative Director at Amazon Web Services in Los Angeles. So cool to see yet another talented writer/CD take their agency skills in-house and do something great. All kinds of awesome projects for Amazon AWS and Amazon Music on Ryan’s site, plus work for other brands like UCLA, Savers, T-Mobile, and Microsoft. Dig it.
Portfolio: ryanhammill.com
Sam is a brand new copywriter after graduating from Denver Ad School. (Congrats, Sam!) What’s more fun than seeing a student portfolio right after graduation? Nothing. Nothing is more fun. Don’t miss Sam’s terrifying “Killer” campaign for Listerine (above). Perfect for fans of true crime. And fresh breath!
Portfolio: sam-podolsky.com
Newton is a senior copywriter freelancing in Los Angeles, previously at Innocean and Deutsch. Since his last post on MC (back on 09.20.16), he’s been busy. All kinds of new projects on his site for Hyundai and Volkswagen, plus some of his work from Jimmy Kimmel Live back in the day. (So cool.) Time for an update!
Portfolio: newtcox.com
Johnny is a senior copywriter at Razorfish in Miami. His portfolio features separate pages for Directing, Advertising Copywriting, Filmmaking, Photography, and Writing. His advertising page features work for Jeep, Chevrolet, Corteva Agriscience, and others. It also features a page where you can hire Johnny for one full year for the low, low price of $119,999.00 (ha!). First time MC has seen that in a portfolio. Dig it.
Portfolio: hijohnny.com
Ben is a freelance copywriter/ACD in NYC who has done work for agencies like Saatchi, McCann, and Barbarian for clients like Crest, USAA, and Samsung (above). His “Too Easy” campaign shows how “Samsung’s Smart TV can do just about anything from connecting with your smart devices to customizing its built-in features.” Like cancelling your kid’s band practice. Daaaaaad.
Portfolio: bendoesads.com
Brian is a senior copywriter at Cactus in Denver. His campaign “Thank a Vaccine,” which he did at Sukle before joining Cactus, got into AdAge, CA, and Graphis (nice). Bunch of other fun stuff on his site, too. This month, Brian is also teaching a “Writing for Tone” class at Denver Ad School. Dig it.
Portfolio: briandenison.com
Chris is a freelance writer/CD in Austin, previously at McGarrah Jessee on YETI, Shiner, GameStop and Deep Eddy Vodka. Be sure to check out his first project for Deep Eddy, “V.O.D.K.A. Conference.” As in, “Virtually Optimized Developmental Knowledge Assembly.” Not a real conference, but it should be!
Portfolio: chrisbarnardcreative.com
Luke is a copywriter based in Singapore. (Love getting to feature international portfolios on MC.) Directly from Luke’s site: “With brilliant collaborators, Luke has eaten virtual fruits, made cartoons, faked history, sold insurance with a horror film, created a game about himself as an upset old man, and invented a puffer jacket with a beer-powered cooling system. When he’s not working, Luke performs improv comedy. He’s done shows in Shanghai, Manila, Bengaluru, and all over Singapore. One time he wrapped himself in tinfoil for a show about time travel for Singapore’s National Gallery. They haven’t contacted him since.” Ha!
Portfolio: lukes.work
Rick is a freelance copywriter/CD in Denver. Since his last post on MC back on 12.23.17 (almost six years ago, how is that possible), he’s been busy. All kinds of killer new projects in his portfolio including three for Voodoo Ranger beer that are not to be missed. Time for an update!
Portfolio: rickylambertdotcomwastaken.com
Jason is a freelance CD/copywriter in Los Angeles, most recently working on Papa Johns at Camp+King in SF, now on the hunt for his next home. So much great work in his portfolio—including multiple car campaigns and “Shaq-sized Family” for Papa Johns. Now that’s a big campaign. (Rimshot.) Dig it.
Portfolio: yayitsjay.com
Ashley is a freelance copywriter/creative director in NYC, previously at Laundry Service, Code and Theory, McCann, BBDO, and others. As one would expect from that resume, Ashley’s portfolio is overflowing with award-winning projects for big brands like Mountain Dew, MasterCard, Xerox, HP, Google, TGI Fridays, and Lysol. Her site also features other published writing, photography, art, directing, and a music video that won some stuff too. Geeeeez.
Portfolio: ashleyglassnyc.com
Danush is a senior copywriter/ACD in NYC, previously at Wunderman Thompson, VaynerMedia, and McCann. All kinds of cool projects on his site for big brands like Pepsi and MasterCard, plus some film work as well. However, it being October with the holidays right around the corner, MC had to feature the Pespi “Turkeytron,” the Thanksgiving dinner setup every football/Taylor Swift fan didn’t know they needed, but do now. Delish.
Portfolio: dhanushparamesh.com
Rachel Lawler, Senior Recruiter at 160over90, is on the hunt for a senior copywriter to join their Philadelphia office. To view the complete job description, click here.