Brian is a freelance senior copywriter in Los Angeles. So much good stuff on his site for clients like The Venetian, Kelley Blue Book, Autotrader, Honda, and Jack-In-The-Box. Don’t miss “Advanced Burrito” (above). The casting. The delivery. So funny. Can’t. Stop. Watching.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/brianhallisey
Rena Banks, Operations/Resources Director at Kastner & Partners in Los Angeles, is on the hunt for a copywriter. From K&P: “Kastner & Partners is seeking a mid-level copywriter who has an unhealthy obsession of pop-culture to work on Wise Snacks, Brookfield Properties and new business. Do you approach creative through a cultural lens? If so, we want to talk to you. Our mission is to become the most culturally relevant agency in the world, a goal we’ll accomplish through outstanding thinking from individuals like you, who live at the intersection pop-culture and creativity. A few more things we expect from you are below. Want to be a part of something revolutionary? Well, that might be a stretch, but we’re definitely doing some badass work.
DESCRIPTION:
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must submit portfolio for consideration. Portfolio should contain sample of work across all mediums.”
Submit portfolio to: rena.banks@kastnerandpartners.
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.
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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.
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To apply: Click here
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
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
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
Trey Ho, ACD/Copy at Fuse Interactive in Laguna Beach, CA is on the hunt for a mid-level interactive copywriter. From Fuse: “Fuse Interactive is currently seeking an exceptional Mid-Level Copywriter to join our award-winning team in beautiful Laguna Beach, California.
The ideal candidate has a major passion for writing and advertising, with the ability to adapt a strong voice towards a variety of audiences. He or she is able to hit the ground running, write compelling copy that spans across broadcast, digital, CRM, production, strategy and more. Lastly, he or she is able to thrive in a fast-paced environment, collaborate effectively with a strong team of producers, account managers, project managers and more.
Objectives and Responsibilities:
Skills and Qualifications:
For more info or to apply, contact Trey at: crjobs@gofuse.com
Taylor is soon to be a freelance senior copywriter in Los Angeles (moving March 8th), previously at Maxwell in Boulder where she was lead writer on accounts including Justin’s, Cobram Estate, and P.J. Clark’s. Lots of super positive vibes running throughout the projects in Taylor’s portfolio. The world can use a little more of that right about now. Dig it.
Portfolio: taymullen.com
Shelley is a freelance senior copywriter/ACD in Los Angeles. All kinds of cool projects on her site for clients like Office, Hardee’s, Carl’s Jr, and MS Office, but don’t leave without watching Hot Wheels for Real. The kind of project that makes kids want to grow up to be race car drivers copywriters. Love it.
Portfolio: shelleybarkerwrites.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
Matt is a freelance writer/CD based in Malibu, California. Holy smokes has he worked everywhere good: Apple, Wieden+Kennedy, Fallon, 180la, Leagas Delaney, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Media Arts Lab and Crispin Porter + Bogusky. At those shops, he’s done killer work for Apple, Nike, Netflix, Subaru, adidas, HP, Coke and CNET—including the classic spot above. So awkward. So genius. One of MC’s all-time faves.
Portfolio: mattelhardt.com
Newton is a copywriter at Deutsch in Los Angeles. Before ads, he was a TV writer—including a stint with Jimmy Kimmel. Don’t miss his “Re-Voiced” calls (on his Jimmy Kimmel page). So funny.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/newtcox
Josh is an art director at Saatchi in Los Angeles. Tons of projects for Toyota on his site, including a series of influencer videos for 4Runner. Don’t miss “The Last Jump” by Chris McNamara (above), which shows what can happen when base jumping doesn’t go as planned. (Gulp.) Cool use of YouTube’s annotation feature for this project.
Portfolio: joshdweiss.com
Catharine is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles (formerly at Omelet and Deutsch). So many killer projects for Target on her site, including The Dollhouse for Threshold and Best Snowday Ever in Los Angeles (above). Love it.
Portfolio: catharineogletree.com
Ben is a copywriter/ACD at Zambezi in Los Angeles. Check out his site for Stance special edition Star Wars socks—which allowed fans to use the force when shopping without touching their screens. Awesome. Ben also wrote the tagline for Words With Friends, “May the best friend win.” If you’re a WWF junky like MC, that’s tagline rock stardom. But is Ben any good at WWF, you ask?! MC challenged him to a game (actually three), and can confirm: yes. He’s very good.
Portfolio: bentomgeorge.com
Dan is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Over the past 10+ years, he’s worked and freelanced everywhere good: BBDO, Goodby, Leo Burnett, CP+B, 72andSunny, Facebook, EVB, David+Goliath, sheesh. As one might expect, he’s got the portfolio to show for it. Just fantastic. Don’t miss The Great Paper Airplane Project for the Pima Air & Space Museum. Genius.
Portfolio: danhofstadter.com
Chris is a senior copywriter at Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles, previously at EVB. Since his last post on MC four years ago (03.01.2010, just after graduating from Miami Ad School), he’s been busy. Cool projects on his site for Toyota, Orbit, Skittles (don’t miss Badass Rainbows, so funny), and The Amanda Foundation (above). Way past time for an update.
Portfolio: cwmead.com
Casey is a copywriter at RPA in Los Angeles. All kinds of killer projects for BMW on her site from her time at kbs+ in NYC. Don’t miss her new 360-degree music video for the Honda Civic featuring Moses Sumney (great track). NOTE: You need to watch it on Chrome or Firefox to get the 360-degree-ness. So fun.
Portfolio: writecaseywrite.com
Jeff is a freelance copywriter/director/CD in Los Angeles. (Yes, this is Jeff Gorman of Johns+Gorman Films.) His site is a library of one “that was one of my favorite commercials ever” after another. His client page lists out the following: “Nike, LA Eyeworks, Pioneer Electronics, Moulinex, Independent Life, ABC, Little Caesars Pizza, Staples, Lexus, Kia, Bud Light (one of which was the USA TODAY’s #1 spot in the ’04 Super Bowl), American Express, Truth Anti-Smoking, Sprint, Capital One, Fox Sports, ESPN, Geico, Sony Playstation, Sprite, Holiday Inn, Toyota, Jeep, Coke, Boars Head, Mercedes, Haggar, Burger King, McDonalds, Stanley Tools, National Car Rental, Energizer, Lays, Ikea, Sealy, NFL, Best Buy, KFC, Bell South, Coors Light, Jiffy Lube, 7-Up, Alaska Airlines, to name a few. He also directed the pioneering campaign for Sunkist California Pistachios which initiated the Mocumentary style which became an industry-wide trend.”
Good grief. Top off a glass of whatever you’re drinking, kick back and enjoy this one. Good times.
Portfolio: jeffreybgorman.com
160over90 is on the hunt for senior copywriters to join their Philadelphia, Newport Beach and Gainesville offices. From 160over90: “Guess who’s writing this copy? That’s right, a senior copywriter! That’s like a regular copywriter, except with a minimum of two years experience! Fortunately, most of our senior copywriters rarely find themselves mired in the depths of agency website copy, instead focusing on crafting stories for everything from 64-page viewbooks to billboards to television scripts. You’ll work alongside designers to build new brands or further develop established ones. And you’ll get to present your own work to clients. It will be fun, I promise.”
For all positions, contact their creative recruiter Alyssa at: akasal@160over90.com
For a detailed job description: click here
Stephanie Ramos, Creative Manager at Zambezi in Los Angeles, is on the hunt for a copywriter. From Stephanie: “Zambezi is an independent, full‐service creative agency based in Los Angeles, CA. We are looking for a Senior Copywriter to join our team.
Responsibilities include:
Requirements:
Automotive experience a plus.
The ideal candidate is a team player, proactive, hard working, organized and resilient.
Zambezi offers full benefits, unlimited PTO, a fun environment with good people in a dog-friendly office.”
Please send portfolio/resume to: stephanie.ramos@zambezi-la.com
Heather is a freelance copywriter/ACD in Los Angeles. Check out her rez and you can’t help but be a little jealous of the agencies she’s worked with and the brands she’s worked on. Sick, sick, sick. MC had a hard time choosing what image to feature in Heather’s post, but if you have the opportunity to get Bradley Cooper’s face up there, that’s what you do. Right? Right.
Portfolio: heatherparke.com
Théo is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Since his last post on MC (way back on 10.12.12), he’s got a new Squarespace site and all kinds of new work on it. Time for an update!
Portfolio: theo-wallace.squarespace.com
Michael is a copywriter at RPA in Los Angeles. His portfolio is loaded with killer projects for Honda (which you’d expect from RPA), plus ARCO, Kawasaki, and Farmers. His site is built with Strikingly (strikingly.com), which is new to MC. Super easy to nav and looks great. Dig it.
Portfolio: mikechen.me
Creative Circus Week Fall 2015 kicks off with Hilary Smith, now a junior writer at 72andSunny in Los Angeles. Ever wonder what kind of portfolio you need to land your first copywriting gig at one of the best agencies on the planet? Wonder no longer. Big congrats, Hilary.
Portfolio: thehilarysmith.com
Mitchell is a surfer/director/new copywriter in Los Angeles. He’s got a super cool/interesting portfolio of spec and produced work for Taster’s Choice (above), Diamond Matches, Carhartt, Critic’s Choice, and the city of Los Angeles. Good times.
Portfolio: mitchellquesada.com
Matt is a freelance writer/CD in Los Angeles. His site features 18 projects covering a huge range of media—with nice tight strategic setups that get you into the how and why of each in just a sentence or two. Been in the biz a few years and still kicking ass? Got a lot to show? This is how we do it.
Portfolio: mattdbogen.com
Yama is a copywriter/acd at Phenomenon in Los Angeles. Since his last post on MC (way back on 06.10.11), he’s worked at a couple of new shops, built a new Squarespace site, and added a whole bunch of new work to his portfolio. Time for an update!
Portfolio: yamarahyar.com
Michelle is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles. Killer work all over her site, including social media awesomeness for House of Cards Season 2 and BoJack Horseman, a campaign for PlayStation’s LittleBigPlanet 3, and stuff for Nike and Adidas. Dig it.
Portfolio: michellegilbertcreative.com
Brian is finishing up his copywriting internship at CP+B in Los Angeles after graduating from Chicago Portfolio School, and then will be on the hunt for his first gig. After checking out his work, don’t miss the video on his About page: Illinois State vs. Bradley Halfcourt Shot. Brian won chicken wings for 10,000 people. Destined for greatness!
Portfolio: briansmithcreative.com