Marcin is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, TBWA Chiat/Day and Euro RSCG before that. His portfolio is just sick. I wish I could have featured his Energizer print campaign above, because the writing is absolutely hilarious, but the type is too small for my blog. So, go check it out. And the Pedigree Adoption spots. And Tap Project. And … just go.
Portfolio: marcinmarkiewicz.com
Jason is a freelance copywriter in LA after doing time at Ignited, DDB, Zuckerman, and The Richards Group. His Rose’s Cocktail Infusions campaign is funny. Makes me embarrassed to be a guy. Also check out his Zuckerman Self Promo. Gross, but you just know someone wore it to an agency party.
John is a copywriter/ACD at Saatchi in Los Angeles. The work on his site is split into Online and Offline. In Online, check out the Land Cruiser site, RAV4 launch site, and Camry launch site (the remote control Camry on the landing page is FUN).
Felipe is a copywriter/creative consultant in Los Angeles, formerly an ACD at Saatchi. He’s got a ton of great Toyota work on his site, but check out his stuff for the Surfrider Foundation. Wow.
Portfolio: felipe-felipeswork.blogspot.com
Napper is a copywriter at David & Goliath in Los Angeles, Saatchi before that. I wonder if he knows that James Napper Tandy (1740 – August 24, 1803) was a famous Irish rebel leader? Judging by the above photo, I’m guessing he does. Happy St. Patty’s Day.
Portfolio: Click here
Greg is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles, Team One before going solo. I’ve heard it said that going freelance kills your portfolio. If that’s true, then Greg is the exception. He’s been on his own for ten years and wow. His book is anything but killed.
Portfolio: gregcollinsworks.com
Branden graduated from Miami Ad School in 2008 and lives in Orange County. His portfolio is a blast. Army men for Nicorette, an awesome conceptual product idea for Nike+Wii, and Jaw-Jitsu for Colgate.
Portfolio: brandenkramer.com
Kathy is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. She’s spent time at W+K, The Martin Agency, and TBWA Chiat/Day. She’s also a novelist. Like, a Los Angeles Times Bestselling-slash-Penn Faulkner Awards West Finalist novelist.
Portfolio: kathyhepinstall.com
Rich is a freelance copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Before going solo, he was at Y&R, TBWA Chiat/Day, Team One and BBDO. He’s responsible for the above ABC campaign, which Creativity Mag named one of 20 that changed the face of advertising. You know, for me there’s just something magic about the big outdoor campaigns. I remember exactly where I was the first time I saw one of Rich’s ABC boards, on 101 South in San Francisco. I still remember thinking, “Oh man, look at THAT.”
Portfolio: siegelrich.carbonmade.com
Max is a copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. Before going solo he was a CD at TM and Saatchi, and before that he wrote for Vitrorobertson, BBDO and Borders Perrin & Norrander. His site is one long scroll, left to right, and it’s a blast to go through. There’s a ton of great Toyota work, including the genius Unbreakable campaign that won everything. If you haven’t seen the Monster Truck spot, it’s a must.
Portfolio: http://www.godsil.com
Aryan is a freelance copywriter in L.A., David & Goliath and Saatchi before going solo. There’s a crazy variety of clients represented on her site: bowling, casino, cough suppressant, beer, Freddy Krueger at Universal Studios (above print ad is from that campaign). Looove the lorem ipsum home page.
Portfolio: aryanaminzadeh.com
Jake is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, CP+B before that, McKinney Silver before that. His site is loaded with interactive. There’s also a link to his blog, aptly titled “jakefood,” which features photos of everything he eats. Yes, everything.
Portfolio: jakemikosh.com
Ryan is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, Leo Burnett before that, Carmichael Lynch before that. His site is filled with great stuff from Carmichael – classic, awesome Minneapolis print – for Harley and Porsche. Love it.
Portfolio: ryaninda.com
Chris is a copywriter at Deutsch in LA. And yes, I’m a sucker for the agency self-promo.
Portfolio: christorrens.com
David is a copywriter at David & Goliath, and before that Chiat, and before that CP+B. I had a hard time choosing one piece to post. He’s got an AMAZING print campaign for Method, and I almost went there. But, you know, I’m just a sucker for photos of great writing out there in real life.
Portfolio: davidpovill.com
Eric is a copywriter at RPA in Santa Monica, where he did this cool Honda board. He wrote that killer Honda “Trashed” spot, which is a must-see on his reel. He also does what many of us dream of doing, and that’s live in Santa Monica and write films.
Portfolio: letsgoinonashiptogether.com
Lissa is a copywriter/CD/SVP at Tajima in Los Angeles. One of the interesting things about looking at copywriter sites is checking out the presentation of work, especially print. How do you make small type readable? Do you zoom into the ad? Show a window off to the side? On Lissa’s site, it’s all about the writing. Copy is presented huge. Layouts are tiny.
Portfolio: walkercopywriting.com
Brian is a journeyman copywriter who, in his spare time, started a fashion company called Mothership. He also started an annual Best Albums of the Year compilation and sharing co-op for ad creative music freaks, of which I was part for several years, that’s just amazing.
Portfolio: cpywrtr.com
Nick is a freelance copywriter in Los Angeles, at TBWA Chiat/Day before going solo. Before copywriting, he was video editor. Good copywriters come from everywhere (and anywhere).
Portfolio: nickdriggs.com