Jonathan is a copywriter at Nickelodeon Creative Advertising in NYC. His portfolio is all kinds of fun, including projects for Caramel M&Ms (hilarious spot), Tracfone Wireless, Nationwide/Nick, Geico/Nick, USPS/Nick (featured above), and Nick Jr. Sometimes you click through a site and can just tell, this writer is having a blast. What’s more fun than that?
Portfolio: jonathanmain.com
New copywriters! Nothing MC likes better. Ladies and gents, below are links to four Creative Circus March 2017 graduating writer portfolio sites:
Mark Donnelly (copywriter) – markjdonnelly.com
Keegan Elsner (copywriter) – keeganelsner.com
Tommy McConnell (copywriter) – thebookoftommy.com
Michelle Turpin (copywriter) – michelleturpin.com
March 2017 Creative Circus Week on MC continues, today with the portfolio sites of four art director grads. Can’t wait to see where they land!
Stacie Larsen (art director) – stacielarsen.com
Kayleigh O-Brien (art director) – kayleigh-obrien.com
Skylar Williams (art director) – skylarawilliams.com
Alex Yancy (art director) – alexyancy.com
Ladies and gentlemen, this week MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of March 2017 Creative Circus grads: two designers (Monday), four art directors (Tuesday), and four copywriters (Wednesday). Congrats, Circusers!
Mills Adams (designer) – millsadams.com
Taylor Battle (designer) – tayllorbattle.com
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-
Portfolio: thechrisbakery.squarespace.com
Since his last post on MC a little over two years ago (01.26.15), Ben has gone freelance and added a bunch of new work to his site—including “Amanda Cerny 19th Century Striptease” for Smith & Forge Hard Cider (above). Nice. Ben also does VO work, including national TV campaigns for Old Dominion, McDonald’s, and 24 Hour Fitness. Time for an update!
Portfolio: bensantoriello.com
New copywriters! Nothing MC likes better. Ladies and gents, below are links to four Creative Circus December 2016 graduating writer portfolio sites:
Jessica Hartman (copywriter) – jessicadawnhartman.com
Sydney Langway (copywriter) – sydneylangway.com
Dan Lemaux (copywriter) – danlemaux.com
Estephania Martin (copywriter) – estephaniamartin.com
December 2016 Creative Circus Week on MC continues, today with the portfolio sites of eight art director grads. Can’t wait to see where they’re gonna land!
Lauren Adams (art director) – laurenbrookeadams.com
Michelle Bird (art director) – michellelouisebird.com
Leslie Graham (art director) – leslyegraham.com
Sally Mills (art director) – stuffbysally.com
Chidalu Montanya (art director) – chidalu.com
Derek Smith (art director) – derekcsmith.com
Shannon Steger (art director) – shannonsteger.com
John Wood (art director) – johnleowood.com
Ladies and gentlemen, this week MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of December 2016 Creative Circus grads: designers (Monday), art directors (Tuesday), and copywriters (Wednesday). Congrats to all!
Patrick Bone (designer) – patrickbonedesign.com
Catherine Buchanan (designer) – catbuchanan.com
Deanna Clark (designer) – deannaclark.com
Ana De Olano (designer) – anadeolano.com
Katherine Law (designer) – katherinelaw.com
Adam Vettraino (designer) – adamvettraino.com
Mary Claire White (designer) – mcforshort.com
On Saturday 9/24, MC posted September 2016 graduating Circus writers and art directors. Today, we’ve got the designers (shout out to Kristin Martin, Director of Creative Services at Circus). Congrats to all of the recent grads!
Lina Bahri – linabahri.com
Brandi Dewberry – brandidewberry.com
Rachel Burt – rachel-burt.com
Kate Lewkowicz – katelewkowicz.com
Olivia McWhirter – oliviamdesign.com
Stephanie Morgan – stephaniehelenmorgan.com
Andy Myrick – philip-myrick.squarespace.com
Caitlin Parent – caitlinparent.com
Amberlynn Pope – hiamberlynn.com
Robyn Steadham – rlsteadham.com
Manya Swick – manyaswick.com
Allyson Tachiki – allysontachiki.com
Mary Claire White – mcforshort.com
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of September 2016 Creative Circus graduates (in alphabetical order). NOTE: If you’re a Circus grad and would like to be added to this post, just shoot an email with your link to jason@moderncopywriter.com.
Adil Hussain (writer) – adilwritescopy.com
Amy Lazo (writer) – amylazo.com
Andrew Wernette (writer) – AWtheCW.com
Anh Nguyen (writer) – anhsbrightideas.com
Anna Crane (writer) – annacrane.co
Ashlyn Bell (writer) – ashlynmariebell.com
Audrey Saunders (art director) – audreysaunders.com
Chris Davis (writer) – christophdav.com
Corey O’Brien (writer) – itscoreyo.com
Courtney Hoenicke (writer) – illtakeanumberten.com
Dwight Williams (art director) – dwightwilliamsjr.com
Emily Bress (writer) – emilybress.com
Evan Easley (writer) – evaneasley.com
Grace Martin (art director) – gracemar10.com
Hannah Heller – (copywriter) – thecurlyh.com
Jane Stephens (art director) – janespelledjane.com/janestephens
Jared Fernandes (writer) – FernandesWithAnS.com
Jared Owenby (writer) – jaredonb.com
Jessica Kesner (art director) – jessicakesner.com
Katie D’Agostine (writer) – schmadvertising.com
Kelsey Heard (art director) – kelseyheard.com
Keri Speer (art director) – kerispeercreative.com
Kory Brocious (art director) – korybrocious.com
Lacie Johnson (art director) – lacieraejohnson.com
Makeda Loney (copywriter) – makedaloney.com
Mary Gilmore (art director) – marygilmoread.com
Nick Rog (art director) – nickrog.com
Reagan Fromm (art director) – reaganmfromm.com
Regina Strong (writer) – regina-strong.com
Sam Johnson (art director) – samjohnsondotcomwastaken.
Sammi Chancey (writer) – sammichancey.com
Tyler Emmons (art director) – tyleremmons.com
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
Rob is an art director (JWT, Leo Burnett, Creative Circus) turned photographer who now shoots full time. You can see the AD influence in his photography—including his projects Childhood Cancer Superheroes, 2016 Wheelchair Softball World Series, and RIC Hornets Wheelchair Basketball (above). Very cool.
Portfolio: robgregoryphotography.com
Andrew is a copywriter/GCD at Story in NYC. Since his last post on MC (way back on 09.21.11), he’s got a new site, new gig, and a whole bunch of new work for clients like Verizon, Audible, Vevo, Google, Chapstick, and Mentos. Don’t miss his beautiful campaign for Popsicle (above) celebrating summer. Is it really almost over? How’d that happen so fast?
Portfolio: apayton.com
Andrew is a new copywriter after graduating from Creative Circus in June. In his first project, for Gunpowder Rye Whiskey, he uses real gunpowder to create their logo. Watch the “making of” video and you’ll see that they did it on a table in what looks like a very small backyard. (Gulp.) The things we do for portfolios.
Portfolio: andrewlepere.com
Alison is a copywriter/CD at MARC USA in Pittsburgh, PA. She’s got a crazy variety of projects up on her site, including online videos for verisign that look like they would have been a blast to shoot. “Ok, fish—hit him!” Also, don’t miss her Hate Mail page. We’ve all gotten it. Nice to see it proudly displayed.
Portfolio: alisonhammer.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
Amanda is a copywriter at Rokkan in NYC. (Her site was submitted by Jeff Samson, CD at Rokkan, big ups!) Love her campaign for Birthday Wishes (above)—a non-profit that throws birthday parties for homeless kids. So good. And don’t miss her Eyeconic campaign featuring real paid actors as testimonial spokespeople. Imagine!
Portfolio: amandacaldari.com
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the March 2016 Creative Circus graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):
Evan Beasley – evanbeasley.work
Simeon Jackson – simjackson.com
Blake Morris – blakemorris16.com
Lesley Scheuermann – lesleyscheuermann.com
Sarah Wagner – sarah-wagner.com
Jason is a copywriter/CD at CSE in Atlanta. Since his last post on MC (09.18.13), he’s moved from Ogilvy to CSE, Cargo to Squarespace, and added all kinds of new work to his site, including Big Head Lee for Coke Zero (above). Time for an update!
Portfolio: corbinideas.com
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of the Fall 2015 Creative Circus graduating copywriters (in alphabetical order):
Sarah Bailey – sarah-bailey.squarespace.com
Matt Detiveaux – mattdetiveaux.com
Phil Fattore – philfattore.com
Anthony Feggans – anthonyfeggans.com
Hayden Griffin – haydenthegriffin.com
Meredith Haan – meredithhaan.com
Joey Henson – joeyhenson.com
Geoff Johnson – geoffjohnson.ninja
Aaron Konter – aaronkonter.com
Henry Kook – henrykook.com
Morgan Mack – atypicalmorg.com
Lauren Merrell – lmerrell.com
Antonio Moore – moore2love.com
Andrew Singleton – andrewsingletoncreative.com
Hilary Smith – thehilarysmith.com
Teddy Solberg – anotherdamnportfolio.com
Sadie Thow – copywritress.com
Keith Wasser – keithwasser.com
Matt Welborn – matt-welborn.com
Becca Zavorski – beccazavorski.com
Phil is a new copywriter at barrettSF in San Francisco. So many student campaigns are based on dating life, or going on benders, or surviving the day after going on a bender, or pest control, or snacks, or booze. But you don’t see a lot of campaigns for vitamin supplements targeting the 50+ crowd. Phil’s SilverFox Force Active Figures are so funny, and so stupid, and so perfect.
Portfolio: philfattore.com
Circus Week Wednesday and that means it’s time for the one and only Teddy Solberg. Fun mix of projects on Teddy’s site including Tumi, Lifesaver, Long John Silver’s, and Honest Beer Labels (above, why not?). Don’t miss Teddy’s video “What makes you creative?” which was required as part of his application to … Miami Ad School. Love that.
Portfolio: anotherdamnportfolio.com
Joey is a new copywriter at BBDO NY working on Snickers (awesome) after graduating from Creative Circus. Don’t miss his case study for Post-it JotSpot, created with fellow Circus grads Ilana Wolstein and Hilary Smith. Such a perfect idea for Post-it. Such a good thing it doesn’t exist. MC’s 6th-grade daughter would be SO annoyed. “At the library? How’d you get so smart? Oh yeah, me!” Or, “In the kitchen? Hey, what’s that smell? You, acing your math test tomorrow!” C’mon, Post-it. Make that app.
Portfolio: joeyhenson.com
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
Jake is a new copywriter finishing up at Creative Circus. Next week, he’s going to be visiting San Francisco, meeting with agencies, looking for his first gig. How fun is that? So fun. Go get ’em, Jake!
Portfolio: jakevy.com
Blake is a copywriter at Erwin Penland in NYC. Way back on 6.20.11, he was featured on MC during Creative Circus Week 2011. Since then, he’s had quite a four years: Denny’s, LL Bean, Mercedes-Benz, Sweet’N Low, Smart Car—but he’s still rocking one of MC’s favorite portfolio site homepages: faces of Blake. So Blake, in so many ways.
Portfolio: blakesolomon.com
Adam is a copywriter/ACD at McCann in NYC. Since his last post on MC (back on 8.08.12), he’s added projects for Microsoft, CFP and Progressive (awesome Flo print campaign). He’s also written a book, The Path To Unenlightenment. Anytime you get to say, “Since the last time I was here I’ve written a book” you’re good. Dig it.
Portfolio: adamkoehlercreative.com
Rick is a freelance writer/CD in Miami. Since his last post on MC five years ago (03.19.10, how has it been that long?), he’s been very, very busy. M&M’s, Coke, Jet Blue, AT&T, Macy’s, Smirnoff, Acura, etc., for agencies like Crispin, RPA, Sapient, JWT, and BBDO. This is a good one.
Portfolio: rickabb.com
Jeff is a senior writer/ACD at Cossette Chicago. Since his last post on MC (01.30.14), he moved from Jacobson Rost to Cossette, made a new site, and added new work—including a bunch for McDonald’s. MC wonders: How do copywriters who work on McDonald’s avoid eating McDonald’s all the time? Or is that just MC? Arrrg.
Portfolio: jeffoswaldwriter.com