Anne is a copywriter at Ogilvy NY, AKQA and GS&P before that. Don’t misses: Fanta, Coke.com, Court TV (above), and Anne’s blog NY Hearts You, Too.
Portfolio: annegeri.com
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Category Archives: Schools
Ruchir Sachdev
Ruchir is a recent copywriter grad from Miami Ad School in Hamburg. He shares his site with art director and fellow MAS Hamburg grad, Sara Kujundzic. Their site is called Instant Ad Legend and it’s crazzzeee. The first thing you do is choose between Bill Bernbach, David Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, and Bruce Lee. Then you’re transported to a world of corrugated madness. If you can nav your way to Ruchir’s portfolio (good luck), check out the Van’s Roofitti case study. Good stuff, as is the site. Sometimes crazy works when it’s crazy enough, you know?
Portfolio: instantadlegend.com
Rick Abbott
Rick is a senior copywriter at JWT NY, BBDO before that. Don’t misses: Chewbacca Cingular spot (awesome), becomeANmm.com case study, and Rick’s ambient band MOON CAR.
Portfolio: rickabb.com
St. Patrick’s Day: Napper Tandy
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 Collins
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
Justin Galvin
Justin is a senior writer at Tauntr, Arnold before that. My faves: gorgeous Pacifico vids, Billy Mays for ESPN 360, and an awesome idea for small bank Umpqua: sponsoring the smallest small biz of all, lemonade stands.
Portfolio: justingalvin.com
Gregg Nelson
Gregg is a senior copywriter at Arnold Boston, Mad Dogs and Englishmen before that. To me, his book is classic Arnold. Smart. Honest. Funny. Awesome.
Portfolio: gnlsn.com
Matthew Weiner
Matthew is an interactive copywriter at Publicis in Seattle. Not to be missed: HotelHellVacation.com (especially the game) and Matthew’s stand-up. Now that, my friends, is bravery. Tip o’ the Hat, Ween.
Portfolio: bigween.com
Tim Blevins
Tim is a senior copywriter at Carmichael Lynch, Colle+McVoy before that. His site is on Behance.net, which you should check out if you haven’t. (Think Facebook, but for creative portfolios.) His stuff rocks. YearbookYourself.com, PaintThatShitGold.com, Winnebago … it’s all good. NOTE: Also worth checking out but not yet up on Tim’s site are MillionBabyCrawl.com and LivingSasquatch.com.
Portfolio: behance.net/TimBlevins
Matt MacDonald
Matt is a copywriter/CD at JWT NY, Bates before that. His bio reads that his “career goal is to make advertising people don’t hate.” Well, he’s done a hell of a lot better than that. Snake a bottle of the good stuff out of your agency’s client stash, shake it up dry, and sneak off somewhere you can be alone for 15 minutes. This is a great one.
Portfolio: mattmacdonald.net
Miami Ad School Week: CW Grads
Anthony Ciolino – anthonyciolino.com
Becky Darling – beckydarling.com
Bipasha Mookherjee – bipandchris.com
Brad Soulas – bradsoulas.com
Branden Kramer – brandenkramer.com
Brandi Clinch – brandiclinch.com
Carlos Rangel – thecarlosrangel.com
Chase Domergue – chasedomergue.com
Chris Mead – cwmead.com
Courtney Koeneke – somethings-happening.com
David Gordon – heygordon.com
Eric Roller – ericroller.com
Jerrod Woods – copyjwds.com
Jessye Hand – greeneggsandhand.com
Katie Facada – katiefacada.carbonmade.com
Kevin Martin – kevinslightbulb.squarespace.com
Louis Laurent – bookoflouis.com
Mark Gaspar – markgaspar.com
Michael Mishu – michaelmishu.com
Nick Zacher – nickzacher.com
Miami Ad School Week: Courtney Koeneke
Courtney graduated from Miami Ad School in 2009 and lives in San Francisco. Check out her Long’s Horseradish site (One Show merit) and messy Revlon Colorstay campaign. FUNNY: Courtney went to the U of Wisconsin before MAS. On her site, she has a little photography section. The first photo? Cheese.
Portfolio: somethings-happening.com
Miami Ad School Week: David Gordon
David graduated from Miami Ad School in 2009 and is now a copywriter at Razorfish in San Francisco. Lots of good stuff on his site. The third campaign, for Jolt Energy Gum, is hilarious.
Portfolio: heygordon.com
Miami Ad School Week: Louis Laurent
Louis graduated from Miami Ad School in 2009 and is now an interactive copywriter at Tribal DDB Dallas. Before MAS, he got a degree in creative writing from Iowa. During and after MAS, he interned at Fallon, Lowe, CP+B, and Energy BBDO (two months each). NICE.
Portfolio: bookoflouis.com
Miami Ad School Week: Branden Kramer
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
Miami Ad School Week: Chris Mead
Chris graduated from Miami Ad School in December 2009 and lives in San Francisco. He’s got a tight portfolio (seven campaigns) that includes a nice mix of everything: two headline campaigns, two visual campaigns and three interactive campaigns.
Portfolio: cwmead.com
Laura Fegley
Laura is a copywriter/CD at JWT in NYC, Cliff Freeman before that. On her site you’ll find The Most Interesting Man In The World, what it means to be Gingery, and one of my fave all-time spots for Mercedes, “Re-incarnation.”
Portfolio: laurafegley.com
Jon Yasgur
Jon is a freelance copywriter in NYC, formerly at Amalgamated. Don’t misses: Rapcat for Checkers, Court TV outdoor, FUSE afternoon re-branding, and Clearblue Easy TV. So much awesome.
Portfolio: jonyasgur.blogspot.com
UPDATE: Van Horgen
Van is a copywriter/ACD at space150 in Minneapolis. He was on MC last year (12.09), but has a shiny new site, with interactive work from his first year at space150, that’s definitely worth a new post.
Portfolio: vanhorgen.com
Josh Finderup
Josh is a freelance copywriter in San Francisco. He graduated from VCU in 2006, interned at AKQA and did some time at Arnold. The first thing in his portfolio is the “Carnival Interactive Aquarium” and it’s just ridiculous awesome.
Portfolio: joshfinderup.com
David Roth
David is a copywriter at CP+B in Boulder, Amalgamated before that. Going through the work on his site, I found myself saying the same two words over and over again: “No … way …”
Portfolio: seriousboyfriend.com
Kevin Dunleavy
Kevin is a copywriter at The Martin Agency in Richmond. If you’re a fan of long copy, you must click over to his site and read the above print ad immediately.
Portfolio: slashweasel.com
Linda Birkenstock
Linda is a freelance copywriter in Minneapolis. Before going solo she spent time at Carmichael Lynch, Martin/Williams and Fallon. There’s a smart, gritty edge to a lot of her work: Harley-Davidson, Museum of Death, E*Trade, Mediawise, awesomeness.
Portfolio: notmyrealteeth.com
Molly McLaren
Molly is a copywriter/CD at The Integer Group in Dallas. From the looks of her rez, she’s written for every great shop in Dallas over the past 20+ years.
Portfolio: mollymclaren.net
Jennifer Di Giorgi
Jennifer is a copywriter/ACD at Energy BBDO in Chicago. She shares a site with art director/creative partner Krystyn Campbell. They call themselves AdCreatures and they look like a hell of a lot of fun (as well as super talented). Check out Jennifer’s Save The Date postcard, the last piece in Other. Tell me you don’t wish you were at that wedding.
Portfolio: adcreatures.com
Brett Reese
Brett is a copywriter at Arnold Boston, AKQA before that. He’s done some crazy amazing interactive, including work for the NHL, truth, and an absolutely outrageous site for Fallout 3.
Portfolio: brettreese.blogspot.com
Joel Kaplan
Joel is a senior copywriter at Pereira & O’Dell in San Francisco, CP+B and AKQA before that. On his site, right under his name, are the words Integrated Creative. It’s no joke. Give yourself some time to go through this one. Almost every piece is an experience, and they’re all just sick.
Portfolio: joelakaplan.com
HONORARY: Brock Davis
Brock Davis is an art director/Group CD at Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis, and MC’s first Honorary Copywriter. Check out the top link on the left: msced09. It stands for “Make Something Cool Every Day” which Brock did every day of 2009. Scrolling through it will blow your mind. Killer idea after killer idea.
Ashley Davis Marshall
Ashley is a senior copywriter at Saatchi NY, GSD&M and Chiat before that. Her site is minimal. Her work is hilarious.
Portfolio: ashleywrite.com
Kent Koren
Kent is a freelance copywriter in New York City. He’s done a little of everything, including stand-up at The Laugh Factory, writing for Cartoon Network and Playboy TV’s Naked News, and being a page on Letterman. So, imagine Kent’s brain. Now, imagine Kent’s brain online. Yes, his blog site is a little nuts. Yes, it’s all a little raw. But still, I laughed. Out loud.
Portfolio: kentkoren.blogspot.com