Sean is a new copywriter and a recent graduate of VCU Brandcenter. Know what’s fun? Going through a portfolio that’s so ridiculous, and so hilarious, you can just tell the creative who made it had a blast. So true for Sean’s site. Don’t miss his game “Horse Riding A Horse” and be sure to turn up the volume. Sean wrote the song himself. What a track.
Portfolio: seanj.com
Josh is a new copywriter and a recent graduate of VCU Brandcenter. (Congrats!) One of the things MC admires about Brandcenter student portfolios is how deep they take each campaign. Joshua has five projects up on his site at the time of this post, and each of them goes and goes, idea after idea, all laddering up to the same simple strategies. Love that.
Portfolio: joshuabrowne.com
David is a copywriter at Red Tettemer O’Connell + Partners in Philadelphia. His portfolio is chock full of hilarity, from “Go Iceland” for Reyka Vodka (above), to Dietz Nuts for Dietz & Watson, to his vids for The Original Donut Shop coffee. Love it all.
Portfolio: davidvalento.com
Evan is a copywriter at Camp+King in San Francisco. (Great shop!) All kinds of killer projects on his site for brands like Amazon (above, with Yeti), Starbucks, Mountain Dew, Del Taco, and Energizer. Also, don’t miss the Commercial/Hip-Hop Haiku on his Life page. “maybe they should use / Rubbermaid™ to help themselves / stay fresher, longer.” Yes.
Portfolio: evanburtoncreative.com
Nothing MC likes more than posting up new copywriter portfolios. Over the weekend MC featured Alex Escalera-Sanchez’s site (awesome), below are a few more Creative Circus recent copywriter grads (also awesome). Thanks much to Kevin Bleeker for forwarding. Congrats to all!
Clare Davis: clarewriteswords.com
Taylor Ehlis: taylorehlis.com
Greg Paton-Ash: gregpatonash.com
Alex graduated as a new copywriter from Creative Circus yesterday. (Big congrats!) So much fun stuff in his portfolio. Family Feud Late Night (Survey Said What?!), World Surf League, Gold Medal Flour, Master Lock (above), and a bunch more. Can’t wait to see where he lands.
Portfolio: alexescalera.com
Peter is a new copywriter in NYC and a graduate of Miami Ad School as of last Friday, March 8th. (Big congrats!) His book has spec work for clients like Hellman’s Mayo, EA Sports, Tinder (because why not), WWF, and Strawless Ocean (above). Can’t wait to see where Peter lands!
Portfolio: peterfoxcreative.com
Sam is a new copywriter at RPM (an agency that specializes in marketing for Broadway, so cool) in NYC and a recent graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. All kinds of fun stuff on his site, from campaigns for Reynolds Wrap (above) and Pill Pack, to a book “Where Good Apples Go Bad” for Angry Orchard Cider, to his killer IG feed. Dig it.
Portfolio: samuelhoffman.net
Pete is a copywriter at Newell Brands in NYC, before that Macy’s. His book is mostly a mix of spec projects (always fun to see), including work for Whole Foods, Citi Bike, Squarespace, Snyder’s, GNC, and Cartoon Network (above). He’s also got separate pages dedicated to digital writing and personal projects—the latter focused on Walt Disney World, of which Pete is a huge fan. (As is MC.) “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.” – Mary Poppins.
Portfolio: petepirone.com
Shea is a senior copywriter at Cactus in Denver. Since his last post on MC (back on 02.05.16, almost exactly three years ago), he’s been busy—and making the most of the cool opportunities he’s getting at Cactus. Lots of new Colorado Lottery TV work and the commercial debut of KC’s Patrick Mahomes (who should have been in yesterday’s Super Bowl, ahem) for CommunityAmerica Credit Union. Definitely time for an update.
Portfolio: sheatullos.com
Nothing MC loves more than posting killer graduating student portfolios. (Got to stay up on what the kids are getting into these days, you know.) MC had the honor of hosting both VCU Brandcenter and the University of Texas at Austin graduating classes in 2018, and both were fantastic.
For VCU Brandcenter Week, click here
For University of Texas at Austin Week, click here
Lucía is a bilingual copywriter in Stockholm and a recent graduate of Miami Ad School. She’s on the hunt for her first full-time gig, though she’s had a bunch of internship experience in NYC and Berlin, including Saatchi, Grey and DDB. Can’t wait to see where she lands!
Portfolio: lumendezona.com
Sara is a new copywriter at DDB in San Francisco and a recent graduate of Miami Ad School. First thing you’ll notice is that she’s redesigned her Squarespace site to look like a Spotify page (above). How cool is that? Cool. Super interesting mix of projects on her site, including Kanye West’s platform for his 2020 run, U.S. of Ye. One can only imagine.
Portfolio: saramuchnick.com
Sunny is a new art director and a recent graduate of Creative Circus (big congrats, Sunny!). The first campaign on his site is for Southwest and it’s a killer idea. Make the hated middle seat desirable by offering priority boarding for passengers who reserve it. Why hasn’t anyone done that yet?
Portfolio: sunnknee.com
Saurabh is a freelance copywriter in Berlin, originally from India. What a cool portfolio. His work is organized into pages titled Innovation, Digital, Film, Integrated, Print, and Personal (though some projects are featured on multiple pages). Don’t miss his odes to skirts, shirts, trousers, scarves and socks for Lenor (above). Super fun.
Portfolio: saurabhkejriwal.com
Dan is a freelance senior copywriter and Talent Zoo columnist in Seattle. His site features projects for a wide variety of clients (as one would expect from the portfolio of a long-time freelancer) in addition to a couple of books. “View From The Cheap Seats” is a collection of Dan’s favorite Talent Zoo columns. “Killer Executions And Scrubbed Decks” is a book about the most obnoxious advertising jargon. Described by Dan: “Scope Creep. Curation. Deliverable. Pain Point. And more. All the nonsensical terms used in our industry, conveniently defined.” MC thinks that’s a real win-win.
Portfolio: dangoldgeier.com
Corey is a copywriter/CD in San Francisco. Every creative has heard (more than once) that advertising is a mix of art and business. In Corey’s case, so is his portfolio site. In addition to his projects, he’s also got merchandise and educational videos for sale, which anyone can purchase right off the site. Also, don’t miss his Testimonials page. That’s a lot of love.
Portfolio: coreyrosenberg.com
Amanda is a senior copywriter at McCann in NYC. Since her last post on MC (03.30.16), she’s been busy. All kinds of new work on her site, including her launch campaign for Eyeconic. “Ordering from Eyeconic easy—behind the scenes, it’s another story.” Dig it.
Portfolio: amandacaldari.com
Sherlock is a junior art director/brand detective in Los Angeles and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Her book is divided into Work (ad projects) and Design, so be sure to check out both. Super fun vibe across all of Shelock’s projects. Looking forward to seeing what she does next!
Portfolio: sherlockchang.com
Cameron is a copywriter/CD at 22squared in Atlanta. So many killer projects on his site for amazing brands like Patrón, Rolex, Toyota, SunTrust, Mountain Dew, Under Armour, Comic Con, Sony, and Audible (above). Don’t miss his Patrón VR bee, which tells the story of Patrón through the eyes of a bee “chasing an agave plant as it’s harvested and transformed into tequila.” Drone, Patrón, Mexico. Nice to meet you, best project ever.
Portfolio: camerontempleton.com
Bowen is a copywriter/CD in Atlanta, previously at Fitzgerald & Co., on the hunt for his next big thing. All kinds of killer projects on his site, including Huggies Baby Making Radio Station, a creepy spot for BP Driver Rewards (how the heck did they sell that through?), and 1,000+ unique songs for Coke’s 1,000 Name Celebration (including Jason, thank you very much). Love it.
Portfolio: bowenmendelson.com
Michael is a new copywriter in NYC on the hunt for his first full-time gig. A self-described “do-gooder,” his portfolio is loaded with do-good projects, spec and produced, from Instagram 911 to #lovemustwin for Freedom to Marry (above). His site is hosted on Squarespace and visitors can scroll the whole thing without a click (cool). Can’t wait to see where he lands!
Portfolio: dmcrawford.com
Samar is a new copywriter and a recent graduate of Miami Ad School (interning at DDB Berlin at the time of this post). What a student puts in their book can tell a lot about them. Spec can be anything. So it’s cool to see a student book like Samar’s that’s not only got all kinds of fun ideas in it, but ideas that would make the world a better place. High-five.
Portfolio: samhasideas.com
Patrick is a copywriter/CD in Denver. All kinds of cool video projects on his site, including work for Penguin Publishing, The Clinton Foundation, ibotta, Madison Bumgarner for Ford, and a super smart/simple campaign for Sears Optical (above). Dig it.
Portfolio: patrick-hoopes.com
Christina is a new copywriter in NYC after graduating from Miami Ad School. Don’t miss the first project on her site, Hush, a Cannes Future Lions Winner 2018. Such an amazing use of Siri. Love it. Can’t wait to see where Christina lands!
Portfolio: cristinamarquezb.com
Shreya is a new copywriter in Berlin, looking for her first gig after graduating from Miami Ad School. She’s got a crazy cool mix of spec projects on her site, including a smart idea for Google Home that helps autistic kids get therapy at home. Can’t wait to see where she lands!
Portfolio: shreyanair1210.wixsite.com/shreyanair
Bari is a copywriter at DigitasLbi in San Francisco. His site is loaded with gaming projects for titles like Shadows of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, Until Dawn, and Horizon: Hero Dawn – The Watchers. For the latter, Bari’s team brought the game to life by literally bringing Watchers to life at E3 (above). Fingers crossed he gets to borrow it for Halloween.
Portfolio: bariakhan.com
Hampus is a junior copywriter at Uncle Grey in Copenhagen, Denmark, after graduating from Miami Ad School and interning at agencies in San Francisco and NYC. All kinds of super cool ideas on his site, including The Book By Strangers (so smart), Dumb Laws Of America (so dumb), and Girl Scouts “The Original Hustlers” (above). Dig it.
Portfolio: hampuselfstrom.com
Judy is a copywriter at Barton F. Graf in NYC (and a Creative Circus grad). That means she gets to make crazy awesome stuff all day. Like cartoons for Clash Royale (above). It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it, right? Right. So fun.
Portfolio: judytannery.online
Big ups to Katie Samuelson and the one and only Chad Rea, amazing Austin writer/CD (and good friend to MC), who helped MC put together University of Texas at Austin Week. So many amazing creatives get their start at UT, one of the few traditional universities with a legit advertising program (along with VCU and Oregon). Can’t wait to see where this year’s grads land!
Copywriters
Brennen Cooke: brennencooke.com
Carolyn Hinojosa: carlynhinojosa.myportfolio.com
Charlotte Lichtenheld: charlottelichtenheld.com/work
Joy Kim: joykim.work
Kaie Samuelson: katiesamuelsen.com
Lexi Acevedo: alexisacevedo.squarespace.com
Marisa Valente: marisavalente.com
Art Directors
Angela Dai: angeladai.com
Bolero Munkhbold: boloramunkhbold.com
Chelsea Tijerina: chelseasheadspace.com
Drew Butler: drewbcreative.com
Jake Leber: jakeleber.myportfolio.com
Madeline Cuba: madelinecuba.com
Madii Poirot: madelinepoirot.com