Matt is a copywriter in Albuquerque on the hunt for his next thing. Love the strategic write-ups for his projects, titled “Consider This.” Short, to the point, great way to set things up. Also dig that Matt includes #1 Failures for each job he’s had on his Experience page—along with three things he’s learned (down at the bottom). Super smart site, all the way around. Except for his Jokes video. That’s good and dumb.
Portfolio: getmattbenjamin.com
Chiyeung is a recent Creative Circus grad who’s now at Deutsch NY. What kind of student book do you need to land at an awesome shop like Deutsch out of school? This is your chance to find out. (Hint: it’s great.) Love the crazy mix of spec clients. Starts with the Archdiocese of New York (above), ends with Playboy Magazine and Under Armor. Nice.
Portfolio: chiyeunglau.com
Randy is a freelance art director/CD in Minneapolis. All kinds of killer projects on his site from his time at Carmichael Lynch, Martin Williams, and freelancing all over. Of course, this being MC, especially love his use of type and how he brings words to life. Dig it.
Portfolio: pilot-adv.com
Jeff is a freelance senior writer/ACD in Chicago. It’s been over two years since his last post on MC (04.23.15), so way past time for an update. Don’t miss his Bud Light page, featuring Conan (“Vroom-vroom party starter” heh-heh) and “Dude Vegas.” MC has but one word. Dude.
Portfolio: jeffoswaldwriter.com
Nothing MC loves more than posting the portfolio sites of brand new copywriters. Ladies and gents, below are links to eight Chicago Portfolio School Summer 2017 graduating writers (in alphabetical order):
Alli Dumphy (copywriter)
Amy Finn-Welch (copywriter)
Anders Gamboni (copywriter)
Andrew Schneider (copywriter)
Emilie Johnson (copywriter)
Jack Gillen (copywriter)
Michael Kreutzer (copywriter)
Nina Muzik (copywriter)
Summer 2017 Chicago Portfolio School Week on MC continues, today with the portfolio sites of six art director grads. Lookin’ good!
Alexandra Braasch (art director)
Caleigh Ripp (art director)
Liz Tonner (art director)
Marty Knuth (art director)
Patrick Terwedo (art director)
Tucker Moore (art director)
Ladies and gentlemen, this week MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of Summer 2017 Chicago Portfolio School grads: designers (Monday), art directors (Tuesday), and copywriters (Wednesday). Congrats to all!
Annabelle Goldin-Mertdogan (designer)
Aqsa Tahir (designer)
Ashley Johnson (designer)
Carrie Rumancik (designer)
Donnie Faires (designer)
Jeff McLaren (designer)
Rebecca is a copywriter at R/GA in NYC. Love the headline on her site: “Copywriter—my Art Director didn’t help me with this.” (Ha! Just own it.) Her book is in that place that’s so fun to see, half student and half produced work—already got some cool projects for Verizon and Mercedes. Can’t wait to see what she does next!
Portfolio: rwangaroo.com
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
James is a copywriter/content strategist at Release The Hounds, and he teaches at VCU’s Robertson School of Media and Culture. Since his last post on MC (12.16.15), he’s got the new gig at RTH and posted a bunch of killer new projects to his site, including PatiYogi for Eagle Bay Pavers (above) and The SoundView Project, which aims to create awareness about the importance of music education in schools. Time for an update!
Portfolio: jamesmoffitt.carbonmade.com
Mark is a senior copywriter at DigitasLBi in NYC. Sometimes you click through a writer’s site and you can tell that the person on the other end of the portfolio just loves making stuff. Definitely the case with Mark’s site. After “Selected Work” (password for protected projects, including featured spot above, is ‘happy’), don’t miss “Side Projects” and “Etc.” Good times.
Portfolio: markwrotethisurl.com
Jon is a new copywriter at Deutsch NYC after graduating from Miami Ad School on June 9th (big congrats!). The first project on his site is heavy, but powerful. Words Kill shows cyberbullies the real consequences of their actions by linking the sites of suicide victims who were bullied with the same words. Super smart.
Portfolio: jon-gruber.com
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
Colby is a copywriter at Ogilvy & Mather NYC. Since his first post on MC two and a half years ago (01.23.15), after graduating from Miami Ad School, Colby has been busy—including a new site with all new projects for brands like Motorola, Kijiji, and UPS. There’s also a link to his student portfolio as it was back in the day. So cool to see what turned into what. Dig it.
Portfolio: colbyspear.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
Brainco is a cool little ad school in Hopkins, MN, just outside of Minneapolis. (MC taught a few classes there back in the day.) Honored to wrap up graduation season with eight Brainco copywriter portfolios. Can’t wait to see where they land!
Becca Abellera (copywriter) – beccaabellera.
Jack Brixius (copywriter) – jackbrixius.com
Jack McCormick (copywriter) – jackjmccormick.com
Josh Gloe (copywriter) – joshgloe.com
Molly Burke (copywriter) – mollyburky.
Nick Tiso (copywriter) – nicktiso.com
Shareina Chandler (copywriter) – shareinachandler.com
Thatcher Jensen (copywriter) – thatcherjensen.
For everyone not able to attend VCU’s recruiter sessions this week (over 200 attending), MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of 26 graduating art directors and 25 copywriters (in alphabetical order). Congrats to all!
COPYWRITERS
Maddy Baldwin (copywriter) – maddybaldwin.com
Will Bareford (copywriter) – willbareford.com
Elizabeth Bassett (copywriter) – elizabethbassett.com
Kelly Cabaniss (copywriter) – kellycab.com
Mike Cardamone (copywriter) – mecardamone.com
Samuel Case (copywriter) – samcase.net
Dennis Chen (copywriter) – denniskchen.com
Tom Daley (copywriter) – tomdaleyhere.com
Kevin David (copywriter) – kmdavid.com
Kaitlin DeMayo (copywriter) – kaitlindemayo.com
Jeff Dunn (copywriter) – jeffdunncw.com
Caroline Gallalee (copywriter) – carolinegallalee.com
James Gross (copywriter) – jamesisgross.com
Lizzy Hopkinson (copywriter) – lizzyhopkinson.com
Chris Kessler (copywriter) – iamchriskessler.com
Matt Klugman (copywriter) – mattklugman.com
Conor McFarland (copywriter) – conormcfarland.com
Jessica New (copywriter) – jessicanew.com
Matt Neylon (copywriter) – matt-neylon.com
Tim Shumar (copywriter) – timshumar.com
Jeff B. Tune (copywriter) – jeffbtune.com
Matthew Waronker (copywriter) – mattwaronker.com
Dean Weber (copywriter) – dean-weber.com
Rich Whelchel (copywriter) – richwhelchel.com
Jenny Yoon (copywriter) – jennifermiayoon.com
ART DIRECTORS
Majic Aubert (art director) – majicaubert.com
Tony Avila (art director) – amavila.com
Jake Broglio (art director) – jake-broglio.com
Gianna D’Amico (art director) – giannadamico.com
Raven Delisle (art director) – raivenad.com
Elliot Eliash (art director) – ellioteliash.com
Frank Garguilo (art director) – frankgarguilo.com
Josh Gherghel (art director) – joshgg.com
Jason Goldberg (art director) – jasongoldberg.co
Beth Hughes (art director) – jelizabethhughes.com
Samantha Jolley (art director) – samanthajolley.com
Andrew Jones (art director) – andrewcj.com
Jessica Kemmerling (art director) – jessiekemmerling.com
Maria Kouninski (art director) – mariakouninski.com
Steph Langan (art director) – stephlangan.com
Chris Lumain (art director) – chrislumain.com
Alex McClelland (art director) – alexgmcclelland.com
Jasmine McCrae (art director) – jasminelmccrae.com
Héctor Rivas (art director) – hector.works
Wesley Ruff (art director) – wesleyruff.cool
Jessica Sugerman (art director) – jessicasugerman.com
Ken Tsuchiya (art director) – kentsuchiya.com
John Worthington (art director) – jkworthington.com
Liwen Xu (art director) – liwenxu.com
Jansen Yoder (art director) – jansenyoder.com
Holly Younce (art director) – hollyyounce.com
Alex is a brand new art director fresh out of VCU. When a CD hires a new creative, one of the first things they often say is some version of: “Scare me! Don’t hold back. We can always reel you back in—but out of the gate, just go for it.” Ok, so Alex’s Peeps project is just flat-out scary (above). So is her creepy eyeball homepage. And Gollum Girl illustrations. (PS, don’t miss her Illustrations page. So cool.) Love it all.
Portfolio: alexgmcclelland.com
Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ideas. And the stupidest ideas (in a good way). Will’s project for Arby’s at the Super Bowl is both—it literally puts Arby’s at the Super Bowl, a sandwich in a seat. #WeHaveTheSeats. So dumb. So genius. Plus, it’s Arby’s. Possibly the perfect student campaign.
Portfolio: willbareford.com
VCU Brandcenter Week on MC (yay!) kicks off with copywriter Caroline Gallalee. Being a copywriter is all about ideas and prose and collaboration and humor and fearlessness—but it’s also about enthusiasm and optimism and putting yourself the heck out there. Clicking through Caroline’s portfolio, she’s everywhere: rapping for MadMoms (awesome project), narrating a manifesto video for Tetra “Aquaverse,” and interviewing Kim Kardashian (awkward). Love it all.
Portfolio: carolinegallalee.com
Ladies and gentlemen, MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of 19 recent Miami Ad School New York copywriter graduates (in alphabetical order). Special shout-out to Joel Johnson for MC’s Student Portfolio Site URL of the Year.
Brendan Irving – brendanirving.com
Brian Borromeo – brian-borromeo.squarespace.com
Chanae Reed – chanaereed.com
Felipe Molina – writefelipe.com
Imen Soltani – imensoltani.com
Jared Powell – jaredthomaspowell.com
Joel Johnson – prettypleasehire.us
Joseph Thomas – josephneeds.space
Lis Mery Ramirez – lismery.com
Mariana Junger – marianajunger.com
Matthew Casey – mdcasey.com
Michael Fleming – michaelfleming.work
Nikita Sokolov – nikitasokolov.com
Preston Thompson – ptown-creative.com
Robertsy Gribkoff – robertsy-f-gribkoff.squarespace.com
Sahar Sehgaal – saharsbook.com
Simina Florea – simina-florea.com
Upaasna Rajaram – upaasnar.com
Yvonne Skoczek – yvonneskoczek.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
Nothing MC loves more than posting the portfolio sites of brilliant new copywriters. Ladies and gents, below are links to 9 Chicago Portfolio School Winter 2017 graduating writers (in alphabetical order):
Abby Festenstein (copywriter) – abbyfestenstein.com
Blythe Green (copywriter) – blythegreen.com
Danielle Janota (copywriter) – daniellejanota.com
Greg Garrod (copywriter) – greggarrod.com
Hope Lee (copywriter) – hopeleecopywriter.com
Jack Farrell (copywriter) – jtfarrellcopywriter.com
Jillian Spivak (copywriter) – jillianspivak.com
Kylie George (copywriter) – kyliegeorge.com
Peter Rizzi (copywriter) – peterrizzi.com
Winter 2017 Chicago Portfolio School Week on MC continues, today with the portfolio sites of six March art director grads. Get ’em while they’re hot!
Alexandra Courtney (art director) – alexandracourtney.com
Allie Schiesser (art director) – allieschiesser.com
Deirdre Nieto (art director) – deirdrenieto.com
Ellen Kingbury (art director) – lnkingsbury.com
Maximilien Delvigne (art director) – maximiliendelvigne.com
Renato Oliveria (art director) – renatololiveira.com
Ladies and gentlemen, this week MC is honored to present the portfolio sites of Winter 2017 Chicago Portfolio School grads: designers (Monday), art directors (Tuesday), and copywriters (Wednesday). Congrats to all!
Adeline Chong (designer) – addieadeline.squarespace.com
Max Linenberger (designer) – mlinenberger.com
Zachary Kaplan (designer) – zkaplan.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
Upaasna is a new copywriter who just graduated from Miami Ad School Mumbai. Check out her project “Prep Trump.” In Upaasna’s words, “Made by four immigrants on zero budget, we wanted to give the world a chance to have some fun with the ridiculousness of this man. Visited by over 2500 people in 48 hours, this microsite was a personal project that I had the most fun with.” So ridiculous. So fun. Dig it.
Portfolio: upaasnar.com
Matei is a freelance copywriter/CD working in NYC and Berlin. Since his last post on MC (way back on 12.10.12), just after graduating from Miami Ad School Hamburg, he’s taken over the world. His portfolio includes projects for Google, Nike, adidas, AT&T, CNN, and Hornbach, for agencies including heimat Berlin and Havas NY—and Matei is now teaching at Miami Ad School. Time for an update!
Portfolio: matei.nyc