Stefani is a copywriter/CD in Austin. Over the years, she’s worked with Crispin, Porter & Bogusky, Ground Zero, BBDO, Ogilvy & Mather, Lowe Worldwide, and GSD&M. And now she’s got a shiny new portfolio site to show it off.
Portfolio: stefanizellmer.com
Courtney is a new copywriter interning at RPA in Los Angeles. Her site is mostly Honda banners she’s produced while at RPA, plus her student work from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse (great school). Courtney’s looking for her first gig. Who’s looking for their Courtney?
Portfolio: courtney-davidson.com
James is a copywriter/CD at Crispin in Boulder. (This is a good one, kids.) All kinds of fantastic work on his site for brands like MetLife, Xerox, Arby’s, Vitaminwater, and Under Armour (campaign for women—nicely done, sir). Don’t miss the bottom link, ME/WORK EXPERIENCE. Loud, proud and …
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/jmaravetz
Michael is a copywriter at Eleven in San Francisco. (His link was submitted to MC by fellow CW Chris Elzinga, big ups.) Lots of really fun work on his site for an awesome mix of clients like Sun Valley, Nike Baseball, Square, Spiderman 3, Virgin, and Black Star Beer (see above trophy). Don’t miss Skippy, the stone skipping robot. Good thing MC didn’t find Skippy when he was live online. Would have been five days of complete un-productivity.
Portfolio: spacecampfire.com
Dan is a senior copywriter/brand strategist at Urban Influence in Seattle. He’s also an official MLB scorekeeper for the Seattle Mariners (awesome). Huge range of work in his portfolio, including spots for Rhapsody, Epipheo videos, a review in Antennae Magazine, sandwich boards, and even a little iPhone photography.
Portfolio: dp643.com
Anne is a writer/ACD in Chicago. Her site features a ton of big, national brands for agencies like Leo Burnett and Y&R. Fun to see what she’s done with them. For example, the above bumper cars spot for Always. In which the ride is a giant, um, and the bumper cars represent, uh …
Portfolio: krop.com/ahagerty
Bowen is a copywriter/ACD at Energy BBDO in Chicago. All kinds of fun work on his site for big brands like General Mills, Jack-in-the-Box, Chase, Mercedes, and Expedia.com. Don’t miss his video for Skispace.com featuring Bode Miller. Good times.
Portfolio: bowenmendelson.com
Harry is a new copywriter in Austin, having graduating from Texas in 2012. Ok, how cute is his ad for Remington Super Quiet Mowers (above), with the sleeping wiener dog in the patch of un-mowed grass? Adorable. Hello, MC post.
Portfolio: harrytruong.com
Rob is a copywriter/CD at Skiver in Los Angeles. (His site was submitted by Matt McNelis, big ups.) The above outdoor board for San Diego was posted in Seattle. And around this time of year, MC guesses it probably worked like a charm. Ah, January.
Portfolio: robpettis.com
Dave is a copywriter in Los Angeles. The first item in his portfolio is Inspiration Trip: “In 2011, my wife and I left Los Angeles with a one-way ticket to Istanbul and traveled the world. We were gone for 264 nights and slept in 72 different beds.” (Beds above.) Dave’s back in L.A., currently freelancing at Mistress. MC’s #1 2013 resolution: some kind of Inspiration Trip. Even it’s 2 nights instead of 264.
Portfolio: dave-carlson.net
Jon is a VP/CD/AD at BOHAN in Nashville. (Previous post on 12.19.11.) We honor ADs here on MC who honor words, and clicking through Jon’s work there’s no doubt about that. Since his last post on MC, he’s updated his site with a new tumblr design and it looks H.O.T. Love it. Definitely worth an update.
Portfolio: coolville4.tumblr.com
Elizabeth is a senior copywriter at Kirshenbaum NYC. She’s got a ton of killer stuff for BMW up on her site, plus De Beers, Starz, Smirnoff, Wendy’s, awesome. From her Elizabeth King • Copywriter page: “Advertising is not for those who like things winded. Long copy is dead. We’re no longer writers, we’re thinkers, right?” Hmm, wonders MC. Writers = thinkers. Maybe there just aren’t any readers left?
Portfolio: kingportfolio.com
Tom is a senior copywriter at Cramer-Krasselt in Milwaukee. (Previous post 2.09.11.) He’s updated some things and got some new work up, so it’s time for an update. One thing that didn’t change is his site URL. One of the best ever.
Portfolio: alongwayforahamsandwich.com
Ryan is a copywriter at McCann NYC. Since her last post on MC (May 4th, 2010), she’s added all kinds of killer new work including the above stop animation for Sony Xperia, directed by Wes Anderson. Yes, it’s awesome. And yes, MC is more than a little jealous. Tip ‘o the hat, Ryan.
Portfolio: girlryan.com
Chris will be graduating from Art Center College of Design this Saturday, December 15th. (His site was submitted by fellow student Brenton Covington—thanks, Brenton.) First, a huge congrats to Chris from MC on graduating. Love it. Second, it’s not often that Art Center College of Design graduates a copywriter, which makes his site even more interesting to check out. Again, love it.
Portfolio: chrisgilbertcreative.com
Matei is a 23-year-old Romanian digital writer (recent graduate of Miami Ad School Hamburg) currently in NYC. His site is organized by year, so it’s easy to nav through his student work, and then what he did during internships at Saatchi Moscow and BBDO NYC. It’s interesting—to see what’s in a graduating digital writer’s portfolio at the end of 2012. While most of it is digital or based on digital concepts, a lot of the work is non-digital. Makes you wonder, where’s the line? Will there be such a thing as a digital writer in Dec 2013 or 2014? Or will we all just be writers again? Hmm.
Portfolio: mateiology.com
Jorge is a copywriter/CD at Y&R in Lima, Perú. (His site was submitted by André Toledo from Y&R Perú. Big ups, André.) MC had trouble deciding which to feature: the above campaign for League Against Cancer or Jorge’s campaign for Banco Financiero. In the end, underwear wins. Ha! Sorry.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/coquisoto
Andrew is a copywriter at Draftfcb in Orange County. Bunch of cool stuff for Red Bull on his site from his time at Kastner. Be sure to check out Red Bull Creation V.2.0.12, which made MC laugh and want to throw up at the same time. So fun.
Portfolio: krop.com/ciaccio
Sarah is a copywriter at Sanders/Wingo in Austin. (Her site was submitted by Nikki Lott at Integer. High-five, Nikki.) One of the things MC enjoys most, going through a CW’s portfolio, is seeing their personality come through the work. Spend 30 seconds on Sarah’s site, and you see it. Bad-ass. Also, be sure to check out her rad blog Badder Homes & Gardens, with Nikki and Krista Hogg. Awesome.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/sarahweigl
Ian is a copywriter in San Francisco and a recent graduate of Miami Ad School. MC loves student books. Ah, the freedom. Check out Ian’s Winter Orgasm Rescue campaign for Durex, based on the premise that women don’t have orgasms when their feet are cold. MC had no idea.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/iangng
Daniel is a copywriter in San Francisco, formerly at Y&R Prague and TracyLocke NYC. So fun to see what a portfolio looks like after spending a couple of years in Prague. Because it’s so fun to imagine, hey, what if I did that? What if I packed it up and moved to Prague? How awesome would that be?
Portfolio: djosephportfolio.carbonmade.com
Kapil is a freelance writer/CD in Boston. Before going full-time global freelance superstar, he spent five years at Modernista!, but really MC can’t list everywhere he’s worked because it’s pretty much everywhere awesome. As copywriters, what we do is commerce and art. Some a little more commerce. Some a little more art. When you land on Kapil’s site, you immediately know. It’s art.
Portfolio: kapilkachru.com
Allison is a freelance copywriter at EVB in San Francisco, after (almost) graduating from Miami Ad School. Love the tag for her Crest White Strips campaign: “The hugest little difference.” Winner.
Portfolio: allisonlackey.com
Erik is a copywriter/CD at Goodby in San Francisco. He shares a portfolio site with partner/AD Anthony Decarolis, and their work is just ridiculous awesome. MC had a tough time selecting which piece to feature, but you can’t go wrong with Cheetos Flamin’ Hot fingers dialing 911. Brilliant.
Portfolio: antanderik.com
Mike is a copywriter/CD in Dallas. He spent a serious chunk of time at The Richards Group (12 years), and his Behance portfolio is full of all kinds of Home Depot work—including the above billboard that hung at Texas Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, owned by Jerry Jones. MC is neutral in all matters, and respects all 50 states, including Texas which is home to more than one great city and many, many awesome, creative people. But there’s no denying it. There’s only one Texas.
Portfolio: http://be.net/mikefishercreative
Mike is a VP/ACD/Copywriter at Leo Burnett Chicago. He’s got a redesigned site for a portfolio so good it’s scary. (Sorry. Halloween. It’s allowed.) The writing is flat-out amazing. MC recommends clicking through Categories: Print. Or, just go for it and click Categories: All Work. So much awesomeness.
Portfolio: mikeward-creative.com
Ladies and gentlemen, MC presents the portfolio sites of nine Chicago Portfolio School October 2012 copywriter grads (in alphabetical order):
Alex Gavin – alextgavin.com
Bettina Kozlowski – cargocollective.com/bettinakozlowski
Courtney McCormack – courtneymccormack.com
David Drake – cargocollective.com/daviDDrakePortfolio
Eddie Rybarski – eddierybarski.squarespace.com
Jared Perkins – jaredperkins.com
Larry Scott – larry-scott.com
Molly Lartz – cargocollective.com/TheMolltron
Paul Thelen – paulthelen.org
Alex is a new copywriter and currently interning at AKQA in San Francisco. (Fun.) Which is a perfect fit, as all six of the campaigns on his site are heavy digital/social. MC also noticed that almost all have a good-for-the-world POV, which is good to see.
Portfolio: alextgavin.com
MC’s said it before and we’ll say it again. Surfers, drummers and comedians make the best copywriters. David is a new copywriter fresh out of CPS and a stand-up comedian, and we’re talking real-deal. As in, named the “Best of the Midwest” by the Iowa Comedy Festival. What agency doesn’t need more funny?
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/daviDDrakePortfolio
Molly is a new copywriter from CPS, freelance hairstylist, and she does some work for Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. That’s like the three best jobs, all in one person. MC really, really wants to see that play.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/TheMolltron