Dana is a copywriter at SapientNitro in NYC. She’s got “copywriting + art direction” on her rez, and that’s no joke—there are strong visual concepts all over her site. Be sure to check out: Ancestry.com, Saw 3D, Tiffany’s “Eraser”, Weather.com, Red Stripe, and City Harvest grocery/stomach bags (above).
Portfolio: danatiel.com
Scott is a copywriter at GOOD Corps, an agency formed by GOOD Magazine, based in L.A. Great mix of stuff on his site, from Toyota’s Ideas For Good to the TMZ Fantasy Trainwreck League. Dig it.
Portfolio: scott-reedy.com
Tyler is a senior writer at JacobsonRost in Chicago. First campaign on his site, for Mercury Marine Edge, is a real deal long copy print campaign. (They still make ’em!) Add a QR code in the lower right corner and you just made an interactive long copy print campaign. New old school. How’s about that?
Portfolio: tylerbkirk.com
Right from Kate’s site, because MC couldn’t write it any better: Should we address the elephant in the room? “Is this middle name real? Danger? Are we dealing with delayed adolescence? Is she going to be trouble? Can she bake?” Well to answer: yes, yes, no, sort of, and yes*.
Portfolio: katedangerbaynham.com
Justin’s campaign for Febreze features cartoon characters—who wear the same clothes all the time—spraying their clothes with Febreze and the tag, “Wear it more than once.” Genius. And don’t miss Zippo Burn Box, which torches the Facebook posts of your ex after you break-up. Also genius.
Portfolio: justinstuartralph.com
Check out Meredith’s fun escalator overlay for Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest: a never-ending stream of hot dogs, escalating down into an open mouth. Why does that make MC hungry for chili dogs and tater tots? Because MC is always hungry for chili dogs and tater tots, of course.
Portfolio: meredithkarr.com
Can’t graduate in 2012 without an iPhone app in your portfolio. Nikolaus has one of the coolest MC has ever seen. Flip The F*ck Out turns your iPhone into a skateboard. You do tricks, flipping it with your hand, for points. Love it.
Portfolio: nikolausdrellow.com
Ann is a copywriter/ACD at Euro RSCG in Chicago. The title of her site is “Fearless Copywriter in a Twisted World.” MC likes that. It is a twisted world. And CWs do have to be fearless when it’s time to put the words down on the paper. Or type the pixels onto the screen. Or present the stuff to the room. Or click open the email with the subject line “RND 1 FEEDBACK” with the red “!” next to it.
Portfolio: anntitus.com
Marcelo is a copywriter at Euro RSCG 4D in São Paulo, Brazil. So fun to see the cool work coming out of São Paulo for brands that, in the States, are pretty straight. Check out Vanish, Finish, Veet and Trident. Are Brazilians just cooler than Americans? What a ridiculous question.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/mpollara
Tom is a copywriter in Raleigh, NC. His site is hosted on Behance and consists of 25+ headline-driven print and collateral campaigns. All of them comps. Most of them AD’d by Tom. And that, fellow CWs, is someone who loves what they do. Tip ‘o the hat, Mr. Schmidt.
Portfolio: behance.net/tomschmidt
Chris is a new copywriter at Solve in Minneapolis. MC had the pleasure of having Chris in a class at Brainco (back when MC was in Minneapolis), and not only is he one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet, he’s also something like 6’8″. Or maybe it just seemed like it. Anyway, congrats on the new gig, Mr. Hill. Well done.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/chill
Jim is a copywriter/CD in Portland and a fellow Oregon Duck (Go Ducks!). Love the way he presents digital on his site. You can click around and explore it for yourself, or you can watch a killer highlight reel set to the Chemical Brothers in two and a half minutes. Dig it.
Portfolio: themothership.cc
Brian is a writer at AKQA in San Francisco. You know what’s fun? Clicking through someone’s portfolio, and you see they’ve got a big Tony Stewart TV spot on there, one of TBS’ Funniest Commercials of 2010. That’s first. Then, you skip down to what’s last, in the Other Stuff section, and you find a headshot of Brian on socks and tighty whities, proudly gifted to and displayed by his family at holiday time. You just. I mean. You can’t beat that.
Portfolio: bookofbutton.com
Andrew is a freelance copywriter/CD in the States and Asia. He loves cars. All kinds of cars. And he’s on a mission to do work for as many car brands as he can: Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, Scion, Cadillac, Acura, Infiniti, the list goes on. Gotta say, if you’re going to pick a category to go after, cars is a good one. Andrew’s site has a page titled Super Bowl TV, and he’s got four spots up there. Nice.
Portfolio: andrewbaker77.com
Leah is a copywriter/CD/creative strategist at HMH in Portland. There’s a crazy variety of work on her site, clients and media—including Archer Farms packaging, Freightliner print, Subway TV, BeerWest digimarc, and pop-up stores for Detroit Diesel truck engines. So 2012. Love it.
Portfolio: HeyLeahHenderson.com
AJ is a copywriter at CP+B in Boulder. His portfolio was submitted to MC by his old AD partner, Jason Rosenberg (much appreciated, sir). It kicks ass. Be sure to check out the Mustang board in Cars & Trucks. Awesome.
Portfolio: creative.ajmusial.com
Antonio is a senior copywriter at Milk Vilnius in Lithuania, previously at Y&R, Leo Burnett and JWT in Peru. Some really cool work in his portfolio, including the above ad for Dansu. “Capitalist quality meets communist price.” Says it all.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/antoniobechtle
Alexandre is a Brazilian copywriter working at digital agency Sinc in São Paulo. Don’t miss his integrated campaign for Par Perfeito, featuring parades of single people. That might not work so well here in the States. But in Brazil, from the looks of the video, oh yeah.
Portfolio: portfolio.alefreire.com
Stephen is a recent Portfolio Center grad, in NYC this week, looking for his first job. So, if you’re in NYC, looking for a fresh CW grad, and you dig his work, this would be an excellent time to give him a shout.
Portfolio: stepcanthink.com
Andrei is a senior copywriter at Energy BBDO in Chicago. As MC regulars know, I sometimes get a little jealous of Chicago CWs. Of their accounts, specifically. Like Altoids, Orbit and Corona in Andrei’s book. Two Corona beach shoots. Plus a Corona beach microsite (a classic). Arrrrg.
Portfolio: andreichahine.com
Cassie is a copywriter at space150 in Minneapolis. She’s gone and done it. The very first Pinterest portfolio on MC. And you know what that makes her? The winner. Nice.
Portfolio: cassiebroeckert.com
Steve is a copywriter/CD in Los Angeles, formerly CCO of Dailey, Saatchi LA and Ammirati London, and ECD of Chiat. Plus, one of the nicest guys in the biz. His site is so loaded with classic work for clients like Apple, Energizer and Toyota, it was nearly impossible to choose what to feature in this post. The frame above is from a Honda Fury spot. Sick.
Portfolio: rabosky.com
Shea is a copywriter at Trumpet in New Orleans. (MC’s first New Orleans shop, during Mardi Gras, DING.) Don’t leave without checking out his bonus section, Lagniappe. Which, by the way, is a word that entered English from Louisiana French. Is MC throwing Mardi Gras beads all over this post or what?
Portfolio: sheatullos.com
John and Ben Doessel, cousins, are new copywriters interning and freelancing their way into the biz. John reached out to MC with the idea of featuring both cousins in one post. How could MC refuse?
John’s Portfolio: johndoessel.com
Ben’s Portfolio: copycola.com
Darren is a writer at AJF Partnership in Melbourne, Australia. His portfolio (Indexhibit) is deep and awesome. Don’t leave without checking out his non-advertising sections too: RANDOM ACTS and MIXTAPES. MC is downloading You Know I Got Soul Mix as I type. Fingers crossed.
Portfolio: darrenjwinter.com
Joe is a senior copywriter in NYC. The first two pieces in his portfolio are self-created apps, Recco and Pee & Poo Save The World. About the latter, in Joe’s words: “It follows a pair of superhero …uhh… excrement in their epic quest to stop sinister aliens from abducting Earth’s baby animals.” Yes.
Portfolio: joesay.squarespace.com
Nikki is a copywriter/ACD at Integer in Dallas. Her site was submitted by friend of MC, Alan McCoy (thanks, man), who notes that she wrote the entire 7-Eleven site: from corn dog rollers to little chocolate donuts. Yum.
Portfolio: nikkilott.com
Paul is a copywriter/copy director at Starz Entertainment in Denver. His site was submitted by British Bulldog, an AD in London (thanks much). How nice is that? Your former AD submits your site to MC because you’ve been doing some killer work and the people need to see it. You know, if countries would behave like creative teams the world would be a … well, nevermind.
Portfolio: krop.com/soojay
Mikal is a copywriter in NYC. In addition to print, TV, web and alternative media on his site, Mikal also has Onion headlines, a cartoon and a race—The First Annual Billy Burg Bolt. That’s the first footrace in a portfolio on MC, if we’re not mistaken. Tip ‘o the hat, Mr. Cook.
Portfolio: mikalandrecook.com
Jim is a senior copywriter in NYC, freelance since 2005. Check out his CV—he’s been just about everywhere and worked on all kinds of awesome accounts: The Economist, BMW, Smirnoff, MTV, IBM, American Express and Captain Morgan. Good times.
Portfolio: jimmywiky.com