Jim is a copywriter/CD in Los Angeles. His site is hosted on Krop. Love how the horizontal slider lets you nav through integrated campaigns quick and easy. Each starts with a simple set-up card, then goes big pieces to outer reaches. He’s also got a deep radio selection, which has become a rarity on writer sites. Tip o’ the Hat.
Portfolio: jimrealcreative.com
Greg is a copywriter/ACD at Firehouse in Dallas. He’s got a brand new site that’s loaded with killer work. Don’t misses: Spike TV, Full Throttle + NHRA, K-Y, and Mother Candles.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/greghunter
Jose is a copywriter/ACD at CP+B in Boulder. Check out the above spot for Pepto Bismol, which Jose wrote at Leo Burnett Lapiz in Chicago for the U.S. Hispanic market. Burrito, mobster, burrito, Frankenstein, burrito, alien, burrito. Oh, and the burrito is a romantic burrito. Now that’s a script.
Portfolio: josefunegra.com
Steven is a copywriter/CD/VP at McCann NYC. You know what’s awesome? When a CD with the credentials, portfolio and experience that Steven’s got includes a campaign on his site that’s all about making “the 5th floor of Ogilvy’s old office a livelier place.” Love it.
Portfolio: stevennasi.tumblr.com
Jeff is a copywriter/ACD at Cramer-Krasselt in Milwaukee. (Brand new gig, big congrats Jeff.) Check out this note to Jeff from Jason Alexander, after Jason received Jeff’s first script for his Jenny Craig Video Blog, “Jeff, I am literally blown away. Brilliant. I couldn’t have said it better. You truly got my voice down. I have no notes and anyone who knows me knows that is a first. It’s perfect. Go with it and thank you. If I ever run for office you are hired as my official speechwriter. Happy holidays. I’m telling my wife that I am blown away or in the words of George, ‘I am speechless. I am without speech’.” Nice.
Portfolio: vzcreative.com
Carol is a copywriter in São Paulo, Brazil. Sometimes you see an ad or a spot and you think to yourself, “How the heck have I not thought of doing that before?” Check out Carol’s Crazy About Ketchup spot for Hellman’s. How the heck have you not thought of doing that before?
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/carolsaraiva
Howard is a senior copywriter in NYC. His site features integrated work for six clients, plus a one-shots page, plus a page of outtakes. I recommend you click into DIRECTV and watch the Wayne’s World brand spot. Then go down to Outtakes and watch the Wayne stand-in just melt under the pressure of trying to say a lead-in line to Kim Basigner. Who wouldn’t?!
Portfolio: krop.com/howardhill
Thomas is a junior copywriter at BBDO Germany. How much does MC enjoy posting sites from outside the States? Lots. (Hint: Send ’em!) So cool to see what kind of opportunities junior writers get at BBDO Germany. Don’t miss: Sharpie Extra Fine. Dig it.
Portfolio: thomas-kuhn.com
James is a copywriter/CD in Tampa. Lots to click around and explore on his site. I went into Digital and then Sleepsonian Institute, where I watched a video called Dust Mites. Apparently, they can excrete 200 times their body weight. Which, naturally, reminded me of one of the greatest things about being a copywriter. The accumulation of brilliant trivia about a completely random assortment of topics.
Portfolio: jamesrosene.com
Michael is a copywriter/CD at Noise Digital in Vancouver. He’s got a new site that’s super clean and loaded with killer work. Don’t miss his Be Remarkable Videos for Credit Unions of BC. Smart writing and awesome animation. Had to be so fun to make. Good times.
Portfolio: michaelmilardo.com
David is a copywriter in NYC. Tons of work for some serious brands on his site. Check out Digital/360 for three case studies, including a cool one about updating the Vlasic Stork. Love seeing the progression of the character from old to new. Love it when creatives take the time to demo creative dev like that. Nice.
Portfolio: davidmcmillanwriter.com
Adam is a recent Miami Ad School grad in NYC, looking for his first copywriting gig. You know what you don’t see much of in student portfolios these days? Good radio. Check out “Peet’s Coffee” on Adam’s site, which landed him a 2nd Place Student Mercury Award. Nice.
Portfolio: gothelf.tv
John is a copywriter/CD in Minneapolis, formerly at Martin Williams and Carmichael Lynch. In Television, click on Staples and watch the second spot. One of my all-time faves.
Portfolio: neumannsod.com
Kevin is a copywriter at WONGDOODY in Los Angeles, been there since May 2010 after graduating from Circus. What a great shop to land at right out of school. Such an awesome time in the career. Getting killer work produced, swapping out student campaigns for real stuff in the book, staying at Shutters when you’re like 25 years old and two nights’ hotel bill is equal to one month’s paycheck. But who cares? You thought up a giant skeleton outdoor board while you were peeing in the shower one morning and someone paid $200k to build the thing. (Just made that up. Not Kevin’s actual story.) Love it.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/kevinsteele
Steven is a copywriter/ACD at AKQA. He’s got a shiny new site that begins with an absolutely hilarious Website Orientation Video Program. Love it love it love it.
Portfolio: steveohville.com
Gene is a senior copywriter/ACD at Anson-Stoner in Orlando. Most copywriters, it’s probably fair to say, enjoy the “writer” portion of the word “copywriter” more than the “copy” portion. Advertising is good, but writing is what it’s all about. Take a stroll through Gene’s site, you’ll see.
Portfolio: genealbamonte.com
Ted is a copywriter/ACD at R/GA in San Francisco. He’s written and illustrated a hilarious book called Paper Doll Orgy, which features a quote from Conan O’Brien on the front, “Ted McCagg is a truly original thinker who really makes me laugh. And for that, I hate him.”
Washington Post Review: Click here
Ryan is a senior copywriter in San Francisco, previously at McCann and GSP (as an account guy). His site is based on a stack of paper. In his words, “One day I started cleaning out my files because they were moving us. So I started to stack up all my old briefs, dead ads, scripts, etc. into a neat little 8.5×11 pile. By the time I cleared out two years of shit, the stack was about three feet high. It looked too interesting to throw it away, so I taped it up. It became an art piece as a joke. I found a stand and put a $3000 price tag on it. I held a contest for names: “Dead Weight,” “Tower of Futility,” and the overly pretentious “Work” are some of my favorites. I settled on “The Other 96%” because it represents all the bullshit we have to go through to make something that shouldn’t be as hard as it really is. Later I realized some of the better things I’ve done aren’t (theoretically) in the stack, so I turned the it into a site idea. And I suppose, in some way, made use of all the good n’ bad things in the pile that never came to be.” Love it.
Portfolio: ryanhartsfield.com
Ian is a senior copywriter at TracyLocke in NYC. He graduated from Syracuse in 2008, and already has a portfolio stocked with SoBe, Wisk, Gold Bond … and JWed.com, a dating site for Jewish singles. Tag: “Find your chosen one.”
Portfolio: ianwishingrad.com
Gerard is a senior copywriter at WONGDOODY in Los Angeles. People sometimes ask MC, “What’s the right amount of set-up for projects in a portfolio?” Such a hard question to answer because every project is different, right? Right. But, if you had to point to an example of a portfolio with just the right set-up, content and tone, Gerard’s would be an excellent choice.
Portfolio: gerardseifert.com
Jean is a Miami Ad School grad and a new copywriter at Evolution Bureau in San Francisco. What a fun book she got out of MAS. Long copy (Canon), tequila app (Cuervo), beautiful art direction (Cowgirl), cool product ideas (Avis + Celestial), and nakedness (Maxim). Good times.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/jeanmorrow
Ryan is a copywriter/ACD at GSD&M in Austin. Clients on his site: BMW, The Discovery Channel, Kohler, Southwest Airlines, Spyder, and Habitat for Humanity. Would you like a drink with your Client Envy, sir? Yes, thank you very much.
Portfolio: ryaninpixels.com
Kevin is a senior copywriter at JWT in NYC. What a fun mix of clients in his book: Olympics, Jones Soda, Nike, Napa Valley Vineyards, Seattle Art Museum, Mud Truck, and the resurrection of the one-and-only Raaaaanieeeeerrrrrrr Beeeeeerrrrr.
Portfolio: kevin-thomson.com
Tom is a copywriter in Georgia, previously at Mullen. What a fun portfolio, right down to the URL. Awesome stories all over the place. Copywriters come from every walk of life, and that’s cool. But there’s something to be said for a background/degree in writing/journalism.
Portfolio: alongwayforahamsandwich.com
Rob is a copywriter/CD in NYC. There are fewer and fewer portfolio sites that feel like someone made them from scratch. Rob’s site is one of the few, and it’s just awesome.
Portfolio: robrooney.com
Craig is a copywriter at Berlin Cameron United in NYC. Only two years in the biz, and his portfolio already has a bunch of really fun TV for Comcast, Amazon.com and Super 8 Hotels. Nice. Or as he would say, “Puh-pow!!”
Portfolio: craigalshin.com
Craig is a senior copywriter in NYC. Check out his portfolio then check out his site 99dollartaglines.com. Now that’s how you take your copywriting skills and make a small biz. Rather than, say, making a blog about other copywriters’ portfolio sites with no hope of monetization whatsoever. (Ahem.) Nice.
Portfolio: csgeller.carbonmade.com
Matthew is a copywriter/ACD at Dentsu in NYC. His mother, Joan, describes him as follows: “Matthew grew up in a wood clapboard house near downtown Minneapolis. But, these humble beginnings belie his enormous talents. He sang in the Metropolitan Boys Choir and taught himself to play Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” on piano. He started wrestling at age seven and was city champion by age twelve. He endured thirteen years of public schooling and got along with just about everyone he ever met. Needless to say, his talents have only multiplied with age. He’d be an invaluable addition to any agency. And I’m not just saying that because I’m his mother. Did I mention he’s also handsome? Feel free to call me if you’d like to talk about Matthew some more. You can get my number from my wonderful son who, by the way, never forgets to call me.”
Portfolio: web.me.com/mbottkol
Jon is a copywriter at BBDO Toronto. His site is, as he described it, “not very jazzy.” Which makes it, one could argue, a very copywriter-ish site. Click through the un-jazziness and check out the work for the Vancouver International Film Festival. Awesome.
Portfolio: jonjmurray.com
Shannon is a copywriter in San Francisco. In addition to her portfolio, you’ll find quite a bit about her awesome blog and soon-to-be book, Apocalypse Cakes, on her site. In fact, it’s front and center. Which, for those of us who write on the side, makes you think about at what point you’d make copywriting your writing-on-the-side if your writing-on-the-side blew up. Hmm.
Portfolio: shannonomalley.com