Evan is a new copywriter in NYC on the hunt. He’s got a revamped portfolio he put together with a little help from his friends (didn’t go the portfolio school track). It features a great mix of clients and media, including Duracell IG stories (above), digital OOH for Fidelity investments, Zara print, Nissan Leaf ambient, IAMS pre-roll video, and Nicoderm CQ product design innovation. Can’t wait to see where Evan lands!
Portfolio: coltencopy.com
Evan is a senior copywriter in NYC, formerly at Grey Group. All kinds of cool projects in his portfolio for clients like Marriott Hotels (above, shout-out for the Supertramp track), Longhorn Steakhouse, Drug Free America, Hasbro, and Gillette. Also, don’t miss his bio, which he presents in karaoke form. Of course.
Portfolio: evanelbersoncreative.com
Rose is a new copywriter in Chicago and a recent Chicago Portfolio School grad. (Big congrats!) Her portfolio at the time of this posting features five projects for Everlane, Beefeater Gin, Svalbard Tourism (got to be a first for MC), Azteca Tortillas, and Garnier Fructis (above). From her About page: “What I like most about copywriting is the research you get to do beforehand.” Agreed.
Portfolio: rosegaylen.com
Amanda is a new copywriter (originally from Sweden) currently interning at MullenLowe in Boston and a recent graduate from Academy of Art in San Francisco. Her student portfolio is an awesome mix of projects (that have won a ton of student awards), including “Think Inside the Box” for the NY Times, “Fueled by Youth” for Kia (above), AdAge-ISM, “Female Figures” for Adidas, and “Zap Mode” for Apple (wish it were real). Love it all. Can’t wait to see where Amanda lands!
Portfolio: amandawennberg.com
Erin Conrad, Talent Relations Manager at Cactus in Denver (check out their site here), is on the hunt for a copywriter to join their team. From Cactus:
Cactus is a small agency doing innovative, bold and imaginative work for a growing list of great clients. We aim to make our work and our portfolios better every day, with every project, and we’re committed to developing thought-provoking ideas and executions that make our corner of the planet a better place to live, work and play. We’re looking for someone with outstanding talent and tireless passion to help us further our mission and add to our agency mojo.
To be seriously considered, candidates will have roughly 2-5 years of agency experience and an exceptional portfolio of work that displays superior conceptual ideation skills, strong headlines, well-written copy and the ability to produce integrated campaigns across digital, video and 2D media. At Cactus, we value your personality and character just as much as your work, so you’ll also need to be someone with a collaborative, team-centric spirit, a solution-oriented mindset, and someone who strives to make every project into something great.
If that’s you, get in touch. You just might be the one we’re looking for.
Send resume and portfolio to: careers@cactusinc.com
Matt is a copywriter/Instagrammer/snowboarder at BCW in NYC. His site is divided into Work (including spec), Client Work, I’m A Person Too, Instagrammer, and Resume. So interesting to see how different creative people present the different parts of their creative lives on a portfolio site. Dig it.
Portfolio: matt-tennenbaum.com
Griffin is a junior copywriter/musician in NYC, previously at Fifteen Degrees. The first project on his site is Joycestick VR, “a fully immersive virtual reality adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses.” Doesn’t get more modern copywriter than that. Also, don’t miss his Music page, featuring his track “Cracks in the Ceiling” and photos from his 22-day U.S. tour. Good times.
Portfolio: grobocopywriter.com
Jake is a new copywriter and a recent grad of Creative Circus in Atlanta (big congrats!). As always, super fun to see a student portfolio that looks like the student had fun making it—and that’s definitely the case with Jake’s. Can’t wait to see where he lands.
Portfolio: jake-christensen.com
Jesse Alkire, copywriter/CD in Denver (featured on MC back on 08.18.16, jessealkire.com), checks in with a big announcement. The new Denver Ad School is up and running.
From the DAD site: “A new school for explorers and risk-takers. Out west, nestled up against Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, sits a lone creative outpost. A place for the curious and the willing to discover how far their creativity can take them. To get here takes an audacious will, but any good creative knows that nothing interesting ever came out of playing it safe.
Before you seek us out, though, ask yourself one question — are you in search of an ordinary advertising school… or are you in search of adventure?”
Announcement here: denveradschool.com/2019-apr-23-dad-launch
Site here: denveradschool.com
Can’t wait to see the first set of grad portfolios!
David is a copywriter at MKG (Experiential Marketing) in Brooklyn, NYC. All kinds of fun projects in his portfolio, which he’s designed to look exactly like a Gmail inbox (complete with easter eggs including the search bar, green minimize button, hamburger menu, etc.). Dig it. Also dig the photos of David’s foster dogs. High-five, DB. You’re good peeps.
Portfolio: imdavidbutler.com
Robbie is a copywriter/ACD at Saatchi & Saatchi NYC. So much awesomeness all over his portfolio. Don’t miss his first project “Marshmallows Only” for Lucky Charms (hello, dream project). Also, Hipster or Horse, because laughing. Also his About Me bio writeup, which is just about perfect. Love it all.
Portfolio: robbieizar.com
Brandon is a senior marketing & UX copywriter at Bill.com in San Francisco. (Haven’t featured a lot of UX writers on MC, but boy does the world need ’em.) Don’t miss his “Creative Direction & Photography” and “Personal Projects” pages. Some cool stuff.
Portfolio: brandongetty.carbonmade.com
Lucía (writer) and Joan (art director) are a junior creative team at TBWA\España. (Love having a Spanish team on MC again.) Their team portfolio is part produced, part student work—but mostly produced, and what’s produced is awesome. Don’t miss their campaign for Codere Apuestas, Real Madrid’s official betting company (above). Too funny.
Portfolio: cargocollective.com/joanylucia
Eric is a senior copywriter/ACD at Colle McVoy in Minneapolis. All kinds of awesome projects on his site for Jackson Hole, Red Barron, Jack’s Links, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Schell’s Beer (above). Lots of really great headlines, too. (Can’t be a copywriter in Minneapolis for long without being able to write great headlines.) Got to like that.
Portfolio: hansenwithane.com
Ben is a copywriter at 72andSunny New York, been there since 2015. As one might expect, his portfolio is loaded with killer 72 work, including projects for Adidas (above), New Era, Facebook, Cheerios, and more. Dig it, dig it, dig it. Excited to have him up on MC.
Portfolio: ben-wiley.com
Jake is a copywriter NYC, formerly at Barton F. Graf. Since his last post on 05.30.18 (one year ago), after graduating from Creative Circus, he’s been busy. Check out his projects for Brinks (sure sure) and Welch’s Grape Juice (above). That juice is no joke.
Portfolio: jaketannery.com
Yosef is a copywriter in NYC on the hunt for his next gig, previously at Chipotle and Flare Social. He’s also a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade, once again proving that comedians make good copywriters. Love the social posts all over his site (hilarious). Can’t wait to see where Yosef lands!
Portfolio: yoseflerner.com
Chase is a senior copywriter at David & Goliath in Los Angeles. See, this is what happens on MC. Back on 05.12.14, MC posted Chase’s portfolio when he was a junior copywriter in Salt Lake City, Utah. Today, five years later, you click through his portfolio and it’s like, “Oh crap. This is so good. What have I been doing for the past five years???” Love it. Time for an update.
Portfolio: chaseisnotabank.com
Billy is a copywriter in Los Angeles on the hunt for his next gig. Be sure to check out his video for DC Universe featuring Marlon Brando’s speech from the Superman I (yes, that Marlon Brando). Also, The Creative’s Guide to the Galaxy, which is a super simple idea that’s super useful. Dig it.
Portfolio: theinternetbilly.com
Huge thanks to Ashley Sommardahl, VCU Brandcenter Director of Student Affairs and Industry Outreach, for helping MC host VCU Brandcenter Week. Always inspiring and mind-blowing to see the awesome portfolios coming out of Brandcenter.
To see all of the portfolios for copywriters, art directors, creative brand management, experience design, and strategy grads, use this link: brandcenter.vcu.edu/recruiters/student-portfolios
Want to learn more about VCU Brandcenter? Email here.
Congrats to all Brandcenter grads! Can’t wait to see where you land.
Katie is a new art director and a recent graduate of VCU Brandcenter. Her portfolio is full of super cool type treatments, including two long-copy campaigns (yesss) with new copywriter and fellow Brandcenter grad Mitchell Moss (portfolio here). As long as someone still loves to write long-copy ads, and someone else still loves to lay them out, the world is safe. At least, for now.
Portfolio: katiepaxton.com
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
Ryan is a senior copywriter in NYC. Cool variety of projects for some killer clients on his site, including Pepsi (“Nickname Everything” with Luke Kuechly of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, above), Budweiser OOH, Bud Light, BIC, and Sony. Don’t miss his IG personal project, RP the Influencer, Ryan’s take on social influencer-ness. So painfully influential.
Portfolio: ryanprescott.carbonmade.com
Brothers & Company is “on the hunt” for outdoorsy copywriters in three of their agency locations. If you’d rather be on a river or a hike than in the office—this one’s for you. From Brothers & Company:
“Brothers & Company is looking for senior and mid-level copywriters that get outside – golfing, hunting, fishing, hiking, skiing, camping, shooting and building a fire without looking like a city kid. We serve a solid roster of national brands in the outdoor recreation, sports and athletic categories, and authenticity is the lifeblood of our success. This is the stuff you can’t fake, and consumers can smell it from a mile away. We can too.
So, if the only thing that surpasses your passion for words is your love of the outdoors, this just may be your dream gig. Agency experience is required, and your book of work will start the conversation, but the stuff that gets you fired up is what will keep our attention.
About us? We’re a mid-size agency with offices in Wichita, Tulsa and Oklahoma City – America’s heartland. And while location isn’t always relevant to an agency’s identity, ours defines the people and clients we attract. We believe in Friday night lights and American energy. The Second Amendment. That chivalry isn’t dead. And blue-collar workers keep this country sunny side up. It shows in how we approach our work, and how we serve the clients who entrust us with their business. It’s not for everybody, but when it fits, you’re home, among likeminded people who work hard and play harder.
If you’re ready to further your craft and your career on national television, print and web work that flows from your heart outside of work, drop us a line. The interview just may be in a duck blind or on the golf course.”
Email link and info to Morgan Espinosa at mespinosa@broco.com.
Check out Brothers & Company at broco.com
Shain is a copywriter in Salt Lake City on the hunt for his next thing after a three-year stint at Faktory, Inc. Lots of car projects on his site for Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Ken Garff Automotive Group, plus work for Dominion Energy and Primary Children’s Hospital. Can’t wait to see where he lands!
Portfolio: shainw.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
Vanessa is a copywriter at Petco in San Diego. (In-house, yeah!) Her site features all kinds of projects for Petco, her in-house gigs at Sephora and Benefit, plus others. Don’t miss her “Fakecation” video for Benefit. Hello, half of Instagram. Dig it.
Portfolio: vanessademske.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
Tara Muscarella, Sr. Creative Recruiter at Hill Holiday Boston, is on the hunt for a senior copywriter who’s got the kicks to really kick it. From Hill Holiday:
“Hill Holliday is looking for a new pair of creative shoes. One of our beloved copywriters is off to fulfill their comedy dream in NYC. While we’re sad to see them go, we’re excited about the next, brilliant Hill Hollidayer to make us forget all about ‘em. If you concept ideas that stick to the wall, solve problems faster than you can say ‘internal review’, can write in all the voices in your head, present with kickass confidence and have a sense of humor that’s only outdone by your work ethic, then let’s talk.
We don’t want you to fill anyone else’s shoes. We want you to bring your own pair. What you choose to don on your feet can really tell something about a person. What’s your go-to pair?”
For more info or to apply, email: creative@hhcc.com