DAN BROWN, COPYWRITER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
* ******* *****, ********, ** 01581
TEL 508-***-****; TEL 2-844-***-**** (toll-free) EMAIL *******@*****.***
WEBSITE: www.danbrowncreative.com
“I am both a risk taker and a solid strategist, resulting in the creation of powerful, provocative, well-grounded messaging. I am a big picture person with an eye for detail. My writing style is that of a chameleon, determined by client personality, not personal whim. I am a strong conceptual thinker, capable of capturing the essence of an ad campaign in a single, irresistible positioning line. What’s more, because I work fast, I’m also an exceptional value. If necessary, I can even deliver work overnight — without compromising quality.”
A copywriter for 30 years, I
played key roles at Arnold, Hill
Holliday and other prominent
agencies. I have created a broad range of copy and concepts for more than 200 national, regional and local clients — including BASF, Boston Gas, McCain Foods, Connecticare, Fidelity Investments & Brokerage, PwC,
Putnam Investments, Citizens
Bank, Bank Boston, First Union
Bank (Wells Fargo), Gillette,
McDonald's, Museum of Fine
Arts/Boston, Near East Foods,
New Balance, New England
Aquarium, New England and
New York Telephone, Polaroid,
Progress Software, SolidWorks,
Cayman Systems, and Ragu. My
range encompasses print ads, TV commercials, radio spots, video scripts, taglines, product and service names, banner ads, website content, blogs, social media, direct mail, email campaigns, brochures, annual reports, advertorials, trade articles for both consumer and business-to-business clients. My work won several hundred major international, national and regional honors, including numerous CA, Clio, One Show, Andy, New York Art Directors Club, Hatch and London International Awards. In addition to my advertising career, I have licensed numerous concepts for calendars, greeting cards and t-shirts. Among these successes are a popular graduation card called Sumo Cum Laude and an off-the-wall 2007 wall calendar called Sumo Day Jobs, the latter featuring sumo wrestlers in unlikely professions such as rock star, figure skater, chiropractor, dog trainer, and umpire.
In the spring of 2007, I launched a line of irreverent, provocative Jewish greeting cards. Called Jewish FunnyBone, the line has been sold to card stores throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as online. In January of 2014, JFB was integrated in FunnyBone Greetings, which includes everyday cards for all occasions, plus holiday cards. My first novel — Roll Over, Hitler! — won the Silver Medal for Popular Fiction at the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards; it also received an Honorable Mention in General Fiction at the 2011 New England Book Festival Awards. Literary agent Spencer Greene is representing my second novel, a wacky coming of age story called The Fifth Season.
DAN BROWN, COPYWRITER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
1 PHYLMOR DRIVE, WESTBORO, MA 01581
TEL 508-***-****; TEL 2-844-***-**** (toll-free) EMAIL *******@*****.***
WEBSITE: www.danbrowncreative.com
PORTFOLIOS
Mixed Bag Portfolio:
https://bit.ly/2TRmoMF
Healthcare/Medical
Portfolio:
https://bit.ly/2WgDENf
Financial Portfolio:
https://bit.ly/2P9Abvy
Insurance Portfolio:
https://bit.ly/2MQB7Yd
Pro Bono Portfolio:
https://bit.ly/2MDihED
Taglines:
https://bit.ly/2zYXqTR
Radio Samples:
https://bit.ly/2sAbW0D
EMPLOYMENT
1989 - present Freelance Copywriter/Creative Director 1988 - 1989 VP, Copy Supervisor – Rizzo, Simons, Cohn 1985 - 1988 Copy Supervisor – Hill Holliday
1983 - 1985 Creative Group Head – Cabot Advertising 1981 - 1983 Copywriter/Copy Supervisor – Arnold & Company AGENCY EXPERIENCE AS FREELANCER
Arnold Worldwide Ciavarra Design Cipriani/Kremer
Clarke Goward Corey McPherson Nash Leonard Monahan Devine & Partners Duffy & Shanley PSK/Providence
Hill Holliday Houston Advertising
Partners & Simons Tomlinson, Inc.
EDUCATION
BA & Graduate Courses, Clark University; New England Writers’ Workshop at Simmons College
HOBBIES
Writing, reading, watching movies, listening to music, observing human nature, observing non-human nature, running, zoning out at the beach, solving the world’s problems before lunch.
DAN BROWN, COPYWRITER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
1 PHYLMOR DRIVE, WESTBORO, MA 01581
TEL 508-***-****; TEL 2-844-***-**** (toll-free) EMAIL *******@*****.*** WEBSITE: www.danbrowncreative.com CLIENT EXPERIENCE/PARTIAL LIST
American Express
Avid Technology
BankBoston
BASF
BayBank
Bay State Gas
Benneton
Blue Cross of RI
Boston Gas
Boston Globe
Brockton Hospital
Bryant College
Cains
Cayman Systems
Cegedim/Dendrite
Cellular One
Charles River Breeding Labs
Charlton Memorial Hospital
Chevy Dealers of NE
Citizens Bank
Cognos
ConnectiCare (HMO)
Converse
Croes Oliva Group
Dennison Manufacturing
Dexter Shoe Company
Fidelity Investments
FLIR
Frionor Fish
Gillette
Graphic Color Corporation
Great American Art
Greenery Head Injury Center
GTECH
Hanover Insurance Group
Harvard Community Health
Hawthorne Suites
Health Options
Heywood Hospital
Howard Johnson’s
Jim Sheets for Mayor
John Hancock
Ken’s Foods
Keurig
Kodiak Boots
Lipton Tea
Lotus Development
Maine Potato Commission
Mass. Teachers Association
Massachusetts Lottery
Massachusetts Tourism
McCain
McDonald’s
Midas Muffler
DAN BROWN, COPYWRITER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR
1 PHYLMOR DRIVE, WESTBORO, MA 01581
TEL 508-***-****; TEL 2-844-***-**** (toll-free) EMAIL *******@*****.*** WEBSITE: www.danbrowncreative.com Museum of Fine Arts
Near East Food
New Balance Shoes
New England Aquarium
New England Electric
New England Ford
New England Telephone
New York Life Benefit Services
Niagara Mohawk
Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.
Northeastern University
Norton Company
NYNEX Business Centers
NYNEX Mobile
NYNEX Yellow Pages
Orthodontists Fee Plan
Pacific Resources
PC Week
Pacific Resources
Polaroid
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Progress Software
ProvGas
Providence Journal
Putnam Investments
Quabaug
Ragu
Rhode Island Hospital
Rochester Shoe Tree
Rockport Shoes
Salem Five
Schenectady, City of
Shawmut Bank
SolidWorks
Sonesta Resort Hotels
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Spalding
Sterling of NE
Stryker
Superior Pet Products
TJX
Roger Williams Hospital
Temple City (CA)
World Trade Center
TravCorps Nurses
Vibram
Wearguard
Wenger/Swiss Army
WRKO