Before I fell in love with advertising, I was a one-hit wonder with a single that charted on rock radio for one strange, glorious week in 2012. As it turns out, songwriting and copywriting aren't so different. Just like every pop song pretty much says the same thing ("I love you," "I hate you," "let's get wasted"), every ad says, "buy this product." So when I started writing my first ads, I was already used to having x-amount of space to convey a certain message, and finding interesting new ways to say it every time.
Before that, I had a career in activism that started with an arts education program for underserved BIPOC tweens that I founded my senior year of college. It ended up being spotlighted in a best-selling book with Cory Booker, which led to a move to New Jersey to run a national education non-profit in Newark.
And before that, I grew up in Washington, DC with free-flowing MAD magazines, Tom Lehrer albums, and Homer Simpson's mellifluous voice always wafting out of some room, somewhere. I think that's why humor finds its way into so much of my work. Also, I was a hideous teenager.
In my free time, I write and produce songs, mentor copywriting students, and hang out with my dog, Scrabble. Get in touch and we'll do a Zoom beer or something.
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Experience
The Garden
Associate Creative Director
Toronto, ON
2020 - present
Miami Ad School
Teacher: "Ideas First"
Toronto, ON, Canada
2020 - present
Leo Burnett
Senior Copywriter
Toronto, ON
2019 - 2020
john st.
Copywriter
Toronto, ON
2017 - 2019
Apple, Inc.
Freelance Writer
Cupertino, CA
2016 - 2017
KBS (now Forsman + Bodenfors)
Copywriter
Toronto, ON
2015 - 2016
KBS (now Forsman + Bodenfors)
Account Executive
New York, NY 2014 - 2015
Stephie Coplan + The Pedestrians
Frontperson/singer/songwriter/pianist
March 2011 – January 2014
Skills
Logic Pro, piano, singing, songwriting, jingle writing, music production, basic Photoshop, photography
Education
Tufts University
B.A., Philosophy
2005 – 2009, cum laude
recognition
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2021 The One Show - shortlist (Film under 50K)
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2021 AdRodeo judge: Anvil Awards
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2020 Creative Report Card - #61 copywriter in Canada
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2019 Cannes: Sustainable Goals - shortlist
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2019 Communication Arts, Advertising Annual 60
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2019 Marketing Awards - Gold
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2019 Marketing Awards - Silver
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2019 Strategy Awards - Silver
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2019 One Show finalist
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2018 Cannes: Health - shortlist
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2018 ADCC* - Gold
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2018 ADCC* - Silver
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2018 ADCC* - Merit
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2018 Canadian Marketing Awards - Silver
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2018 Strategy Awards - Silver
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2015 Obie - Gold
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AdWeek
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AdAge
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Curiocity
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TrendHunter
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Muse by Clio
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Breakfast Television Toronto
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Little Black Book Online
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The Drum
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Strategy Magazine
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Hypebeast
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Design Taxi
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Toronto Star
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Huffington Post
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Narcity
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The Message
*Advertising & Design Club of Canada
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