Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Copy writing project No.2: virginmedia.com


This is the most exciting project I've ever been involved in. The end result is the work I'm most proud of. The campaign, with virginmedia.com, involved creating a city style guide for Copenhagen and Malmö, Sweden. I visited both cities with a photographer and stylist for three days and spent this time interviewing the locals, visiting various bars, clubs, restaurants, cafes and hotels and spending time with representatives from the Danish and Swedish tourist boards.

After the trip, I wrote up all the interviews I'd conducted and reviews of the nightspots we visited, along with bar, eats and hotel listings and various general information pages e.g. daytime activities, local area, festivals, on the local area, how to get there, etc. I was responsible for all the copy produced; a one in a million opportunity. The campaign's aim? To get people to see Copenhagen and Malmö as great destinations for a clubbing city break - the ideal location for stag dos, girly mini-breaks etc.

Thank you Chomoi and Annie. I couldn't have cooked up a more exciting, more rewarding and at times, more challenging (!) campaign.

http://www.virginmedia.com/vmsp/oresund/

Tuesday, 21 April 2009

For curry lovers...

Image copyright of Chomoi Picho-Owiny

Thursday, 9 April 2009

Monday, 30 March 2009

The Ballad of Bromley Jobcentre Plus


Bromley Jobcentre, how I shan't miss thee,
Bromley Jobcentre, thank Christ you are history
For now the holy grail has come my way
At last, a journalism job that doth pay
We've shared some good times, you and I, you and I
So as I depart thee, I'll try not to cry
Your fat-bellied workers who never pick up the phone
God knows, when they leave work, they go home alone
How I'll miss their pimples, their wrinkles, their scowls
Their over-done make-up laid on with trowels
Bromley Jobcentre, I shan't miss thee, oh no, no indeed
As I leave your cheap surrounds, my heart it don't bleed
But I shall not forsake thee, oh no, no, not I
I will keep my claims booklet eternally close by
For in these hard times one can't be too sure
Permanent employment it just ain't for sure
And my fellow spongers, my chavtastic friends
Wave goodbye with your fag, as our journey now ends.
Bromley Jobcentre, I shan't miss thee,
Thank Christ you are history
For now the holy grail has come my way
At last, a journalism job that doth pay.

For musos...


A new competition to find the best in unsigned talent...

http://www.itchylondon.co.uk/article.cfm/11/39/6788/London-City-Guide/article/The-Peoples-Music-Awards

Copy writing project No. 1





Lucky enough to write the copy for a very talented photographer, Laura Beveridge. Check it! (and her sensitive portrait pics) online:

http://www.laurabeveridge.com/about.htm

Photographs copyright of Laura Beveridge Photography 2009©

For pre-train feasting...


Eat at The Phoenix and catch the late train...

http://www.itchylondon.co.uk/article.cfm/11/41/6713/London-City-Guide/article/The-Phoenix-SW1