Hello,

I’m a copywriter.

Although I really just THINK OF THIS CAREER AS making things with friends.

Things like photos, videos, vinyl records, rock concerts, coffee tables and ads.

I grew up in Southern Illinois.

The heart of the Shawnee National Forest.

We had a blinking traffic light and prevailing Southern Appalachian sensibilities.

Pearl-button shirts. Old-timey folk music. Church twice a week.

My mom was a school teacher and my dad a home painter.

In first grade, I wanted to be a storm chaser and see a real tornado.

In third grade, I was diagnosed with a stage three brain tumor.  

In 6th grade, I started a nonprofit to give hats to kids in the hospital… I called it Matt’s Hats.

Genuis!

In college, I studied communications and bought a digital camera.

After college, I freelanced as a camera assistant, photographer, cinematographer, and later a commercial director & filmmaker.  

Over three years, I freelanced for brands and agencies like Nestlé Purina, University of Illinois, Leica of America, Spotify, Facebook, DDB, Karsh Hagan and many others.  

For a year, I worked one-on-one with D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles VP, GCD, and Rodgers Townsend, founder Tom Townsend, who introduced me to writing.  

I owe a thank you to Luke Sullivan, Rob Schwartz and Carolyn Hadlock for helping me put a book together.

I got my first agency job with Rodgers Townsend DDB.

Today, I work on Subaru of America at Carmichael Lynch.

I’d still like to see a tornado.  

DUST COLLECTORS

D&AD, National AAF, AIGA, Mid-America EMMYS, Muse by Clio, AdAge, Beyond the Short, Retrospective of Jupiter, Caples, Communication Arts, Little Black Book, Yahoo

HOLLER ANYTIME

Matthew [at] matthewboydwilliams [dot] com