So, I was googling my name the other day with copywriter on the end of it. I know, I know, a tad narcissistic but really it was mainly to see if my website and work popped up. Anyway, a myspace page’s link came up with both Brock Johnson and copywriter in it. Being no stranger to scoping chicks on myspace, I checked it out and it belonged to a badass copywriter named Sara Shelton that graduated from Miami Ad School in ‘07. Under heroes was “Brock Johnson” and a video underneath. Although a leaked video of myself certainly wouldn’t be considered heroic, I cringed while I hit play. Turns out it wasn’t me.
Nonetheless, I contacted her and she is the proverbial bee’s knees. Evidently, her and a friend made up the name Brock Johnson when goofin’ around…and obviously sauced. We’ve exchanged emails and she’s been real cool about helping me with names and agencies. She’s given me some advice about getting a gig as she was in my shoes not too long ago:
“Your first job determines which club you’ll be in. So you have to decide which club you want to be in, then see who’s willing to take you.”
She works at Johannes Leonardo in NYC. There is a portfolio review in NYC in early May that I’m trying to make. I hope to meet her face to face and buy her a drink for being a killer human being. Perhaps then we can come up with an even more hilarious name than my own. Our work is cut out for us, though. Barney Huggins? Dick Le Beau? Buck Smoker? Eh, I’ll keep at it.
Funny how the world works sometimes. Thanks Sara.
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