About
Hello, reader of the Internet. I'm Jenne. Yes, “Jenne.” (You can pronounce it like “Jenny” or “Jen.” It's a long story.)
I've been working in advertising for almost 20 years. In March 2015, I quit my full-time job to travel the world and remember what it was like to just write because writing feels good. Since returning in August 2015, I've been freelancing at agencies in San Francisco, with some spurts of travel in between gigs. (If you want to read about my experiences travelling solo in Southeast Asia and South America, you can check them out here: jensetgo.com)
I love words. I'm one of those “writer's writers” because I genuinely love to sit down and crank out headlines, scripts, or chunks of crafted copy.
I also love sitting around with an art director and coming up with dozens and dozens of ideas—good ideas, OK ideas, wacky ideas, reasonable ideas, unreasonable ideas so unreasonable they just might be amazing idea—and giving shape to those ideas with just the right words.
Words are, after all, the building blocks we use to tell stories. And stories are how we capture someone's imagination and inspire them to see the world in an exciting, new way. Because with the right words you can do anything. Start a conversation. Change behavior. Change the world. Or just make someone chuckle while waiting for the bus in the rain.
Throughout my career, I've produced work across all mediums, from TV, radio, print and out of home to digital and interactive at some great shops and companies in New York, Boston and San Francisco. I've made big client presentations. I've made little client presentations. I've nurtured juniors and interns. I've eaten a lot of late night pizza. A LOT of late night pizza.
I'm based in San Francisco but open to awesome freelance projects anywhere a plane, train or automobile can take me (or Google Meet).
Email: jenneraub (@) gmail.com
Brands I’ve worked on
American Eagle Outfitters
Applebee's
Audi
Avis
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Public Library
Brugal Rum
Carefree
Carnival Cruise Lines
Corbis
Degree Deodorant
Dentyne
eBay
General Mills (Nature Valley Granola, Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
Gentleman Jack
Got Milk?
GMC
Hidden Valley Ranch
Hoegaarden Beer
Huntington Bank
IBM Watson IoT
LEGO Education
Johnson & Johnson Baby
Marine Mammal Center
MasterCard
Maybelline
McDonald's
Nature Made
Nvidia Shield
Pacific Gas & Electric
Pearle Vision
Perdue Chicken
Pond's Cold Cream
Premier Protein
Progressive Insurance
PowerBar
Redford Center
ServiceNow
Sirius|XM Radio
Shell Lubricant Solutions
T-Mobile for Business
UC Health
Visa
Weight Watchers
Experience
creative director
Varo Bank, San Francisco
May 2023 - present
creative director
Doremus+Co, San Francisco
May 2022 - Jan 2023
lead writer/associate creative director
Google, San Francisco
Dec 2020 - May 2022
associate creative director
Facebook, San Francisco
January 2020 - June 2020
senior copywriter
AKQA, San Francisco
October 2017 - October 2019
freelance associate creative director + senior copywriter
AKQA, Baker Street Advertising, Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, Cibo, Cutwater, Grey, Google, mcgarrybowen
August 2015 - October 2017
senior copywriter // 2013 - 2015
Swirl (now Dentsu), San Francisco
senior copywriter // 2012 - 2013
copywriter // 2010 - 2012
Arnold Worldwide, Boston
freelance copywriter, New York // 2010
Beauty@Gotham, Cult 360, Walton|Isaacson
copywriter // 2007 - 2010
McCann Erickson, New York
copywriter // 2007
Lowe (now Mullen Lowe), New York
creative intern // 2006
MARK/BBDO, Prague
creative intern // 2006
Saatchi & Saatchi, London
Education
Miami Ad School
2004 - 2006 // copywriting
University of California, Santa Barbara
1997 - 2001 // B.A. English, history minor
Before Advertising
Various companies, Madrid
Business English instructor // 2003 - 2004
Brown & Collins Public Relations & Advertising, San Francisco
junior publicist // 2002 - 2003