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JOBS I’VE HAD/HAVE
The Matteras Freelance CD/Copywriter 2016-Current
McKinney Freelance Creative 2023-2024
Samsung, Popeyes, New Business, Blue Diamond
Swift Portland Freelance ACD/Copywriter 2023-2024
Upwork, Cadbury
FCB Chicago Freelance ACD/Copywriter 2023
Kimberly Clarke, Stonefire, Silk
Peloton Freelance Creative 2021-2023
Book 180 Creative Director/Instructor 2023
Chicago Portfolio School Creative Director/Instructor 2021-2022
Pereira O'Dell Senior Copywriter 2017-2021
Stella Artois, Corona, Michelob ULTRA, MINI, Redemption Whiskey, Jet.com, realtor.com, Timberland, European Wax Center,
Memorial Sloan Kettering, Fox Sports,
American Museum of Natural History
GREY NY Freelance Copywriter 2016-2017
NFL, Febreze
EnergyBBDO Copywriter. 2014-2016
Bud Light, Orbit, 5 Gum, Lay’s, Bayer Aspirin,
Aleve, Raid, OFF!, Windex, King’s Hawaiian, Quaker,
Pearle Vision, Flintstones, One-A-Day, Dr. Scholls
Political Stuff. Richmond 2008-2013
ACLU Lobbyist
Legislative Chief of Staff/Speechwriter/Campaign Advisor
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AWARDS/HONORS
Clio - Bronze - Corona - Free Range Humans
Effie – Silver - Pearle Vision
One Show Young Ones
Perfect Attendance - Clover Hill High School - Junior year
SCHOOLS
Chicago Portfolio School
Copywriting
Virginia Commonwealth University
Political Science. Italian.
JOBS I’VE HAD/HAVE
The Matteras Freelance CD/Copywriter 2016-Current
McKinney Freelance Creative 2023-2024
Samsung, Popeyes, New Business, Blue Diamond
Swift Portland Freelance ACD/Copywriter 2023-2024
Upwork, Cadbury
FCB Chicago Freelance ACD/Copywriter 2023
Kimberly Clarke, Stonefire, Silk
Peloton Freelance Creative 2021-2023
Book 180 Creative Director/Instructor 2023
Chicago Portfolio School Creative Director/Instructor 2021-2022
Pereira O'Dell Senior Copywriter 2017-2021
Stella Artois, Corona, Michelob ULTRA, MINI, Redemption Whiskey, Jet.com, realtor.com, Timberland, European Wax Center,
Memorial Sloan Kettering, Fox Sports,
American Museum of Natural History
GREY NY Freelance Copywriter 2016-2017
NFL, Febreze
EnergyBBDO Copywriter. 2014-2016
Bud Light, Orbit, 5 Gum, Lay’s, Bayer Aspirin,
Aleve, Raid, OFF!, Windex, King’s Hawaiian, Quaker,
Pearle Vision, Flintstones, One-A-Day, Dr. Scholls
Political Stuff. Richmond 2008-2013
ACLU Lobbyist
Legislative Chief of Staff/Speechwriter/Campaign Advisor
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AWARDS/HONORS
Clio - Bronze - Corona - Free Range Humans
Effie – Silver - Pearle Vision
One Show Young Ones
Perfect Attendance - Clover Hill High School - Junior year
SCHOOLS
Chicago Portfolio School
Copywriting
Virginia Commonwealth University
Political Science. Italian.
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A few things you should know.
I (sorta) won an Oscar for Production Design for my role
as set dressing in Spielberg’s movie Lincoln.
Currently renting out a rehabbed
Alps-in-the-60s-themed cabin in the Catskills.
I just want to live a life that impresses both my theoretical grandchildren
and the coroner who performs my autopsy.
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HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
804-651-1105
dcmattera@gmail.com
And finally, here’s what I looked like in high school.
Today, I have less hair, but mostly the same taste in music.