My name is Rick.

But, weirdly, it isn’t short for “Richard.”

Writing is the only time I don’t feel like I should be doing something else.

Some of the things I write are ads. Others are stories and dumb videos.

I live in NJ/NYC.

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Awards
2023 Cannes Lion Shortlist, Film: Travel/Leisure - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland
2023 Cannes Lion Shortlist, PR: Travel/Leisure - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland

2023 D&AD Graphite Pencil, PR Digital & Social - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland
2023 D&AD Graphite Pencil, PR Events & Stunts - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland
2023 D&AD Shortlist, PR Multi Market - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland

2023 One Show Gold, Stunts & Activations - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland
2023 One Show Merit, Interactive - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland
2023 One Show Merit, PR Digital, - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland
2023 One Show Merit, PR Brand Voice - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland

2023 PR Week Global Awards Best Global Content - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland

2023 ANDY Awards Gold, Idea - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland
2023 ANDY Awards Gold, Craft - “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland

2023 Effie Silver, Travel & Tourism – “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2023 Effie Silver, Current Events – “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2023 Effie Bronze, Small Budgets - Services – “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2023 Effie Finalist, David vs. Goliath - Services – “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2023 Effie Finalist, Small Budgets - Services – “OutHorse Your Email,” Business Iceland

2022 Cannes Lion Silver, Film: Travel & Leisure - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2022 Cannes Lion Silver, Film: Breakthrough on a Budget - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2022 Cannes Lion Bronze, PR: Travel & Leisure - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2022 Cannes Lion Shortlist, Social: Real-time Response - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland

2022 One Show Gold, Real-time Response - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2022 One Show Merit, PR Media Relations - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland

2022 Clio Awards Bronze, Real-time Response - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2022 Clio Awards Shortlist, Film Craft (Copywriting) - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland

2022 ANDY Awards
Gold, Idea - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2022 ANDY Awards Gold, Craft - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland

2021 Cannes World Film Festival Gold, Best Mobile Phone Short - Anxiety-Proof: The Mothership

2021 AdWeek’s Best Ads of the Year #14 - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2021 AdAge’s Best Ads of the Year #29 - “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland
2021 Fast Company’s 5 Best Ads of the Year “Icelandverse,” Business Iceland

2021 Effies
Finalist - “We’ve Done This a Million Times,” Re/Max
2021 One Show
Shortlist - “Better Day,” Papa John’s
2014 One Show
Silver
2014 Twitter Creative Favorite
- “@RoamingGnome,” Travelocity
CMYK #55 Top 100 Creatives
2012 One Show
Student Merit - “Gumlactica,” Stride Gum

Press
Good Morning America
New York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
People
USA Today
Forbes
The Economist
Fast Company
Contagious
CNN
Mashable
CNET
NPR
CNBC
AV Club
Shots
AdAge/Creativity
Adweek


Experience
SS+K
Associate Creative Director
2021 - Now
Camp + King
Associate Creative Director
2019 - 2021
Senior Copywriter
2016 - 2019
McKinney
Copywriter
2012 - 2016

The Creative Circus
Copywriting
2010 - 2012
Wake Forest University
English; Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise
2006 - 2010

Select Clients
Papa John’s, Amazon Prime, Iceland Tourism, NCAA, DISH Network, Meta/Instagram, Sherwin-Williams, Travelocity, Samsung, Verizon, CarMax, Nationwide Insurance, Nationwide Financial, Uber Freight, Energizer, RE/MAX, Smartsheet, Mount Sinai Hospitals

Contact
RickTMorrison@gmail.com
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