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MICHAEL ROSEN

SENIOR COPYWRITER
Hi! I’m Michael Rosen, a versatile, award-winning Senior Copywriter with a 15-year career in print, dm and
interactive at leading agencies in San Francisco and London, as well as client-side. In addition to copywriting,
I’ve extensive client-facing and project management experience. Please check out my work, and don’t
hesitate to contact me at rosenwriter@gmail.com or 415-695-7704 / 359-6038. Thanks!

Agencies Selected clients

San Francisco Bank of America


Euro RSCG Barclays Global Investors (iShares)
FCB Direct West Blue Shield of California
Cohn & Wells Credo Mobile
Kessler Pacific GE
San Francisco Zoo
London Varilux
Burnett Associates Visa
Joshua (Grey Integrated) Washington Mutual Bank
Sheard Thomson Harris Wells Fargo
Streets Financial Women’s Initiative
YMCA of San Francisco
Awards
UK
British Direct Marketing Awards AirMiles
MIXX Awards Autodesk
Echo Awards Barclays Bank, Barclays Stockbrokers
John Caples International Finalist Cable & Wireless
Pioneer Awards Greenpeace UK
Professional Fundraising Awards Insight Investment (Royal Bank of
International Fundraising Workshop Awards Scotland)
FTSE
London Eye
Norwich & Peterborough (S&L)
Royal Mail
Zurich Bank
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Insight Investment (part of Royal Bank of Scotland), UK

Two print ads from a large multimedia campaign launching and branding this
stockbroking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The launch coincided with the
last stock market bust, and most concepts led with Insight’s solutions. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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iShares, from Barclays Global Investors

iShares are exchange-traded funds, allowing professional and individual investors


easy access to precise markets. For over two years I wrote their emails and online
advertising, including static and animated banners, and sections of their website. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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It’s checking, with
everything on it.

Welcome to WaMu Protection Plus

What if your bills could


pay themselves?

WaMu

For nearly three years, I wrote DM, collateral, banners and more for Washington
Mutual’s retail banking, home loans and credit card divisions, plus B2B pieces too.
I have plenty more samples from all of these lines of business – just ask! rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Norwich & Peterborough, UK (Savings and Loans)

This work won our agency the business for this British S&L. A dramatic departure
in look and tone, we focused on the customer benefits of the organization’s proud
lack of shareholders. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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The Lexus Pursuits Visa card offered cardholders the chance to earn Lexus
rewards, including a new Lexus. I positioned the card as the key to your next
Lexus, accelerating your ownership dreams. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Zurich Bank UK

Zurich Bank aggressively marketed itself as a more rewarding alternative to


Britain’s Big Four high street banks, using comparative ads and mailers like these.
I also wrote a number of dm pieces for Zurich’s insurance division. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Wells Fargo rewards credit cards

Activation mailers for Wells Fargo’s range of credit card rewards programs.

rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Blue Shield of California

A DM pack aimed at the Medicare supplement market, one of a number of


projects I wrote for Blue Shield of California while working at the dm agency
Cohn & Wells in San Francisco. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Apply at BHGMasterCard.com or call 1.800.555.5555 now!

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Better Homes and Gardens / WaMu

As well as writing copy for existing WaMu customers, I helped the bank pitch for
new credit card affinity partners. These concepts, aimed at female homemakers,
are part of a pitch for the proposed Better Homes & Gardens rewards credit card. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Varilux lenses

Marketing to optometrists, the piece on the left was a simple, graphic full-page ad;
the right was a flyer incentivizing Varilux sales, offering entries into a drawing to
win a vacation. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Get the card that brings you the world’s greatest entertainment rewards

20th Century Fox brought you new classic movies like Titanic, Alien, The Devil Wears Prada and Juno—
and great TV shows like King of the Hill, Arrested Development and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now, Fox offers
you another hit release: the new Fox Entertainment Rewards Visa card. Use the card and earn rewards like
visits to Fox TV sets, VIP studio tours, tickets to award shows and other once-in-a-lifetime experiences—
like getting yourself written into an episode of Family Guy! Or, use your points for top-of-the-line home theater
equipment, DVDs, and movie memorabilia. You can choose from travel, shopping and dining rewards, too. And you even get to pick
a card design that features your favorite Fox show or movie. Now, that’s entertainment!

Fox Entertainment / WaMu

Another affinity project for Washington Mutual credit cards: the new Fox
Entertainment Rewards credit card. The concept was based on Fox’s heritage of
classic movies and shows. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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The London Abovetheground.

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No delays, no congestion, all zones. There’s less waiting mid-week – and you can book online.

The no-rush hour.

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There’s less waiting mid-week – and you can book online.

The eye at night.

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See the entire city from the Eye. There’s less waiting in the evenings – and you can book online.

The London Eye, UK

London’s most popular tourist destination, the British Airways London Eye, carries
visitors high above the city. These billboards and online banners, some playing on
the name and dodgy reputation of the London Underground transit system,
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advertised crowd-free ways and times to travel. 415 359-6038 / 695-7704
Working Assets Long Distance (now Credo Mobile)
DM, print ads and flyers for the socially-aware telephone company. A percentage
of the bill is forwarded to progressive causes, and the bills are also newsletters.
Thus the concept that your phone calls - and bills - can change the world. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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Help the Aged, UK

Parts of two fundraising mailers – top and bottom left for Alzheimer’s, supported
by Dame Judi Dench, and the one on the right raising money and awareness on
the topic of the isolation of seniors during the holidays. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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San Francisco Zoo

This was fun. Part of an invitation to a fundraising dinner for a new “Jungle on
Wheels” habitat, designed to make the wild cats at SF Zoo feel more comfortable.
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Greenpeace UK

Greenpeace UK was probably my most rewarding client. Every fundraising mailer


and ad doubled as a piece of campaign literature. Above are sections of a d.m.
pack highlighting the destruction of habitats caused by the mahogany business. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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AutoCAD UK

AutoCAD are world leaders in computer-aided design software for architects.


I wrote many of AutoCAD’s British print ads and collateral a few years ago.
rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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An investment that transforms
At Women’s Initiative, our vision is that every woman will know
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I N V E S TO R S F O R G O O D

Women’s Initiative, San Francisco

A non-profit that runs training courses for women living in poverty, helping them
run their own businesses. On the left, a report celebrating 20 years of helping
thousands of women; on the right, a fundraising piece to high-income donors. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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YMCA San Francisco

Plenty of kids here in San Francisco have no chance of taking even a short
vacation. This mailer asked for $57 to offer one child a place at a three-day
YMCA summer camp. rosenwriter @ gmail.com
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“Michael is a great “He has a keen strategic
copywriter, plain and mind which enables him
simple. He's fast, prolific, to quickly grasp even the
and pays attention to most complicated of
detail. On top of it all, project briefs and above
he's a pleasure to work all else he is a highly
with. I highly recommend articulate communicator.
him.” Work with him - you
won't regret it.”

Michael Rosen, Senior Copywriter

If you have questions or would like to see more samples of any specific kind of
work please call me at either of the numbers to the right, or email me, anytime.

If you’d like to know more about my background and references, visit rosenwriter @ gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelrosenwriter. 415 359-6038 / 695-7704

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