About Jonathan Rice
Based just outside Denver, Colorado, I'm a veteran copywriter and Creative Director with fifteen years of experience in creating marketing and advertising materials that will cause your clients to be lavish in their praise. A direct quote from a recent client: "I think that's probably the best meeting we've ever had with (our client), and we've been with them over twelve years."

In my time I have been the senior creative talent on accounts such as Guinness, Ford, Sun Microsystems and Pizza Hut. I have also been Creative Director at two very successful agencies, have run the marketing department for a technology company as well as served as Marketing Director at a $160 million direct response firm, and I also launched my own agency back in 2002.

In each of these positions, a key part of my role has been utilizing my creative writing and conceptualizing skills to enhance both brand and business.

It's therefore no surprise that my skills include exceptionally powerful writing, top-class creative management, a rare ability to identify the heart of a brief at the first attempt, and a level of enthusiasm that is simply inspiring. I hope you enjoy browsing this site, and encourage you to contact me at 720-231-6317 if I can answer any questions.

Full testimonials can be found here - the following are a few excerpts that might be of interest:

"Having worked within European advertising markets for 18 years, I can state without reservation that Mr. Rice is one of a handful of experts who possesses exceptional knowledge and skill in creating effective campaigns."

- John Langford, Chairman, TCS Advertising

"His work is not only effective, but also displays an outstanding visual and verbal flair. In my opinion, Mr. Rice's work raised standards across the industry as a whole."

- Dominic Mills, Editor of the advertising trade publication 'Campaign'.

"I worked for Jonathan for a year and found the experience to be one of the most worthwhile of my career. I've never met anybody who didn't like Jonathan's personality or the quality of his work."

- Rene Gagnon, Senior Art Director, Polycom

"Jonathan provided our agency (asri.com) with exceptional creative talent and a penchant for winning new business. He enabled the agency to win 38 of 39 pitches during his tenure as Creative Director."

- Jim Darroch, Creative Director, Burgess Advertising

"I know Mr. Rice to be someone of exceptional ability who is utterly committed to producing the highest quality work in his field."

- Maurice Mendoza, Editor, HR Magazine International

"The duration of our working relationship was two years. During this time, I found Jonathan to be wonderful at developing targeted client campaigns as well as interpreting client needs. If Jonathan was ever to move back to the east coast I'd love to work with him some capacity."

- Beth Furman, VP of Sales, asri.com

"Jon is strong creatively, and his added value is to relate well to the customer, getting close enough to really understand their needs. He has great understanding of how to identify key business drivers and how best to portray these."

Claire Pattison - Head of Sales, Pearl Insurance

By the way, if you're wondering about the picture, my favorite pastime is running in the heat. I once ran 18.2 miles in Death Valley in July and the temperature that day hit 127 degrees. My ambition is to run the Badwater Ultra, a 135-mile race across the desert with an elevation gain half the size of Everest. That's when I lose a few pounds, of course...

July 4, 2008