Hi!

I’m Nikita. I came from Russia with love and full authorization to work in the United States.

I grew up in a big city on the border of Europe and Asia. And by “border”, I mean literally—you might leave your house in Europe and go get a takeout in Asia.

I moved to America after winning the green card lottery. It’s still my biggest lottery win (my second biggest one was $25 on a scratch-off).

Before advertising, I was a full-time sports writer. I looked for interesting stories and sold them to Russian magazines. I also worked for a professional hockey team on an interesting contract: If they won, they’d share team bonuses with each and every employee. Too bad they won like ten times or so that season.

I was also a full-time dishwasher in New Jersey, a drawing teacher in Brooklyn (even though I can barely draw), and a sandwich maker at an ice cream restaurant. Oh, and I once spent a week living on the second floor of the Miami Ad School building in Miami. Yep, I was that broke.

Almost forgot. They say I can make people laugh. Hopefully, not only by tickling.

Email me: nikitawritescopy@gmail.com.

Call/text me: (917) 744-4132.

Experience

- BarkleyOKRP. January 2024 - Present. ACD. Motel 6, Burger King, Midas, The Salvation Army. New business win: Suja Life AOR.

- Doner. Remote. March 2022 - May 2023. Senior copywriter. The UPS Store, Saucony, Breezeline, Jeep.

- Logitech. San Francisco. February 2020 - February 2022. Senior copywriter. Brand campaign for Logitech’s esports division + a wide range of other projects across offices in the U.S., Switzerland, Korea and Hong Kong.

- MUH-TAI-ZIK/HOF-FER. San Francisco. November 2019 - January 2020. Freelance. Pokémon GO, Audi.

- Digitas. San Francisco. April 2019 - October 2019. Freelance. T-Mobile for Business, new business.

  • One Club Boot Camp. Mentor. San Francisco. October 2019. Helped students working on an integrated campaign for Blue Shield.

  • Miami Ad School. Industry hero. San Francisco. July 2019. Came back to my school to speak about freelance life.

- R/GA. San Francisco. August 2018 - March 2019. Campaign team. Conceptual work for Assassin’s Creed (Alexios, The Spartan Assistant), Nike (The PLAYlist—worked on ideation and selling the concept), MasterClass, and Google Assistant. Lead writer on full website redesign/rebrand for Natural Balance Pet Foods.

- Freelance copywriter. August 2017 - August 2018. 

  • Circus Maximus: Justworks, pitch.

  • Laundry Service: Papa John's (TV campaign)

  • Berlin Cameron: Capital One, National Kidney Foundation, CBS, ABC, Bravo.

  • The NBTA: Airbnb, The Culture Trip.

  • Voskhod (one of the best independent agencies in Europe): EMLA numbing cream for waxing.

  • Pitch: Dannon.

- DDB Worldwide/Freelance copywriter. New York. May 2017 - August 2017. State Farm, Heineken, Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, NYC Organ Donation.

- R/GA/Internship. New York. January 2017 - March 2017. 

- DDB Worldwide/Internship. New York. October - December 2016.

- JWT Worldwide/Internship. New York. April - September 2016.

Awards

Professional:

Cannes Lions: Shortlist X 4

D&AD: Wood Pencil / Media

D&AD: Shortlist / Radio&Audio

Clio Sports Grand x 2

One Show: Merit / Radio & Audio

One Show: Merit /Digital Craft

One Show: Shortlist / Direct Marketing

ADC Awards: Merit

Webby Awards: Nominee

PromaxGames Awards: Gold x 2

Student: 

D&AD New Blood: Yellow Pencil

D&AD New Blood: Graphite Pencil (copywriting brief)

CLIO Awards: Bronze

One Show Young Ones: Merit

Young Guns YGA: Bronze

One Show Creative Boot Camp/Silver

Graphis: Silver x 2

Creativity International Media & Interactive Design Awards/Silver x 3

Drum Chip Shop Awards

Miami Ad School Golden Paw x 2