Creative Portfolio
Aging Copywriter
Canada 🇨🇦
Jordan Finlayson
I make sentences twist, turn, and run on command.
Weird, I know.
Writer. Ideator. Creator.
Getting to do all three as a career? Sign me up. From the very beginning, I’ve had a deep appreciation for working in this industry. And while things continue to evolve, I’ve never stopped loving what I do. Big or small, I always try to make the work as strong as it can be.
As a senior copywriter, I’ve worked on everything from punchy headlines to funny scripts to fully integrated campaigns. And yes, even timesheets. Over the past 10 years, I’ve lived and worked across Canada, from coast to coast, experiencing all the great white north has to offer. Along the way, I’ve won some awards, had some laughs, and seen some icebergs.
Selected Work
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Selected Work •
Made with blood, sweat and beers 🍻
Wendy’s • Frosty Farms
Petro-Canada • Special Delivery
Lotto Max • Action Figure
MasterCard • Store-y Tales
Play Alberta • Go All In On Excitement
The Lung Association • Smoking Forest
K9 Advantix II • Tick Adoption Centre
AB Cancer Foundation • OWN Cancer
Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism
Petro-Canada • Let’s Go!
Petro-Canada • Retro-Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism • Iceberg Finder
Safe Haven • Streetfuencers
Calgary Foundation • Perspective Shift
Archive
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Archive •
Annual Report
Digital
Television
Experiential
Awards
The One Show
1 Merit | 6 Shortlists
Effie Awards
2 Bronzes | 7 Finalists
Strategy AOY Small
1 Best Campaign | 1 Gold | 1 Bronze | 3 Shortlists
Strategy AOY Design
1 Bronze | 2 Shortlists
Strategy AOY Creative
1 Shortlist
Digital AOY Creative
Strategy Awards
1 Shortlist
1 Shortlist
ADC Awards
1 Shortlist
Webby Awards
1 Honoree | 2 Shortlists
Lurzer’s Archive
1 Award
Communication Arts Advertising
1 Award | 4 Shortlists
Communication Arts Design
3 Awards | 4 Shortlists
Communication Arts Illustration
1 Award
Communication Arts Typography
1 Award
Applied Arts Advertising
12 Awards
Applied Arts Design
6 Awards
Applied Arts Photography
1 Award
Marketing Awards
1 Gold | 1 Silver | 4 Bronzes | 3 Merits | 12 Shortlists
ADCC Awards
2 Silvers | 2 Bronzes | 1 Merit | 3 Shortlists
CMA Awards
1 Silver | 2 Bronzes
MIA
1 Silver | 2 Shortlists
The Crystals Awards
1 Shortlist
Best Ads
3 Awards
ICE Awards
2 Best of Shows | 19 Awards | 5 Merits
Anvil Awards
39 Awards | 10 Merits | 3 Shortlists for Best of Show
HSMAI Adrian Awards
1 Best of Show | 13 Awards
CAMA Awards
1 Best of Show | 2 Award | 3 Shortlists
EDAC Awards
1 Best of Show | 5 Awards
TIAC Awards
1 Award | 2 Shortlists
Lotus Awards
1 Bronze
EDANL Awards
1 Award
NZ Best Awards
1 Shortlist
PIAF Awards
1 Shortlist
Bell Media (Carte Blanche)
3 Finalists
CRC Rankings
2025
#90
2023
#60
2020
#64
2019
#23
2018
#80
Judging
2025
Effie Awards (Final Round)
2024
Effie Awards (First Round)
2024
CMA Awards (First Round)
2023
CMA Awards (First Round)
2022
CMA Awards (First Round)
2018
ICE Awards (Judging Chair)
2017
ICE Awards (Judging Chair)
2016
Anvil Awards (Judging Chair)
2015
Anvil Awards (Judging Chair)