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

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

Archive •

Annual Report

Digital

Television

Print

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)