Former Texas Creative Writers- Climbing that Ladder!

The Texas Creative program is no stranger to hard-working talent. In the spring of 2007 the University graduated a very special class of creatives. Dustin Jenkins, Meg Moody and Nick Ciomperlik have all found themselves living life in the biggest American cities, taking their copywriting skills to the next level.

Dustin Jenkins

Dustin, agreeably one of the wittiest copywriters to pass through the Texas Creative sequence, boasts such headlines in his portfolio as "You won't know your milk has spoiled until you pour yourself a bowl of cereal and cheese." for Arm and Hammer Baking Soda. He transplanted himself from Austin to New York City in October after a simple Google search led him to an ad agency called Warren Kremer Paino, whose main client is Maine Tourism. To future writers, Dustin says "Trust yourself and your abilities. Your writing will die if you don't believe in it." Some very sage advice from a big Dr. Seuss fan. As for his future plans, Dustin hopes to write (non-advertising) stories and go on David Letterman before he dies.

Meg Moody

Meg also found herself in the Big Apple following graduation at a brand development agency called The Halo Group. She was hired on as a team with another fellow creative graduate, Isabella Castano, while visiting NYC in June 2007 for the Art Director's Club book review. Meg worked freelance for a month, and was then hired on to begin her career. The agency does everything from marketing to public relations, and even interactive. Since Meg's creative director is the only other writer, Meg gets to play a role in almost every project. Some of The Halo Group's current clients include: St. Georges University (a medical school in Grenada), Guy Carpenter Reinsurance Company and Knicks City Dancers. So far, Meg loves the big city, despite living typical New York stereotypes like nearly getting pick pocketed on the subway. "The bagels, pizza, gyro and hotdog stands make it worth it!" she says. To future writers, Meg reminds them to "Keep going. There's always a better thought ahead."

Nick Ciomperlik

Nick went the opposite direction of many of his fellow writers, ending up in sunny Los Angeles at mega-agency, DDB. He was hired on as a Junior Copywriter in September of 2007, after he mailed out his book to as many email addresses as he could find. In such a competitive industry, Nick says he was very lucky to have his book "in the right hands at the right time", although a good book like his, will certainly speak volumes. The laid back nature of the agency is Nicks favorite thing, and he attributes it to the beach just a few short blocks away. In fact, on his first day at DDB, he got to go to Venice beach for a bike ride. Currently Nick works on the Epson account that is composed of mostly web copy as well as some traditional, print media. To aspiring writers Nick says, "Be nice to people. No one wants to work with jerk". As for his favorite book? Nick says he hasn't written it yet, but he promises to keep us posted.

3/5/2008