Dean Johns
Top track record in (1) Advertising concepts, copy and commercials (see bio) and (2) Journalism. Offbeat and/or humorous lifestyle, travel, opinion, current affairs, sex and relationships. Also longtime advertising/marketing columnist.
Can work outside local area: Yes—available to work anywhere in the world.
Media Experience
Print; Web; Radio; TV
Biographical Note
Long experience on many of the world's great brands as a copywriter and executive creative director with agencies including McCann-Erickson, DDB Needham, JWT, Bozell and Asatsu in Australia, Hong Kong, New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur. Seven years as a columnist for the Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia marketing and advertising magazine, ADoi.Also writes on a wide variety of topics for newspapers, magazines and websites and lectures in freelance journalism and creative writing at Sydney Community College.
Published Writings
Over 60 columns for Adoi magazine, many of which are included in a book-length collection entitled "Dean Johns Ad Nauseam", and more than 200 articles in publications including HIS, Let's Go Out and Exclusively Male magazines and the Sydney Morning Herald. Titles of some recently published articles include "Weapons of mass deception", "Writless writing", "God's day off", "Madvertising", "If the suit fits", "Down with GM jeans", "Life lifts" and "Welcome to the asylum".
Contact Details
10, Lorong Haji Openg 2,
Taman Tun Dr Ismail,
60000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Email: deanjohns@hotmail.comLast updated 7 Dec 2004 NZST
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