Jim D

Sr. Creative Writer

If you need someone to fill a page with words, that's not me. That's Chat GBT.

I listen, interview, question, then go away and come back with what I hope are ideas and words that get to the core of what you want and need to say in ways you can't. I approach everything I write, from speeches to outdoor ads, the same way: someone has very, very little time with you. How do I get them to stay there and want to know more after?

Work Samples

Video Samples

The Best Fit

Entrepreneurs and anyone who need help translating their vision into ideas and words that people will understand and be moved by.

Awards & Accomplishments

Canadian Marketing Awards Best of Show, Digital; Applied Arts, 2022, Video Scripts for Unflood Ontario; American Marketing Association 2019 Marketer of the Year Integrated Marketing Business to Business, Nokia, Silver medal winner, Benjamin Franklin Award, Independent Book Publishers Association for "The Greenbelt: Protecting and Cultivating a Great Ontario Treasure; CSS Design Awards, Special Kudos; 2018 Awwwards, Honourable Mention 2018; 2016 Ontario Tourism Awards Of Excellence, Tourism Marketing Campaign Award Under $25,000 for Headwaters Tourism, and Tourism Print Collateral Award for Headwaters Tourism Economic Developers Council Of Ontario (EDCO): Best Publication in Ontario, 2015, 2016, 2017, Headwaters Tourism Guide; Communication Arts; Canadian Tourism Awards, Marketing Campaign of the Year Award Finalist, “Where Ontario Gets Real,” Headwaters Tourism; Digital Marketing Awards, Gold; Webby Awards, Winner, People's Voice Award; Applied Arts Magazine (Repeated winner); Art Directors Club Of Canada, Advertising and Design Annual (Repeated winner); Marketing Magazine Awards (Repeated winner); Canadian Regional Design Awards, 2016 Awards: Headwaters Tourism, Downey Farms; Bessie Canadian Television Awards; Annual Awards Radio Crystal Awards; Annual Awards Golden Award Of Montreux - Int'l Advertising & Multimedia Festival; The Age Of Persuasion Radio Show, Terry O'Reilly, work featured (Repeated); Luerzer’s Archive, Television Annual (Repeated); Campaign Magazine, UK; Campaign coverage Creative Review, UK;  Campaign Coverage (Repeated) HOW Design Magazine; Design Awards Annual (Repeated); The Great Design Show, Awards Annual; Logolounge Design Annual; Extra Awards, Canadian Newspaper Association, Advertising Annual (Repeated); Healthcare Advertising Awards, Annual Awards Scarborough Hospital; Canada Council For The Arts, Winner, Exploration Grant; CASE (Council For Advancement And Support Of Education) Gold; Circle of Excellence Awards Canadian Public Relations Society; National Award of Excellence University And College Designers Association; Gold Award of Excellence International Association Of Business Communicators Awards

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