About
I own chickens. So I’m a great addition to any agency that enjoys fresh eggs and clean copy.
About Me
The below is an intro video I made for a company retreat in 2017. To this day, I find it to be fairly accurate*.
*Some details in the video that are different now:
I’m now a VP Creative Director at FCB Chicago.
I got rid of my chickens when one learned to crow and my neighbors expressed a strange displeasure to 5am wake-up calls.
I part my hair in the middle now.
Contact:
jannacarney13@gmail.com
Relevant Work Experience
VP CREATIVE DIRECTOR • FCB CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL
September 2023-present
Home Instead, Pfizer, Summer’s Eve, Poise New Business
CREATIVE DIRECTOR • MEANINGFUL WORKS, LOS ANGELES, CA
September 2021-September 2023
The 99 Store, MiniStudio, Backblaze, Cisco Systems
CREATIVE DIRECTOR • THE WONDERFUL AGENCY, LOS ANGELES, CA
July 2021-September 2021
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
June 2019-July 2022
SENIOR COPYWRITER
July 2016-May 2019
Teleflora, JNSQ Wines, FIJI Water, Wonderful Pistachios, POM Wonderful, JUSTIN Vineyards, Wonderful Halos
COPYWRITER • ENERGYBBDO, CHICAGO
February 2016-April 2016
Alka-Seltzer Plus, Aleve, One A Day, Quaker Oats, New Business
COPYWRITER • GOLIN HARIS, CHICAGO, IL
August 2015-February 2016
Sprint, Mountain Dew, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Libbey Glass, McDonald’s, and The National Peanut Board, New Business
DDB CHICAGO, COPYWRITER, CHICAGO, IL
April 2014-August 2015
Capital One, McDonald’s, The Field Museum, Mars Wrigley, The American Cancer Society
Irrelevant Work Experience
I've been a poolside waitress, a curbside server, a psych lab assistant and a hot dog vendor. I've written press releases, medical research websites, sports articles and brochure copy for retirement homes... So basically the sexiest content there ever was.
I was a subpar assistant account manager, a halfway decent proofreader, and an OK bartender as long as you ordered one of the six cocktails I knew.
The point is: the ego has been heartily kicked out of me. Now that I get to do the fun stuff, I'm inspired by both a love of storytelling and a near-crippling need to prove myself.
Education
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES
Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Advertising for Creatives
June 2013
Chicago, IL
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Bachelor of Science in Journalism
June 2009
Evanston, IL