COPYWRITER 026: How an Australian actor landed his dream job in a hot ad agency
So you want to be a copywriter with Bernadette Schwerdt - Un pódcast de Copy School & Australian Writers' Centre - Domingos
Even if you have zero knowledge about copywriting, you can reinvent yourself and land the job of your dreams. Discover how Louis Lucente did just that by doing a copywriting course at the Australian Writers' Centre. One year on, he’s working with some of Australia’s biggest brands. Louis Lucente is one of Australia’s finest musical theatre stars. The lure of creating a side hustle to supplement his acting work had been niggling Louis for years so when lockdown came along and he had time to stop and think, he knew that now was the time to get started. Within a year, he went from having zero knowledge of copywriting to creating a successful freelance copywriting business,to landing the job of his dreams with one of Melbourne’s hottest creative ad agencies and working on some of Australia’s biggest brands. We talked about: How he got started as a copywriter How he found his first few copywriting clients How he landed a job in an advertising agency The connection between acting, theatre, creativity and copywriting and how they intersect How to work with clients or products when you are ethically challenged Links mentioned in this episode: Louis Lucente Read the show notes Join our community of copywriters at CopyClub.com.au. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
