Dan Goldgeier
Senior Copywriter

Seattle WA
dan@dangoldgeier.com

I change minds and loosen wallets.
• Strategic copywriter for small & large ad agencies, with produced print, broadcast, video, direct, digital, and content marketing
• Experience in strategic planning and identifying new business opportunities
• Contributing writer and podcaster on AdPulp, a leading ad industry blog
• Instructor at School of Visual Concepts

 
 

EXPERIENCE

Senior Copywriter, GTB Advertising, Seattle (2022-Present)

Currently working on TV, radio, print and digital advertising for the Pacific Northwest Ford Dealers and other regional Ford dealer associations in California, the Southwest and the Midwest.

Our "Key To Survival" TV campaign was selected by Ad Age magazine as a creativity "Editor's Pick" and received a 2023 Silver Telly award along with 3 Cascadia Creative Awards.

In 2025, our "See Ford In a New Light" campaign, originally created for the California market only, was so well-received by Ford regional dealers that it was picked up by dozens of regional Ford dealer associations around the US and Canada.

GTB is a division of VML, which itself is a division of WPP.


Freelance Senior Copywriter, Seattle (2011-Present)

Over many years, I developed a diverse client base and led projects ranging from big-brand advertising to non-profit content marketing.

Agencies and marketers I’ve worked with include: POSSIBLE; Garrigan Lyman Group; GreenRubino; Williams-Helde; Hey; Starbucks Global Creative; Weber Shandwick; POP!; Vertetude; Worker Bees; UW Medicine; Square Tomato; Hammerquist Studios; Venture Arts; Committee for Children; Canna-Ventures; Boeing; Microsoft; MOD Pizza; Watts Media; Red Square Agency; and others

Clients include: Seattle's Best Coffee; Starbucks; Boeing; UW Medicine; Amazon; Microsoft; Philips Oral Healthcare; Target; Avaya; PCC Natural Markets; Mutual of Enumclaw; Mountain Pacific Bank; Providence Health & Services; Windstar Cruises; Committee for Children; Columbia Bank; Seattle Southside; MCG Health; 98Point6; Outreach.io; MOD Pizza; Theo Chocolate; Swedish Health Services; Fair Trade USA; Physicians Insurance; and others

 

Senior Copywriter, Partners + Napier, Atlanta (2006-2011)
Worked on ads and marketing materials for UPS; Kodak; Shared Health; Marlow’s Tavern; Philips; Delta Private Jets; Ravenswood Wineries

 

Other agencies I’ve worked with in the past:
Campbell-Ewald, Warren MI; Wolf Group, Cleveland; The Loomis Agency, Dallas; Tracy-Locke (TLP), Dallas; Bohan Carden & Cherry, Nashville; 

Past Clients I've worked on include:
Chevrolet; Michelin; Delta Air Lines; Dirt Devil; Philips; Channellock Pliers; Harrah's Casinos; The Discovery Channel, Animal Planet; Nashville Ballet; Nortel; National City Bank; Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism; ProStaff; Choice Homes; Greater Cleveland CVB; The Flood Co.; Smith+Nephew; Furr's Family Restaurants; The Whitehall Hotel, Chicago; Digital People; Advecta; Shared Health

 
 
 

Education

The Creative Circus, Atlanta; Copywriting degree

The University of Georgia; B.A. degree, Advertising

 
 
 

Ego Boosts

Winner, ADDY Awards in Seattle, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Rochester; Telly Award winner; Cascadia Creative Award winner. Served as ADDY judge in several cities

•Other work samples and references available upon request•