Jonathan Eagan
Senior Copywriter & Brand Strategist
Chicago, IL / Available Remote / contact@jon-e-copy.com / (716) 697-0556
Senior Copywriter & Brand Strategist
Chicago, IL / Available Remote / contact@jon-e-copy.com / (716) 697-0556
// Profile
Copywriter and brand strategist with 9+ years of agency experience, including Ogilvy. I build brands from their strategic foundations and bring them to market with copy that performs. Positioning, voice, integrated campaigns, and multi-channel execution across B2B, healthcare, financial services, industrial, and consumer clients.
// Experience
Copy Lead
Impact Managed Marketing / Chicago
2022 - 2026
Built complete brand systems for 10+ clients: positioning, voice, guidelines, naming, go-to-market strategy. Wrote and directed video content, authored 15+ SEO blogs, managed multi-year brand stewardship for N1C. Led agency rebrand (Project Catalyst): brand positioning, UVP, mission/vision, internal launch activation.
Hose Monster "We Built the Perfect Beast" integrated B2B campaign: 842% ROI / 62% increase in web sales / 3,521% ROAS / $720K+ revenue from $76K ad spend / 4M+ impressions
Industrial Information Writer
McMaster-Carr / Elmhurst, IL
2021 - 2022
Wrote UX copy and built editorial standards for a 700,000-SKU industrial catalog serving engineers nationwide. Translated highly technical mechanical engineering concepts into clear, scannable product information.
Copywriter
Ogilvy / Chicago
2018 - 2020
Concepted and wrote integrated campaigns across OLV, paid social, web, print, OOH, and email. CFA Institute: led creative for the global "Let's Measure Up" campaign, event naming, landing pages, social. Workday, Cummins, Tyson, CDW, Walgreens: brand platform extensions, employer branding, product launch copy.
Account Executive, PR & Influence
Ogilvy / Chicago
2016 - 2018
CFA Institute: wrote executive bylines, ran storymining sessions, edited HuffPost consumer finance column. Placed CFA Institute experts in Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Crain's Chicago Business, USA Today. CFA Society Atlanta rebrand raised $100K+ at annual fundraising gala.
// Education
University of Notre Dame
BA, English and History
2012 - 2016
// Capabilities
// Select Clients
Ogilvy
CFA Institute, Workday, Cummins, Tyson, CDW, Walgreens
Impact
Hose Monster, N1C, Christ Clinic, URETEK, NCFI, First Community CU, American Roller, ConData
McMaster-Carr
Industrial catalog / UX copy
// Industries
// Tools
Analytics / SEO
Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Search Console, SEMrush, Ahrefs
Content / CMS
WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, HubSpot
Email / Automation
Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Pardot / Salesforce
Creative / Production
Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Canva, Adobe Audition, Logic Pro
Review / Collaboration
Veeva, Frame.io, Claude / AI Tools