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Ricky Houston

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Senior Copywriter

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Strategic Creative

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Functional Metalhead

Ricky Houston

Aug 18
Aug 18 Creative brief for an experiential activation

Richard Houston
strategy

Research and insights around pet-friendliness in Portland, Oregon.

HIMSS brand launch video
Aug 18

Aug 18 HIMSS brand launch video

Ricky Houston
narrative, Video scripts

Internal brand values launch video for electronic health record-giant HIMSS.

New Yorker cartoon captions
Aug 18

Aug 18 New Yorker cartoon captions

Ricky Houston
pith

A creative director suggested I start captioning New Yorker cartoons to stay sharp. It's now an obsession.

Aug 16
Aug 16 Time. hello.

Richard Houston
pith

After a bar shift, I told my notebook all about time.

Oct 24
Oct 24 Edelman print ad

Ricky Houston
process

I came up with the concept for this ad by searching through the Edelman brand guidelines for inspiration.

Oct 23
Oct 23 Kaiser Permanente flu season activation

Ricky Houston
process

My team at Edelman Portland created assets for Kaiser Permanente’s flu season activations in Seattle. The poster and leaflet we made on a tight timeline demonstrates campaign-level thinking on the fly.

Jun 29
Jun 29 An excerpt from "Space, Time, Twist"

Ricky Houston
narrative, pith, Personal work

A designer friend and I are making a cocktail zine. This is the first chapter. I’m working through service-industry demons. It’s fine.

Olderbrother: Hand Me Down
Jun 29

Jun 29 Olderbrother: Hand Me Down

Ricky Houston
narrative, long form

An allegorical tale for Portland-based clothing company Olderbrother’s “Hand Me Down” line.

 

Senior-level Copywriter | Ricky Houston | Portland, Oregon.

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