Dean Turney

Freelance London Copywriter

Award-winning London-based copywriter with over 25 years’ experience. Formerly head of copy at Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore and rapier London

Since 2001, I’ve worked as a freelance copywriter at all sorts of London agencies and direct to my own clients. Depending on the brief, I work either alone or with one of several top art directors I’ve partnered with on many projects.

Core skills

I create customer-winning concepts and copy (both B2C and B2B) for:

  • brand advertising (off/online)
  • direct marketing (off/online)
  • sales promotion/brand activation
  • experiential marketing
  • websites
  • brochures and leaflets

I also write content ranging from marketing videos to white papers.

Awards

I’ve won awards for creativity and effectiveness, including the D&AD Black Pencil, Cannes Gold and Silver, Clio Gold, One Show Silver, DMA Gold, John Caples Finalist and others.

Agencies where I have freelanced

Since 2001, I have worked as a freelance copywriter for:

23red ● Above + Beyond ● A.G.A. ● agency.com ● Ambition ● AMV BBDO ● Arthur London ● Baber Smith ● Base Creative ● BD Network ● Beechwood ● Big Hello ● BLAC ● Blue Hive ● Cheil ● CLEAR ● Craik Jones ● Dare ● dnx ● Doco ● dunnhumby● e-Dialog ● Earnest ● Engine Group ● Enfatico ● FBH Incite ● FK3 ● Fox Parrack Singapour ● Founded ● G2 ● Geometry ● Grey ● Gyro ● Harrison Troughton Wunderman ● Havas Helias Cirencester ● Heresy ● HHCL ● Imagination ● Inferno ● iris ● Joshua ● JPMH ● JWT ● Karmarama ● Keel London ● Kitcatt Nohr Digitas ● KLP ● LIDA ● M&C Saatchi (London & Abu Dhabi) ● McCann Enterprise ● mFuse (T&P) ● Michael Bell ● Mojo (Dubai) ● Mother Tongue ● MRM Worldwide ● Mullen Lowe Open ● OgilvyOne ● Ogilvy& Mather ● Ogilvy Primary Contact ● Oliver ● Proximity ● RAPP ● rmg:connect ● Saatchi & Saatchi ● SapientNitro ● Serious ● Soul ● Spinnaker ● Sticky Content ● Storm Brands ● Table19 ● TBWA ● Tequila ● The Brooklyn Brothers ● The Forster Company ● The Gate ● The Marketing Store ● Tidal Wave ● TMW ● VCCP ● Wand ● wdmp ● Write Arm ● WWAV Rapp Collins

Brand experience

See a list of recent clients I’ve worked for as a freelance copywriter, here »

For a full list of my brand experience, by sector, click here »

References

Read what clients, including agencies, have said about me here ».

Contact

Email me here, or call me on +44 (0) 7754 537 428.