Pork Johnson
Creator, Director, Writer, Editor, Social Media Manager
(To your right: Pork Johnson’s Haunted Airbnb Halloween Special.
“There’s something scarier than service fees”)
Pork Johnson is a budding social media star that I originally created as a passion project. His character, world, and adventures have since obtained a growing following on multiple social media platforms!
I wrote and directed the full length special Pork Johnson’s Haunted Airbnb. The video was produced with the help of our small Pork Johnson team. This video and the reels/shorts created from it have amassed millions of views!
(I also perform as Pork Johnson!)
Pork Johnson’s Haunted Airbnb Comedy Special
Pork Johnson’s world is always growing.
Not only do I write the scripts and direct the videos for Pork Johnson, but I also write the captions, engaging titles, descriptions and everything in between on every major platform!
Pork Johnson is the puppet who never quite made it big in Hollywood. After his public-access television show was canceled, Pork took a big swing at stardom in Hollywood (including auditioning for a role that ultimately went to Austin Butler). His social channels chronicle his relentless pursuit of the limelight. Whether he’s finding love and fighting ghosts in “Pork Johnson’s Haunted Airbnb” or dishing out advice by the fireplace in one minute or less, this pig is always striving to entertain his growing audience… and land that elusive brand deal with Yoo-hoo.
Here are my most recent videos from @TheRealPorkJohnson on Instagram, where I write, direct, and manage/post comedy shorts set in the world of Pork Johnson and his friends! Many of these videos have amassed millions of views, and the reactions and comments all seem to agree on one thing: Pork Johnson is Hollywood’s most underrated pig.
Copywriting
Party Arena - Main Trailer
Writer, Editor, Motion Design
I was given creative control over the main trailer for this video game release.
This included writing the copy and developing the tone of the trailer. It was a fun challenge to get an early copy of a game, play through it, and then decipher the tone for the game from a promotional point of view.
Ocean Spray - NSAC Campaign
Creative Director, Lead Copywriter
Led a team of students to win the 1st-place award for a National Student Advertising Competition. You can check out the full plans book for 20 written pages detailing our campaign here:
Snapple: Uncap Originality - Spec Commercial
Writer, Director, Editor, Motion Design + VFX
This spec-commercial for Snapple was made alongside an original ad campaign for the “NSAC”competition. It won first place, a gold Addy award and was a ton of fun to make!
I served as a copywriter for this campaign as well as the writer/director of our commercial.
Mario + Blade Runner Trailer - 30th Anniversary Parody Feature
Writer, Director, Editor, Motion Design + VFX
This comedy video was featured on several video game news outlets in 2021 as a response to a controversial video game release by Nintendo.
Nintendo released a game compilation of Mario games in celebration of Mario’s 30th anniversary. However, the catch was that they would only have it on digital storefronts for a limited amount of time before taking it down forever. They also released a limited quantity of physical copies with the promise of not printing anymore after the initial release. This parody trailer took the fan outrage and dialed it up to 11, exaggerating the extra lengths Nintendo would take to make sure no one was playing their game past the intended date.
