David McCandless

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Award-winning London-based writer, author and satirist

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Wanted: Viral

Angelina JolieI wrote and designed a tapestry of underground websites and blogs to ‘virally’ promote the new action thriller Wanted from Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov. This gives me an excuse to put a photo of Angelina Jolie on my homepage. Now, I didn’t work with Angelina directly. But I hear she was *very* impressed with my HTML skills.

So see if you can solve The Weaver Code.

http://www.theweavercode.com

http://secretpatterns.blogspot.com

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Together.com

together1.gifWrote the site copy for this eco-consumer site for agency AnyWhichWay. Also scripted the animation which was played at the Live Earth concert. Yeah!

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Amnesty - The Secret Policeman’s Ball

alt textI had the honour of being involved in the promotional run-up to Amnesty’s Secret Policeman’s Ball on October 15th. I wrote a lot of the online funnies, including a fake, in-character MySpace page for the lousy political comedy troupe, The Protect The Human Players. You can see the clips here.

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Save It For Tekken

The boys sharing a house on Tekken St like nothing better than playing the odd hilarious prank on each other. Check out these short (amusing) viral films wot I gone done wrote for Sony.

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Energy Saving Trust

Worked with agency Grand Union to produce a full rewrite of this government eco policy site with sections aimed at both consumers and local authorities.

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National Rail - No Messin’

Wrote animation scripts, slogans and website copy for a new safety campaign for National Rail. Agency: Ammunition.

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World Vision Sponsor-A-Child

Worked with agency FCBi to create the copy, website architecture, case studies and banner ads for this international charity.

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Orange.co.uk

orangeshop2.gifI wrote the bulk of Orange’s online content from 2002-2005 with agency Poke London. That included microsites, emails, banner ads and ECRM newsletters. Much of the work garnered awards including a Webby Award, 2 BIMAs, and a One Show Silver Pencil.

Some highlights of the work.

» Orange Talking Point
» Orange Paper Films
» Orange Email Me

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