Hi! I’m Nikita.

I grew up in Russia. Then I won the green card lottery and moved to the United States.

Over the past decade, I’ve been working on things I was even initially sure how they worked.

They were just too cool not to try.

Like turning Amazon Alexa into a Spartan warrior for Assassin’s Creed.

Or making a Roblox game.

Or writing about the National Hockey League. I was a sports journalist back in Russia, but then challenged myself to do the same thing in English and started writing about the San Jose Sharks, for a professional hockey website.

It was tough at first. Awkward at times. But it was also just too cool not to try.

I always look forward to the next thing that’ll make me say “what if?”

Email me: nikitawritescopy@gmail.com.

Experience

BarkleyOKRP. January 2024 - Present. ACD. Motel 6, Burger King, Midas, The Salvation Army. New business wins: Suja Life AOR, Dole AOR, Inspire Sleep AOR, ACE Hardware social.

Doner. March 2022 - May 2023. Senior copywriter. The UPS Store, Saucony, Breezeline, Jeep.

Logitech. San Francisco. February 2020 - February 2022. Senior copywriter. Brand campaign for Logitech’s esports division + a wide range of other projects across offices in the U.S., Switzerland, Korea and Hong Kong.

MUH-TAI-ZIK/HOF-FER. San Francisco. November 2019 - January 2020. Freelance. Pokémon GO, Audi.

Digitas. San Francisco. April 2019 - October 2019. Freelance. T-Mobile for Business, new business.

  • One Club Boot Camp. Mentor. San Francisco. October 2019. Helped students working on an integrated campaign for Blue Shield.

  • Miami Ad School. Industry hero. San Francisco. July 2019. Came back to my school to speak about freelance life.

R/GA. San Francisco. August 2018 - March 2019. Campaign team. Conceptual work for Assassin’s Creed (Alexios, The Spartan Assistant), Nike (The PLAYlist—worked on ideation and selling the concept), MasterClass, and Google Assistant. Lead writer on full website redesign/rebrand for Natural Balance Pet Foods.

Freelance copywriter. August 2017 - August 2018. 

  • Circus Maximus: Justworks, pitch.

  • Laundry Service: Papa John's (TV campaign)

  • Berlin Cameron: Capital One, National Kidney Foundation, CBS, ABC, Bravo.

  • The NBTA: Airbnb, The Culture Trip.

  • Voskhod (one of the best independent agencies in Europe): EMLA numbing cream for waxing.

  • Pitch: Dannon.

DDB Worldwide/Freelance copywriter. New York. May 2017 - August 2017. State Farm, Heineken, Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, NYC Organ Donation.

R/GA/Internship. New York. January 2017 - March 2017. 

DDB Worldwide/Internship. New York. October - December 2016.

JWT Worldwide/Internship. New York. April - September 2016.

Awards

Professional:

Cannes Lions: Shortlist X 4

D&AD: Wood Pencil

D&AD: Shortlist

Effie Awards: Silver and Bronze

Clio Sports: Grand x 2

Clio Awards: Bronze

Communication Arts: Winner

One Show: Merit x 3

One Show: Shortlist

ADC Awards: Merit

Webby Awards: Nominee and Honoree

PromaxGames Awards: Gold x 2

Student: 

D&AD New Blood: Yellow Pencil

D&AD New Blood: Graphite Pencil (copywriting brief)

CLIO Awards: Bronze

One Show Young Ones: Merit

Young Guns YGA: Bronze

One Show Creative Boot Camp/Silver

Graphis: Silver x 2

Creativity International Media & Interactive Design Awards/Silver x 3

Drum Chip Shop Awards

Miami Ad School Golden Paw x 2