Brent Brotine

Brent Brotine

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Chicago, Illinois

Journalism

Brent Brotine, player 216, is a Chicago-based advertising copywriter working freelance for advertising agencies and companies since 1995. Brent specializes in direct response, financial, high-tech and healthcare copywriting and online content. He’s a former Creative Director for Chicago ad agencies including Foote, Cone & Belding, Campbell Mithun Esty, Cramer-Krasselt and DDB Chicago who’s much happier writing than managing. Brent has taught writing and communications topics for Fred Pryor Seminars/CareerTrack, and works part-time as an On-Air Pledge Supervisor for WTTW and an Exhibit Host for Chicago Architecture Center. He’s currently a Board Member of Chicago Creative Coalition, and is the current Treasurer and a Past President, of Independent Writers of Chicago. He holds a M.S. and B.S. in advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.