SCOTT MUSKA // WRITER
LAP: srm5082@gmail.com // POCKET: 724.272.9357 // PLACE: Chicago
FREELANCE WRITER + CREATIVE DIRECTOR
November 2025—Present
Available for and open to any and all freelance, contract or full-time work.
Agencies: M Booth, Launchpad Advertising, The Mixx, ThoughtMatter, Mashable Brand X, Guardian Labs, GET Creative, Ladyjane Branding, Pixel, TripleLift, LaPlaca Cohen, Scout Productions, UEG, Vault49, Edelman, Washington Post Creative Group, AKQA, Drizly Creative, Stampede Creative, WHITE64, etc.
Brands: Netflix, Disney, Trojan, CDW, Avocados from Mexico, MGM Casinos, weVibe, Paramount Pictures, Screen Gems, History Channel, The Drop Canned Wine, Roman for Men, Jellysmack, Miracle-Gro, Johnston & Murphy, Fuigo, Drivetime FM, LG, Straight Talk Wireless, CLIF, AT&T, Rolex, Drizly, STōK Cold Brew, DC Metro, etc.
OLIVER AGENCY / CREATIVE DIRECTOR + COPYWRITER
June 2025—December 2025
Led the creative and design teams. Sold a ton of vacuums and other items.
Bissell, new business
VML / ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR + COPYWRITER
October 2022—June 2025
Creative lead across several brands. Netted several new business wins.
Intel, Dick's Sporting Goods, Ringling Brothers, Smirnoff, vitaminwater, smartwater, BP, Butterball, Coca-Cola, Coke Studio, BODYARMOR, Krispy Kreme, Lean Cuisine, Nestle, Starbucks, Leidos, Dasani, Miami Tourism, Wild Turkey, Pizza Hut, Degree, new business
DRIZLY / FREELANCE WRITER + CREATIVE CONSULTANT
April 2022—April 2024
Wrote (hopefully) humorous booze-related content. Got real into CRM. Helped out with a full-blown rebrand. Grew the business so much that Uber bought it, then dissolved it into the Uber Eats brand.
DDB / ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR + COPYWRITER
August 2021—October 2022
Moved to Chicago without having ever been to Chicago. Led creative mostly on large pieces of the Army business.
U.S. Army, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
HUGE / SENIOR COPYWRITER
October 2018—August 2021
Cut my creative leadership teeth on several award-winning campaigns and activations. Wrote a lot about menstruation equality and taffy-based candy. Not simultaneously.
Airheads, Brooks Running, TikTok, Centura Health, Federal Student Aid, Hooha, Period Movement, The Home Depot, M&M’s, new business
THELAB + MCGARRYBOWEN / SENIOR COPYWRITER
March 2018—September 2018
Created integrated advertising campaigns and collateral for members and prospective members of Disney’s timeshare program. Wrote a whole book about said program and learned more than anyone should know about the “Disney Adults” contingent.
Disney Vacation Club, Jameson Irish Whiskey
THOUGHTMATTER / SENIOR COPYWRITER
July 2016—March 2018
Ran the copy department at this boutique, cause-driven branding studio.
100 Gates Project, Downtown Staten Island, Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, New-York Historical Society,
Joyful Heart Foundation, Staten Island Zoo, Sammy B Designs, GirlForward, Girls Write Now, For the People Project, Lower East Side Partnership
OLIVER AGENCY / SENIOR COPYWRITER
September 2016—March 2017
Worked mostly with the embedded Unilever U-Studio creative team. Wrote extensively about mayonnaise. Dreams do come true.
Hellmann's, St. Ives, Axe, Suave Men, Dove Men Care, Marriott Rewards / NCAA, BritVic
MASHABLE STUDIOS / COPYWRITER + CREATIVE STRATEGIST
August 2015—September 2016
Ideated, pitched, wrote and produced branded content for Mashable's in-house creative agency while occasionally dabbling in editorial. Worked on more than 100 brands.
VML NEW YORK / JUNIOR COPYWRITER
February 2015—August 2015
First job out of ad school. Created some Cannes-winning work with a rag-tag team.
Legoland, Shiseido, Ball Park, Travelex
PLAYBOY.COM / FREELANCE WRITER
September 2014—February 2015
Wrote daily blog posts for the Humor, Entertainment and Sex & Culture sections of Playboy.com when it made a brief transition to SFW content. Was part of a team that saw global unique visitor site traffic escalate 258 percent between January 2014 and January 2015. Then the publication went back to nudes and that was that.
LAUNCHPAD ADVERTISING / FREELANCE JUNIOR COPYWRITER
July 2014—February 2015
Supplemented my learning and income during ad school. Worked on a ton of pitches.
PNC Bank, American RedCross, New Directions Behavioral Health, Pat Tillman Foundation, CenturyLink, Organic Avenue
FLYWHEEL PARTNERS PHARMA / COPYWRITER
August 2012—January 2014
Began my copywriting career at this startup pharma agency. Learned a lot about building PowerPoint decks but am still terrible at it.
Bayer R&I, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Asante Solutions, Pfizer, Phonak, Actavis
GANNETT MEDIA / STAFF WRITER
March 2011—July 2012
Covered all things coastal DelMarVa for USA Today and other Gannett publications from a bureau in Ocean City, Maryland. Went to prison (to interview two convicted murderers, not because I did anything wrong).
ALTOONA MIRROR / STAFF WRITER
May 2010—March 2011
Covered education and crime for a newspaper in central Pennsylvania. Witnessed and covered a meth lab explosion.
MIAMI AD SCHOOL NYC
Copywriting Certificate
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
BA: Journalism / Minors: English and Creative Writing
Cannes Lion Silver, Media—Best Use of Ambient Media
Cannes Lion Shortlist, Direct—Best Use of Ambient Media
Shorty Social Good Awards—Winner, Pro Bono
Shorty Social Good Awards—Winner, Gender Equality
One Show—Shortlist, Health & Wellness
The Webby Awards—Finalist, Social: Public Service and Activism
The Webby Awards—Finalist, Apps, Mobile and Voice: Connected Products and Wearables
The Webby Awards—Honoree, Video: Diversity and Inclusion
The Webby Awards—Honoree, Best Mobile Advertising Campaign
ADC Young Guns Bronze Award
Communication Arts 2020 Advertising Competition—Winner, Digital Advertising
Fast Company World-Changing Ideas—Honorable Mention
The Drum Awards—PR, Technology
4A’s Partner Award—Brand Partnership / Large Agency
Medium.com—Top Writer, Humor, 2019 + 2020
Medium.com—Top Writer, Relationships 2019 + 2020
SMITH Magazine—Writer of the Month
SMITH Magazine—Contributor to the book The Moment: Wild, Poignant, Life-Changing Stories from 125 Writers and Artists Famous & Obscure
No. 1 New Release in the “Humor and Entertainment Short Reads” Amazon Category, June 2022