ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dennis Chen is an advertising and marketing copywriter living in the parking ticket capitol of the world– beautiful Los Angeles, California!

He’s been fortunate enough to work with major brands like Amazon, Taco Bell, H&R Block, Canada Dry, Snapple, Dr. Pepper, California Milk, Target, and many more.

​When he's not busy looking into the Pentagon’s secret UFO program, he enjoys writing comedy, practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu, tinkering with photography, watching historical documentaries, and learning about Stoic and Taoist philosophies.

His jokes have been featured in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Points in Case, Robot Butt, Little Old Lady, The Bold Italic, and his grandma’s refrigerator. The spare one in the garage with all the pickled cabbage. Not the main one in the kitchen visible to guests. She made that distinction very clear.

If you are a recruiter or a Nigerian prince looking to give away money, kindly send internet mail to: denniskchen[at]icloud.com. Dennis would love to chat. And maybe get some scallion pancakes too.

BIG BOY JOBS

Amazon | Senior Copywriter
Los Angeles, 2022- Present

Back to School, Holiday, Super Bowl

TBWA\Chiat\Day LA | Copywriter
Los Angeles, 2021- 2022

BEHR Paint, Blue Diamond Almonds, Intuit Quickbooks

Deutsch LA | Jr. Copywriter -> Copywriter
Los Angeles, 2017- 2021

Taco Bell, H&R Block, Canada Dry, Snapple, Dr. Pepper, Angel Soft, Lotrimin, Camp.com, Real California Milk, PetSmart, Target, The Original Donut Shop Coffee

Ogilvy & Mather | Junior Producer
Los Angeles, 2013-2015

UNPAID “OPPORTUNITIES”

Marvel Studios | Promotions Intern

Aperture Films | Production Intern

Universal Pictures | Marketing Intern

True Entertainment | Development Intern

CBS Television | Casting Intern

SKILLS

Enough Mandarin to order Chinese take-out.
Not enough Mandarin to earn the approval of my parents.

SKILLZ

Helping your brand appeal to a younger audience by strategically swapping S’s for Z’s.

PROPER EDUCATION

VCU Brandcenter
M.S. Business Branding, Copywriting

UC Irvine
B.A. Literary Journalism, Film & Media Studies

UCLA
Motion Picture Producing Program

IMPROPER EDUCATION

Westside Comedy Theatre
Sketch Comedy Team, Improv

The Second City
Sketch Comedy, Satire

iO West
Sketch Comedy

EXTERNAL VALIDATION MY THERAPIST IMPLORED ME NOT TO FIXATE ON, BUT HERE WE ARE

Clios :30 Film Shortlist 2023
Radio Mercury Awards Finalist 2019
D&AD New Blood Graphite Pencil 2017
Cannes Future Lions Shortlist 2017
Joe Pytka Advertising Scholarship
Curvin O'Reilly Copywriting Scholarship
The 4A's Operation Jumpstart 2015 Scholar