Well hello. I'm Otis, a copywriter and creative director with more than twenty years of experience making words do real work for brands, products, and the people behind them.

I've led brand writing at Dropbox, partnered with agencies and in-house teams on work for Google, YouTube, REI, adidas, Nest, PayPal, and Yakima, and spent a lot of time in the space between rough instincts and finished ideas. I believe the best creative work starts with great questions—and that getting to those questions is more than half the job (also maybe the most fun).

Alongside brand work, I've spent years as a journalist and poet. My writing has appeared in Bicycling Magazine, Bon Appétit, Saveur, Epicurious, and Portland Monthly. My poems have been published in Poetry International, Inkwell, and The Clackamas Literary Review, among others.

I grew up surfing, climbing, and riding BMX in San Diego, then moved to Portland for college and stayed. I was a University Fellow at New York University, where I earned an MFA in Creative Writing, ate a lot of ramen, and fell in love with lots of things. I miss New York all the time, but she understands.