Selected Awards
Selected Awards
CANNES LIONS
Bring Back Lockdown - Shortlist, Health, Fundraising & Advocacy
THE ONE SHOW
Bring Back Lockdown - Silver Pencil, Film, Long Form
Bring Back Lockdown - Merit, Film, Wellness
Bring Back Lockdown - Merit, Film, Under 50k Budget
CLIOS
Bring Back Lockdown - Bronze, Film, Public Service
LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Bring Back Lockdown, Silver, Film, Zeitgeist
Bring Back Lockdown, Bronze, Public Service
Bring Back Lockdown, Finalist, Social Awareness
Bring Back Lockdown, Finalist, Film, Remote Production
CANNES LIONS
Bring Back Lockdown - Shortlist, Health, Fundraising & Advocacy
THE ONE SHOW
Bring Back Lockdown - Silver Pencil, Film, Long Form
Bring Back Lockdown - Merit, Film, Wellness
Bring Back Lockdown - Merit, Film, Under 50k Budget
CLIOS
Bring Back Lockdown - Bronze, Film, Public Service
LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Bring Back Lockdown, Silver, Film, Zeitgeist
Bring Back Lockdown, Bronze, Public Service
Bring Back Lockdown, Finalist, Social Awareness
Bring Back Lockdown, Finalist, Film, Remote Production
Formerly a Senior Copywriter at Ogilvy NY.
Past lives span publishing, podcasting, poetry, and non-alliterative efforts as a failed child actor.
My work centers intimate angles into authentic stories and real lives, with a focus on visual content.
From NYC to Warsaw to Berlin, I've written and produced pieces on:
professional bull riding
hiring inequality
gun control
sexual health
cults
NGOs
feminist rabbis
Harley Davidson riders, and more.
Formerly a Senior Copywriter at Ogilvy NY.
Past lives span publishing, podcasting, poetry, and non-alliterative efforts as a failed child actor.
My work centers intimate angles into authentic stories and real lives, with a focus on visual content.
From NYC to Warsaw to Berlin, I've written and produced pieces on:
professional bull riding
hiring inequality
gun control
sexual health
cults
NGOs
feminist rabbis
Harley Davidson riders, and more.
Gillian Goodman
Freelance journalist, speechwriter, and creative director.
From NYC to Warsaw to North Adams to Berlin, I've written and produced pieces on:
Voter Challenges . Hiring Inequality . Faith and Elections . Hiring Bias . Housing Policy . Asylum Seekers . Student Protests . and more.
Employment:
Taylor Strategy, New York
January 2025-Present
Freelance Creative Director
Creative campaigns and PR.
Clients include: Guinness, Smirnoff, 1800 Tequila
A.H. Levy, New York
January-March 2026
Vice President of Speechwriting
Speechwriting and specialized communications for non-profits and executives.
The Current, Savannah
August-December 2024
Political Reporting Fellow
Covering politics and elections for coastal Georgia for independent local news outlet The Current
Aid Pioneers, Berlin
2022-Present
Freelance Writer + Creative Director
Writing and consulting on NGO brand image and case study film delivering supplies to Ukraine, Re-design and writing of website
Ogilvy, New York
2018-2022
Senior Copywriter
Copywriter
Junior Copywriter
Selected Clients: IBM, Samsung, Ad Council, Change the Ref, Audi, San Pellegrino
Education
Columbia Journalism School
2023-2024
Journalism M.S. with Honors
Williams College
2014-2018
B.A. English Literature & French Literature
GPA: 3.82, Cum Laude
Awards: Michael Davitt-Bell Prize Literature, Class of 1960s Scholar
Selected Awards
THE WAY WE WORK PRIZE WINNER
2026, "Making Babies" for Dirt and Lux
FRONTIER POETRY
2026, Epistolary Poetry Challenge Finalist
RADIO RACE FINALIST
2025, "Groove"
CANNES LIONS
2023, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Shortlist, Design, Experiential
2022, Bring Back Lockdown, Shortlist, Fundraising & Advocacy
THE ONE SHOW
2023, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Merit, Design
2023, Absolut, Merit, Film & Video
2023, Absolut, x3 Shortlist
2023, Tear The Paper Ceiling, x3 Shortlist
2022, One Show Art Director in Film - Ranked #10 Globally
2022, Bring Back Lockdown, Silver Pencil, Film, Long Form
2022, Bring Back Lockdown, Merit, Film, Wellness
2022, Bring Back Lockdown, Merit, Film, Under 50k Budget
CLIOS
2022, Bring Back Lockdown, Bronze, Film, Public Service
LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
2023, Creative LIAsons Mentee for Ogilvy North America
2021, Bring Back Lockdown, Silver, Film, Zeitgeist
2021, Bring Back Lockdown, Bronze, Public Service
2021, Bring Back Lockdown, Finalist, Social Awareness
2021, Bring Back Lockdown, Finalist, Film, Remote Production
EFFIES
2024, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Gold, DEI
2024, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Silver, Non Profit
2024, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Bronze, Current Events
2024, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Bronze, Social Good
SHOTS
2023, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Silver
ANTHEM AWARDS/WEBBYS
2022, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Silver, Non-Profit
2022, Tear The Paper Ceiling, Silver, Branded DEI