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JEI WOO
COPYWRITER, MESSENGER

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STORY

For most of the last eight years, I’ve worked as a bike messenger in New York City.

I ran lights, ate shit, made a lot of wrong turns.

But the thing about wrong turns is you only know you’ve made them when it’s too late.

And after some time, I came to and realized all I’d been doing was that: making wrong turns. Riding in circles. Gazing up at buildings and wondering “What if?”

So I quit everything and left for the suburbs, where I holed up in my childhood room and decided that to make up for a life of folly, I’d start another by writing.

And writing and writing.

And now I’m back in the city and squeezing myself between cabs again.

But this time, with a helmet, a slightly surer sense of direction and an itch to tell stories beyond this one.


EDUCATION

The Book Shop School For Ads
Portfolio

New York University 
BA, English Literature
Minor, Creative Writing

EXPERIENCE

The Streets
Bicycle Courier
Samurai Messenger, Apotheco Pharmacy
2017 - Present

RECOGNITION

Young Ones One Show 
Gold Pencil (Interactive, Online & Mobile) 
Merit (Film & Video)
Merit (Integrated Campaign)
Merit (Print, Promotional & OOH)

Young Ones ADC  
Shortlist (Advertising: Integrated)

CONTACT

jeiwoo12@gmail.com
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