Emily Hegland

Copywriting

Copy that sounds just right

Design shows you the brand. Copy makes it sing. I love working with designers to pair the right words with the right visual.

What I bring to the table

Brand voice

Nailing down the way your brand sticks in our ears.

Video & TV

Short or long, ads or how-to’s. I can concept, storyboard, and script.

Digital

Marketing sites, App Store pages, onboarding flows, in-app copy, UX/UI.

Direct response

Written to be measured, tested, and to beat what’s winning.

Editorial services

Editing, proofreading, and an honest read on whether it’s working.

Taste

I have strong, clear opinions. That’s why I’m useful.

Brand voice

M1 · Brand voice

Brand voice as infrastructure

I turned a brand voice into a learning, growing Claude skill. I call it the emilybot.

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Product

M1 marketing site page

M1 · Web

Marketing site copy

The landing page is the front door for a brand. This is M1’s.

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M1 · App Store

App Store screens

Twelve screens scrolled through in seconds to understand a brand. Product visual is the nail, copy is the hammer.

M1 Apple App Store screens, first set M1 Apple App Store screens, second set

eDrop-Off

Luxury resale product copy

Handbags, jewelry, hats, and scarves I inspected by hand. High-volume bespoke product copy.

eDrop-Off listing for a Chanel black and gold camellia lambskin mini flap bag, opening with the line "Avant-garden!" eDrop-Off listing for Chanel gold cage monogram clip-on earrings, opening with a line about the caged bird singing eDrop-Off listing for a Hermes pink Belles Amures silk scarf by Loic Dubigeon

Video

“Bull”

The market had been ugly for a while, and as an investing app, M1 couldn’t ignore that. But the thing about long-term investors? They keep at it. That’s what M1’s all about: the long-term mindset, even in market slumps. This spot captures that.

“Yield”

Bank ads are full of abbreviations. So this spot spends its 15 seconds defining one with animation. Since the metaphor does the explaining, the copy can stay short.

High-Yield Savings launch Rate shown is from the original 2023 flight

“Decimal Dust”

Big banks have low savings rates. But the main reason people stay is inertia. We needed these people to visualize the difference between 0.01% and 5.00%. Do the math.

High-Yield Savings Rates shown are from the original 2023 flight

Direct response

Humana Medicare PPO acquisition campaign pieces

Humana

Medicare PPO acquisition

Annual Enrollment Period mail. Every claim went through compliance review, and every sentence still had to earn the one after it.

Humana Medicare Advantage dental direct mail

Humana

Medicare Advantage control buster

A member-facing dental test package, written to go up against a control that had been winning for a long time. It won.

Fundbox B2B direct mail acquisition package

Fundbox

B2B acquisition campaign

Small-business lending, addressed to owners who were already drowning in mail. The envelope had to do most of the work.

The Hartford space ads in AARP Magazine

The Hartford

AARP Magazine space ads

Insurance in a single page, for readers who appreciate you speaking to them like adults.

Consumers Energy appliance service plan retention campaign

Consumers Energy

Appliance plan retention

A retention campaign across mail, email, and digital. Previously, new customers signed up and never heard another word until something went wrong. Now they got a year-long welcome package.

IGS Energy new mover self-mailer

IGS Energy

New mover self-mailer

Written to reach people during the two-week window when they're actually willing to switch providers.