Joe Nafziger
  • Home
  • Ads
    • Hilton Curio Collection
    • Funner, California
    • Wanna Be Mayor?
    • National University
    • FirstBank - Cloning
    • Qualcomm
    • Seaport
    • Pizza Inn
    • FirstBank
  • Naming
  • About
  • Contact
copywriter creative san diego Joe Nafziger
​Sixteen years helping advertising agencies and creative marketers with copywriting, brand naming, and strategic thinking. Having found and sold my own companies, I am a client-savvy creative.

Beyond work, I live with my wife in San Diego, California. You can find me running through Balboa Park most mornings, or breaking minor traffic laws on a Vespa 300 the remainder of the day.

What's your project all about? Please email me and we will talk.

- Joe
Brands Worked With
Snap
Kraft-Heinz
Southwest Airlines
Eddie Bauer
Chobani
Hilton
Land Rover
National University
Qualcomm
San Diego Tourism
Caesar's Entertainment
Sempra Energy
Creative Roles
Identical // San Diego, CA 
Owner, Creative Director - 2018 - Present 

​
i.d.e.a. // San Diego, CA 
Associate Creative Director - 2012-2018  

MeringCarson // San Diego, CA
Sr. Copywriter // 2010 - 2011

TDA_Boulder// Boulder, CO
Copywriter // 2008 - 2010

Y&R // Irvine, CA​
Jr. Copywriter // 2007 -  2008
Education
The Bookshop School for Ads
Los Angeles​, CA

Illinois State University
B.S., Marketing

US Air Force
Combat Survival School
Water Survival School
Life Support Tech School
(​Some locations classified)



Recognition
One Show Silver Pencil
Lürzer's Archive
ADDYs Gold
Denver 50 
Creativity Online
AdFreak
AdWeek​
Adrian Awards
Person of the Year, Time; 2006
Expert Marksman, US Air Force

©2025 Joe Nafziger | San Diego, CA 92116 | ​All Rights Reserved.
  • Home
  • Ads
    • Hilton Curio Collection
    • Funner, California
    • Wanna Be Mayor?
    • National University
    • FirstBank - Cloning
    • Qualcomm
    • Seaport
    • Pizza Inn
    • FirstBank
  • Naming
  • About
  • Contact