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22 Clever Posters That Show The Differences Between Copywriters And Art Directors

In the late 1950s, advertising legend Bill Bernbach came up with the idea of pairing art directors and copywriters into teams. The strategy worked and DDB ended up creating some of the most iconic work of that era. Since then, the art-copy team structure came into existence at most, if not all, agencies.

They may be working towards a common goal, but as a creative species, copywriters and art directors are not all that similar. Their differences are best highlighted on a Facebook page called CW Versus AD where Caio Pena (art director), Henrique Parada (art director) and Letícia Hanower (copywriter) share their cool, quirky illustrations on this subject. Check them out below.

1. The brush

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The brush

 

2. The file

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The file

 

3. What the client wants from them

Copywriter vs. Art Director: What the client wants from them

 

4. Starting from scratch

Copywriter vs. Art Director: Starting from scratch

 

5. The colors

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The colors

 

6. The software

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The software

 

7. Things that piss them off

Copywriter vs. Art Director: Things that piss them off

 

8. Back in the day

Copywriter vs. Art Director: Back in the day

 

9. The app

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The app
Shortyz Crosswords vs. Draw Something

 

10. The Moleskine

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The Moleskine

 

11. The books

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The books

 

12. How they know pop culture

Copywriter vs. Art Director: How they know pop culture

 

13. What time they leave work

Copywriter vs. Art Director: What time they leave work
(That’s 4:30 AM)

 

14. The social network

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The social network

 

15. The tattoo

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The tattoo

 

16. How they wish Happy Birthday

Copywriter vs. Art Director: How they wish Happy Birthday

 

17. What their moms think they do

Copywriter vs. Art Director: What their mom thinks they do

 

18. The tool

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The tool

 

19. When the text doesn’t fit the layout

Copywriter vs. Art Director: When the text doesn't fit the layout

 

20. The keyboard

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The keyboard

 

21. As they get older…

Copywriter vs. Art Director: As they get older

 

22. The dream pet

Copywriter vs. Art Director: The dream pet
(Finally something in common)

 

Also See:

Copywriter vs. Art Director vs. Developer
Copywriter vs. Art Director vs. Developer →

Our favourites: No. 7, 19 and 21. What about you? Share this post with your art/copy partner and voice your views in the comments below.

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