OH, DON'T USE BIG WORDS. 

THEY MEAN SO LITTLE.”  

Oscar Wilde


H

You need a copywriter.

Also someone for that video.

And the pitch deck.

And the employee magazine.

And that tender with the tight deadline.

In Dutch. Or English. Or both..

Hi. I'm Johan.

No blah blah.


PUBLIC SECTOR 

Awareness campaign that gets young people talking about contraception before they have sex. Low budget, huge ROI. Click to see more.


CAMPAIGNS …………………….

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From safe sex to city marketing. 

From lottery tickets to climate action. 

Disclaimer: I'm notoriously bad at keeping track of my own work. So if you're a client and you're not featured here: my apologies. It's not you, it's my digital archive.

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AWARDS & TRADE

How do you celebrate an Effie win?

With champagne. And an ad in the trade press.

FINANCE 

Banks, insurance, fintech. Campaigns that sell. Proposals that win.


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STAFFING & RECRUITMENT

Tenders that land. Videos that attract.

Helping the sector stand out.


HEALTHCARE

Hospitals, medical devices, pharma. Magazines, social, video, press. Complex stories made human.


Video afspelen

BIG FOUR & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Six years at PwC. Proposals, pitches, video, internal comms. I know the culture. I know the deadlines.


ENERGY

Market launches, websites, campaigns. From traditional to renewable. The sector keeps changing. So does the copy.


NON-PROFIT/CULTURAL 

Rode Kruis, Amnesty International, Poëziecentrum... When the cause matters more than the budget.


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LOTTERY & GAMING 

Campaigns that sell the dream. Click and win (just kidding).


CITY MARKETING 

Activation campaign to get locals excited about a greener city. Click to see more. 

AUTOMOTIVE 

Lots of mileage in this one. Campaigns for car brands and mobility clients. Fast and sharp.

EDUCATION 

Campaign to convince students and career switchers to choose HOGENT. Their parents still thank me.





Manifesto for the University Fund of KU Leuven. High stakes, tight lines, zero fluff. Every word under the microscope. And it still had to flow.

REAL ESTATE

Ads and brochures for real estate projects. Also help me pay off my house, so there’s that.

CRYPTO & FINTECH

New money, new language. Same need for clarity.

INDUSTRIAL 

Corporate, internal and external campaigns for a global building materials group. Helmet required while working.

FASHION AND RETAIL

Campaigns for the once iconic catalogue brand.

Affordable fashion on paper, before online took over.


 



RELIGION & OPINION

Activation campaign for a Christian opinion magazine. Direct line to Rome, and copy that moves heaven and earth. Blessed be the brief.




 



MOBILITY & SAFETY

Traffic safety campaign for the greatest city in Belgium. (Yes, that one.) 


 



REBRANDING

Relaunch campaign for a bold magazine that wanted to ditch its babe image. More brains, less bikinis

FOOD & FMCG

Making Craquinettes van Craqoutte crackle.

On radio.


 



Activation campaign built around the iconic sugar man — star of countless sweet TV spots for Sucre Tirlemont. Hard sugar, soft nostalgia.



Video afspelen

TECH & DIGITAL

Remember when "googling" still needed explaining?

I wrote those ads.


 



Radio and TV commercials to sell internet. Back when that was still a thing.



Video afspelen
Video afspelen

CASE VIDEOS

How do you win an Effie Audience Award? Make them laugh. Then make your point. 



“WRITING IS EASY.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CROSS OUT THE WRONG WORDS.”

Mark Twain 

TAGLINES ………………………..

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Wij maken alle oren blij

Lapperre


Bla bla bla en dan pas boem boem boem

Veilig vrijen

A few favourites from over the years. One of them — 

“Bla bla, boem boem" — went viral before viral was a thing. Still quoted, twisted, stolen and squeezed into dictionaries more than two decades later. Not bad for seven words.

Words have power. Especially when they explode.

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Als je kan tellen,

kan je winnen

21 (Nationale Loterij)


't Is schoon wat we samen doen voor onze toekomst

#VANRSL

Klimaatswitch


Doe je mond open 

voor je sekst

Veilig vrijen


Positieve energie

Nuon


Licht ze uit het donker

Amnesty International


Wat dichters schrijven willen wij laten lezen

Poëziecentrum


Vind u één ook zo weinig?

Baraka (Nationale Loterij)


Prettig parkeren

Q-Park


Elk karakter vindt er 

zich in terug

3 Suisses


Denk ruim

Cera Bank

Ocean Fund

Let’s rule the waves

“THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON

IN THE WORLD IS THE STORYTELLER.”

— Steve Jobs

Video afspelen

WORKID

VIDEO & MOTION……………….

.

How do you make people stop scrolling? Some say it's the hardest brief. I just hit play.

I write it. I shoot it — if needed. I edit it. A one-stop shop for video content that actually gets watched. Mostly stock footage, always a sharp script. Because motion without message is just noise.

Low budget, high impact. No snoozefest.

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Video afspelen

ACERTA

Video afspelen

PWC

Video afspelen
Video afspelen



I make a lot of videos and animated posts for myself. To try things out. To stay sharp. To practice what I preach.

If it works for my brand, it'll work for yours.

Video afspelen
Video afspelen
Video afspelen
Video afspelen
Video afspelen
Video afspelen

“TIME IS LONG, BUT LIFE IS SHORT.” 

Stevie Wonder

LONG COPY……………….

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Yes, I write long copy too. 

Websites, apps, newspapers, magazines. Leaflets, brochures, white papers, playbooks, proposals, scripts, manifestos, presentations, in-store copy, press releases, speeches - you name it.

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“I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE 

A SHORT LETTER, SO I WROTE

A LONG ONE.” 

Blaise Pascal

PROPOSALS & TENDERS…..…

.

Six years at PwC taught me this: compliant is the minimum. Persuasive wins. Same rules apply for international staffing tenders.

High stakes. Tight deadlines. That's how I like it.

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“AI CAN BEAT ME AT CHESS,

BUT NOT AT POKER. 

Richard Feynman 

HOW I WORK…..………………..

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Got something to say? Let's make it hit harder.

.

You have an idea? I'll shape it, write it, make it work.

You have a draft? I'll make it tighter, clearer, sharper.

You have an AI draft? I'll make it human.

No idea at all? Even better. Let's create one.

Need video or animated posts? I do that too. Low budget, high impact...

I deliver on time. I pick up the phone. I don't do endless feedback rounds about commas. Simple.

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INDUSTRIES..…..………………..

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“AI SPECIALIZATION IS FOR INSECTS. 

Robert A. Heinlein 

Automotive • Finance • Healthcare • Energy • Food & Drink • Government • Retail • Tech • Non-profit • Industrial • Media • Real Estate • Staffing • And more

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JUDGE A MAN BY HIS QUESTIONS RATHER THAN BY HIS ANSWERS.

Duc de Lévis

FAQ…..……………………………

.

Do you need a copywriter?

If you want words that work, yes. If generic is fine, no.


Can't AI do this?

AI writes. I think. There's a difference.

But if you've got AI-drafted text that feels off, I can fix that too.


What's different?

I write. I do video. And I deliver on time. Rare combo, apparently.


How fast?

Fast. Deadlines don't scare me.


What if it's not right?

We talk. I fix. But that rarely happens.


Languages?

Dutch, English, and translation from French.


How does this work?

You call. We talk. No two-hour intake. Just a conversation. Email works too. 

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“THE SECRET OF GETTING AHEAD IS GETTING STARTED.” 

- Certainly not a quote from 

Einstein

CONTACT…..…………………….

.

Let's talk.

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+32 475 95 59 36 

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johan.dewitte@telenet.be

.

No forms. No chatbots. Just me.

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