About Jonathan Kranz

Today, I enjoy the confidence of numerous marketing and advertising agencies, but unlike most independent copywriters, my career didn't begin with them. Instead, I had stints as a follow-spot operator in a regional theater, a park ranger on an allegedly haunted island in Boston Harbor, and as a summarizer of documents in large-scale litigations (think: Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener).

After completing my MFA in Creative Writing in 1995 (and publishing a number of short stories in literary journals such as the Missouri Review and the Green Mountains Review), I leap-frogged agency life and jumped into freelancing with both feet. Since then, I've written a huge stack of advertising, direct marketing, and public relations materials for consumer and B2B clients in financial services, banking, insurance, high-tech, healthcare, education, and other industries. I don't enter award shows myself, but my clients have submitted material, with my copy, that has won a number of honors, including the 2004 New England Direct Marketing Association's Awards for Creative Excellence “Best of Show” gold medal.

On the side, I've written columns for local newspapers and have been a guest essayist on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. My radio commentaries include: Bricks and Metaphor, Signs, Some Better Ideas, Lawn Care, and Failed Artist. I've taught writing courses at Harvard University Extension School, Emerson College and Northeastern University, and I sit on the board of directors of Notre Dame High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

I live in Melrose, Massachusetts with my wife, Eileen; two daughters, Rebecca and Anastasia; and a vast collection of LP records.

Jonathan Kranz
Kranz Communications
Ph: (781) 620-1154

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