Top copywriter
Jonathan Careless, Taxi
Copywriter
Attendance
Always first into the office. The fact that you don’t have to pay the parking guy if you beat him in is purely coincidental.
Most embarrassing moment
Getting rear-ended on the Gardiner Expressway after pulling over to admire first-ever Mini billboard.
Second most embarrassing moment
Told the story to the Mini client and they wondered what he was doing driving a Volkswagen.
Accomplishments
CA, Michael O’Reilly Copywriting Award and Cannes Young Creative.
Weakness
Last name.
Principal’s comments
Mr. Careless has had a fantastic sophomore year at Taxi. Having a slightly receding hairline hasn’t hurt one bit.
(All Taxi yearbook entries provided by president and co-founder Paul Lavoie.)
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