jakepreilly

Hi there, I’m Jake.

I make things for brands.
Or just for my own amusement.
I’ve written raps for Bleacher Report,
Hacked doorbell cameras for Reebok,
Convinced Allstate to commit a felony,
And forced Audi to give up car porn.
I put myself through opioid withdrawal.
Invented a place called ‘Sucktown’,
And made grown men act like dinosaurs.
My work graces the front page of Reddit,
The permanent collection at MOMA,
And the back of Earl Morris’ interrotron;
Receiving Vimeo ‘Staff Picks’,
Titanium Lions at Cannes,
And Webby Special Achievements.
I tend to fully commit to big ideas,
Search for humanity above all,
And be unafraid of the unsolvable.
There’s probably more to say,
But if we’re being honest,
No one likes a writer
Who can’t craft 
To a space. 

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jakepreilly@gmail.com
303-910-4628
Mark

CLIENT: Personal 

In 2011, I decided to live for 90 days without technology. No cell phone. No email. No internet. And no TV. Aside from being the most blissful three months of my life, it also ended up being an amazing career move. My story - and the incredibly cringe-worthy video I made about the experience - got picked up by the popular press and then a recruiter at Leo Burnett Chicago inexplicabally offered me my first job in advertising.



Recognition: The video racked up 5 million views online, with coverage from The Today Show, The Tonight Show, GMA, Ellen, USA Today, CNN, Yahoo!, and 20+ additional press outlets. Plus, for some insane reason, an executive at Sony Screen Gems called and asked me to sell them the rights to, and write a screenplay treatment about my story. Which, of course, is still sitting on a shelf collecting dust somehwere.