MIKE DOYLE
Distilled
COPYWRITER. ORIGINAL THINKER.
IPHONE PHOTOGRAPHER.
WORD ON THE STREET.
"A craftsman, and a gentleman. Someone who understands the human condition, and how to speak to those humans like friends. A quiet leader and a soulful writer, Mike is filled with simple answers to complex problems."
Damian Fraticelli
Creative Director, Writer
"Working as an art director with Mike, I learned some of the most valuable lessons anyone can learn as an advertising creative - lessons I've carried into other careers as well. Mike taught me that if you are passionate about your subject matter you will do great work, be happier and your clients will love you. Also that being kind to your clients and your employees will turn even the most challenging all nighters into fond memories. Of course, it doesn't hurt that he's an excellent writer with a quick wit, who knows how to speak to an audience as one of their own."
Heath Kraynak
Digital Compositor
Industrial Light & Magic
"You can always spot a Mike Doyle headline. He has the innate ability to distill a page full of words into copy that is powerful, emotionally resonant and often funny. He is quick to spot the creative gems, or forge them himself. Mike gave me my first advertising job and helped turn me from a junior art director into an Associate Creative Director over the course of six of the most creative fulfilling years of my career. His advertising instincts and strategic guidance have impacted me the rest of my career. Despite all that, he's one of the most humble people you'll ever meet.
David Swope
Associate Creative Director
at H&L Partners
Wolfe Doyle was the first agency I worked for in San Francisco. Mike was my first creative director, along with his business partner, Daniel Wolfe. I was at Wolfe Doyle for less than two years but, in that short time, Mike made me really fall in love with the writing side of advertising. He was so passionate about the words on a page and was such a great editor of those words. Throughout my career as an art director and designer I’ve always had excellent, lasting relationships with writers and a massive appreciation for every letter I’ve had to kern. There is no doubt I have Mike Doyle to thank for this.
Peter Judd
Creative Director
at Noise 13
Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken."
-Oscar Wilde
