ABOUT ME

Name: Elliot De Wit

Name Fact: I was named after the kid in the movie E.T.

Family: Wife - Jess, Son - Josiah

Residence: Visalia, CA

Hobbies: Playing bass guitar, golfing, and watching sports.

Top 5 CliftonStrengths:   Communication, Positivity, Woo, Responsibility, Strategic.

FAVORITES

Books: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown, Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, The Idea Writers by Teressa Iezzi, Originals by Adam Grant, Think Again by Adam Grant, When by Daniel H. Pink,   Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell, Everybody, Always by Bob Goff,   All About Me! by Mel Brooks, The Storyteller by Dave Grohl.

Podcasts:  Freakonomics Radio, Song Exploder, Smartless, The Daily, Broken Record.

Movies: The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Young Frankenstein, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Anchorman, Bella.

TV Shows: Arrested Development, Seinfeld, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, This Is Us, Stranger Things, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.

Bands: Manchester Orchestra, Brand New, Say Anything, Bayside, Dustin Kensrue, Hall & Oates, Johnny Cash.

Comedians: Mitch Hedberg, Mike Birbiglia, Brian Regan, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, Nate Bargatze.

Sports Teams: Iowa Hawkeyes, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Lions

Thomas Edison. Eli Whitney. Elliot De Wit?

While I may not be as much of a household name as Edison or Whitney, we do have one thing in common, invention. Rob Reilly (co-chief creative officer at Crispin Porter+Bogusky) once said, "We're in the business of invention. Copywriters are inventors."

Inventing something isn't easy, it takes the ability to know what you want to do and keep working towards it, even though you may have failed in the past. Whether you're creating a revolutionary product like the light bulb (or cotton gin, no offense Eli), or creating a marketing campaign, you can't be afraid to think outside the box.

ELLIOT DE WIT 

CREATIVE/COPYWRITING