About Tal


You're here! This means you're interested in finding out a little more about me. That is humbling. Thanks!

Here's the thing. I love to write—except when it's about me.

The reality is, I prefer writing about toilet paper than I do about myself. 2-ply, 1-ply, it does not matter. I'll do it, and I'll love it. 

But since you're here, I will talk about myself because you're awesome and you're sorta interested. And that means everything.

My name is Tal Wagman, and I'm a writer from Toronto, Canada working here in the U.S. on a Green Card. 

Wow, right? Before the Green Card I was here on an 0-1 Visa which means a body of non-advertising government officials employed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Defense deemed little old ME a person of extraordinary ability—in the field of Advertising Copywriting. Or, they thought, "don't worry, this guy literally poses NO threat to the freedom and/or democracy of our great nation".

And to this day, they continue to be correct. Thanks DHS!


I'd also like to thank the following agencies and clients who have allowed me to work with them.

Behold: a list of agencies, clients and awards I hope you will recognize:
Freelance
(2019-Present) Disney (In-House), Grey Advertising (Modelo), Hinge (In-House), Curaleaf (In-House)

McKinney LA (2021-2022) Little Caesars, SamsungMobile

Zambezi (2017-2019) Vitaminwater, Beats, Venmo
Webby Winner, One Show-Silver and Bronze Pencil, Cannes-Shortlist x2

SaatchiLA (2014-2017) Toyota, NBCUniversal
Webby Nominee

Dare (2013-2014) Penguin Books, Coke Zero, NOS, Bailey's, Dentyne, John Frieda
Webby Nominee


TAXI
(2010-2013) Burger King, Mini, Koodo, Movember, The ADCC, TopCuts
Communication Arts


Saatchi Toronto 
(2008-2010) Toyota, CoverGirl, Buckley's, Gas-X, Wendy's
Cannes-Shortlist, Archive

Some of my work has been featured In:

New York Times, Vanity Fair, GQ, Complex, Vice, Buzzfeed, The New Yorker and way more. 

I'd like to thank the media for validating my contribution!

My final thought:

Before you go, I'd like to thank you again for being interested enough about me as a person and professional to have gotten to the very bottom of my About Me section. It says more about you than it does about me.