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Carol Cooper

Carol Cooper

Features Editor

Carol has been writing for shots for over 11 years and, in the role of Features Editor, adds to her workload of articles and profiles with regular Work postings.

4th Oct 2024 Work
Piraeus and Visa’s winning formula

Piraeus and Visa’s winning formula

This enjoyably bonkers spot conflates two disparate experiences – a supermarket trolly dash and Formula One racing.

4th Oct 2024 Work
Wayne’s world view

Wayne’s world view

This short doc made in collaboration with director Tom Sweetland, Café Art and the MYLONDON project focuses on Wayne Chin, a homeless man whose life has been turned around by photography.

2nd Oct 2024 Work
Kobayashi’s curriculum vitAI

Kobayashi’s curriculum vitAI

Director Kobayashi has joined forces with the bots to co-create a comprehensive summation of his work and career delivered by two uncannily anthropomorphic avatars.

2nd Oct 2024 Work
Yoto plays it by ear

Yoto plays it by ear

The children's audio tech brand launches its first global TV campaign with a totally end-ear-ing film.

1st Oct 2024 Work
Proximus’s predatory parkouring men in white

Proximus’s predatory parkouring men in white

The digital service provider releases a visually striking spot featuring cyber threats personified as sinister dudes in pursuit of a hapless internet surfer.

20th Sep 2024 Work
Disfreq rears its ugly heads

Disfreq rears its ugly heads

The Irish electro-techno duo drops the video for their new EP Turbo – a nightmarish study of diabolically distorted heads and bodies.

10th Sep 2024 Work
Sam and David Cutler-Kreutz's ICE cold drama

Sam and David Cutler-Kreutz's ICE cold drama

This brilliant, agonising drama from the OB42 duo exposes the inhuman practices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, through the tale of a family torn apart by an unjust system.

6th Sep 2024 Work
Big Yellow Self Storage’s spousal streamlining service

Big Yellow Self Storage’s spousal streamlining service

Spindle director LIAKH has created a droll spec ad for the storehouse chain that tackles the issue of relationship 'de-cluttering' and how to offload surplus marital baggage.

5th Sep 2024 Work
Lancôme’s artistic Triomphe

Lancôme’s artistic Triomphe

Director Damien Chazelle elevates actor Julia Roberts to new heights in this classy spot launching the beauty brand’s new scent La Vie Est Belle L’Elixir.

4th Sep 2024 Work
Nando’s red letter day

Nando’s red letter day

The fast food chain promotes its peri flavoured condiment with a zesty campaign created by New Commercial Arts.

3rd Sep 2024 Work
The National Grid plugs new power options

The National Grid plugs new power options

This spot for the UK's largest electricity distribution network announces The Great Grid Upgrade's move to renewable energy with a quaint story about outsized electricals.

30th Aug 2024 Work
Duke’s duo has a mayoverlous time

Duke’s duo has a mayoverlous time

This ridiculously jolly spot for the mayonnaise brand follows the antics of two office workers who love spreading the joy of the popular eggy spread.

Carol Cooper

Carol Cooper
Features Editor

For 11 storm-tossed years now, Carol’s been lurking in the hold of the great ship shots, churning out in-depth features, country profiles and interviews with such heroes as Frank Budgen and David Droga.

Variously known as shots’ sub-editor, contributing editor and ma’am, Carol helps produce shots magazine, curates and posts loveliness to shots.net, generally swabs the decks and has been known spend up to 12 hours tussling with one single marine metaphor.

Prior to, and alongside, shots, she has worked for a staggering variety of consumer titles, writing stuff ranging from e-sports analysis for Broadcast, to saucy nonsense for Nuts. 

Carol is also a playwright and loves shots more than words can wield the matter.

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