Carol Cooper
Features Editor
carol.cooper@extremereach.comCarol 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.
Omega launches patriotic games for Paris
The watch brand marks its 31st participation as the Official Timekeeper of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024 with an impressive AI-powered campaign celebrating the French capital.
Hanumankind’s vertical video
The Bangalore rapper’s new promo sees the star laughing in the face of gravity at the Well of Death, a popular sideshow attraction at Indian carnivals.
Not your usual neighbourhood watch
Samsung launches its new Galaxy Watch Ultra with cool campaign outlining the extreme environments where an all-weather smart watch will outperform your run-of-the-mill timepiece.
Don’t get hopping mad, get Roojai
True to Thai advertising form, this engagingly batty campaign for the online insurance brand is short on logic, but big on fun in its depiction of the tenuous link between conflict resolution and large hopping marsupials.
Chris Bettig: The Way I See It
The French American sculptor/artist/designer and Creative Director of YouTube has produced an incredibly varied body of work, from designing Converse trainers, to turning a Spike Jonze film into a 3D space. He talks to shots about about dumpster diving in the name of art, recycling old bedsteads and rebranding Google.
Co-op receipts worth keeping
The supermarket chain’s innovative new campaign features a beautifully crafted stop-motion animation that cleverly reveals the store’s story via printed till receipts.
Winners of the 2024 Creative Circle Awards unveiled
Increasingly dubbed the UK's 'mini-Cannes', the fourth UK Creative Festival ended in spirited celebrations at Margate's iconic seaside venue Dreamland, with the 79th annual Creative Circle awards.
Andy Warhol’s absolut-ly fabulous alco-Pop Art
Absolut Vodka’s latest campaign launches a limited edition bottle that celebrates a rediscovered work by the Pop Art pioneer.
Café Joyeux sets sail for New York
This exquisite Cannes Lions-winning animation for the French non-profit chain of eateries celebrates the opening of its first US location and makes a moving plea for a more inclusive workforce.
BBC ships that pass in the night
Stop-motion director Joseph Wallace and Creative Director Yoav Segal have collaborated on a sweetly soporific stop-motion campaign for a hit podcast series based on The Shipping Forecast.
Krungsri’s quickfire comedies
Leo Burnett Thailand won a Film Lions Gold for this witty campaign for the financial brand’s rapid First Choice service.
The three-week three-time vote generator
Give An X Coalition, a youth-led, non-partisan voter registration drive, collaborated with Park Pictures to launch a remarkable campaign, Triple the Vote, in just 21 days.
Carol Cooper
Features Editor
carol.cooper@extremereach.com
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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