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.
Bonobo’s trippy train trip
The trip-hop musician/DJ shares his latest single, ATK, with a mesmerising video that captures the wonder of a world whizzing by from the window of a train.
The Co-op decries dirty money
The Bank's new spot calls on consumers to withdraw their cash from banks that finance climate change.
Farfetch’s sumptuous September launch
Director Fenn O’Meally teams up with the British-Portuguese online luxury fashion retailer to create a luscious film launching this season’s collection.
Project Everyone’s planet-saving reminders
The not-for-profit set up by Richard Curtis to promote the UN’s 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development releases a powerful spot urging world leaders to stick to their targets before it's too late.
Obongjayar gets mouthy
The London-based Nigerian singer releases a spectacularly odd promo for his track Sugar featuring wandering lip-syncing lips.
IKEA’s unforgotten furnishings
The homeware retailer promotes its second-hand stores with a moving, melancholic film about furniture that doesn’t have to fade away.
March Fourth’s disarming call to arms
This provocative PSA for the anti-gun pressure group proves there is no good reason for people not to join tomorrow’s protest march in Washington to ban assault weapons.
Nestlé’s magnified milkmaid
Ogilvy Paris uses AI to extend its 25-year ad platform for the French brand’s yogurt and dessert product, La Laitière (The Milkmaid).
ZenBusiness champions mumpreneurs
The small-business support platform launches a punchy spot that empowers mothers to access their many strengths and re-enter the workforce.
Betano’s true colours
Announcing the sports betting brand’s sponsorship and partnership deals with three Portuguese football teams, this trio of ads display a masterful use of colour.
Passion directors work miracles for SK-II
The skincare brand’s Pitera line launches with five exquisite films from four different directors.
Vodka Cruiser suggests solo cruising
The antipodean drinks brand celebrates female masturbation in a new collaboration with Aussie pop icons The Veronicas.
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.
Work, Craft, Profiles, Insight