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.

Work
15th Jun 2026
Puma tugs at Portugal's shirt strings

Puma tugs at Portugal's shirt strings

The sports brand’s captures Portugal’s passion for its national football team and kit, referencing an amusing media moment where a politician got a bit 'shirty' about José Mourinho.

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11th Jun 2026
Portugal counts its Betclic blessings

Portugal counts its Betclic blessings

The gaming platform celebrates becoming Official Partner of the Portuguese Football Federation with a jaunty spot musing on Portugal’s good footballing fortune.

Work
11th Jun 2026
Nespresso’s climate-smart cuppa Joe

Nespresso’s climate-smart cuppa Joe

The coffee brand releases a fascinating short supporting the award-winning documentary Groundswell, that explores the regenerative agriculture that could save the planet.

Work
10th Jun 2026
New York Lottery hits the daydream jackpot

New York Lottery hits the daydream jackpot

The Lottery's new integrated campaign takes a fanciful look at all the fantasies one could turn to reality thanks to a big win.

Work
9th Jun 2026
The Guardian explores childhoods on hold

The Guardian explores childhoods on hold

Commissioned by Guardian Documentaries and produced by Uncommon Creative Studio, this affecting new film reveals the reality for young carers in Britain.

Work
9th Jun 2026
Oranje finds the threads that bind

Oranje finds the threads that bind

Nike, Dutch streetwear brand Patta and the Dutch football team celebrate unity in the launch of X2 capsule collection.

Work
8th Jun 2026
Cassius’s Dance On the wild side

Cassius’s Dance On the wild side

Directing duo Mrzyk & Moriceau bring their signature retro 60s psychedelic style to a rediscovered track by the French electronic duo.

Work
4th Jun 2026
Apple’s on the wrong trackers

Apple’s on the wrong trackers

The tech company launches a fun film that personifies data trackers as clingy, silver-clad imps with insecure attachment disorder.

Work
2nd Jun 2026
Banking on borrowed time

Banking on borrowed time

Martin De Thurah directs an amusing spot for Wealthsimple, showing the literal collapse of outdated modes of money management.

Work
2nd Jun 2026
Moëhr than a bellhop

Moëhr than a bellhop

This charming film for the fragrance brand features a free-running hotel worker on a mission.

Work
1st Jun 2026
Palace and Rizla roll up together

Palace and Rizla roll up together

Director Adam Todhunter has helmed a zesty spot promoting the unlikely, and achingly cool, fashion collaboration between Palace skateboards and the purveyor of fine cigarette papers.

Work
28th May 2026
Greenpeace slaps back at big oil bullies

Greenpeace slaps back at big oil bullies

Javier Bardem and Yasmin Finney appear in a chilling film for the environmental organisation that dramatises the threat of abusive SLAPP lawsuits.

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, 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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