Zoe Martin

Responsibilities:
Concepts, copywriting (straplines to feature-length copy), directing radio/TV, managing team of freelance writers on large-scale web projects.

Achievements:
• Won IPA Chairman’s Award for Age Concern Scotland campaign – work featured on GMTV and ITV News
• Shortlisted for BBC Scotland Writes 2009
• Worked in Los Angeles for David Duchovny’s Management Agency
• Runs the lifestyle/design blog Conversation Pieces

Awards:
• 2 daggers and 8 nominations at the Scottish Advertising Awards
• Commended for Best Copywriting at the Scottish Advertising Awards 2009
• Roses Award for Scotsman Publications
• IPA Best of Health Award for mental ill health charity See Me
• 2 IPA Effectiveness Awards

Work:
• Concepts won Scottish and Southern Energy, UK’s 35th biggest company
• Wrote/directed See Me’s first young person’s campaign – shown on
Channel 4 and MTV
• Wrote the winning work for VoteScotland account – worth £2.7m
• Managed 600 page re-write of a National Australia Bank Group website

Writing:
• Won place on Tom Pow Creative Writing Course
• Wrote feature film – attracted interest from Pathé and Universal
• Writing full-length novel, Darkest Dreaming

Experience:
• Worked for Channel 4’s IDEASFACTORY as a Features Writer
• Worked for Edinburgh International Film Festival

Qualifications:
MA (Hons) in English Literature and Language

Skills:
InDesign, WordPress, Photoshop, Microsoft Office (Word, PPT etc)

Background:
Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, and hasn’t been back since. Always wanted to write (except in 1992 when a brief stint in panto fostered a love of theatre and acting). Studied at the University of Glasgow and at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Has been a vegetarian for nearly 10 years – doesn’t miss bacon but does miss marshmallows.

Interests:
Ashtanga yoga, forensic science (studied introductory course at Edinburgh University), interior design, sourcing vintage clothing, graphic novels, Studio Ghibli films, running (or trying to).

Super-power:
Electric shocks (can somehow build up lots of static energy)

Favourite Brands:
Threadless, Tatty Devine, Sailor Jerry

Music:
The Dears, Nouvelle Vague, Radiohead, Elbow, Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire

Movies:
Buffalo Soldiers, Pulp Fiction, Wonder Boys, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Man of the Year

TV:
Nip/Tuck, Doctor Who, Black Books, Mighty Boosh

Books:
If This Is A Man by Primo Levi. The Handmaiden’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

Quotes:
“In memory everything seems to happen to music.” Tennessee Williams

Vice:
Art deco mirrors