CONAL
“too easy”
WILSON

A professional in making shit look cool, Conal jumped head-first into advertising after getting kicked out of his 3D animation course for “thinking outside the box too much” and instantly fell in love with the industry.

Since 2020 he’s worked for a number of notable agencies; Colenso BBDO, Bastion Shine, DDB Aotearoa, DDB Sydney and Daylight.

Some mad skills he possesses:

  • Adobe suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After effects & InDesign

  • A range of musical instruments including Guitar, Drums, Keys and the common Banjolin

  • Music editing

  • Voiceover work

  • Writing in the third person

KARA
“PSYCHO”
GOUWS

Buy me a drink first.
Nah jokes, I’ll tell you a bit about me.

I love being a copywriter. It’s my literal dream job. And I totally agree with that quote that says something like “If you love what you do, you’ll get paid lots and lots!”

Where to start? Well, as an ad student I managed to get my foot into DDB’s door through an experiential internship at Mango. I had no clue what the job was, but I knew I wanted to work for NZ’s biggest agency. Plus, I figured my hardcore enthusiasm was all I needed to get me where I wanted to be.

And that’s where I’ve been for the last four years as a copywriter. Well it was DDB, until this year. Now it’s McCann.

I’ve learnt loads. Particularly how cool the people in this industry are. I didn’t expect to find so many life-long friends and to learn so much from them.

Now my mission is make work that gives all those friends major envy.