Conall O'Brien

Stock Footage & Video Researcher

My Work Printer friendly CV

I am a freelance visual researcher & treatment designer/writer who started in the industry as a creative assistant at Rattling Stick where I assisted the in-house creative team in designing/writing treatments, sourcing reference gifs & images & working closely with the New Business department to design brand materials. I also undertook many creative writing tasks, working with director’s such as Daniel Kleinman, Sara Dunlop & Andy McLeod to finesse copy for treatments & bios.

Since leaving Rattling Stick in 2020 I have gone on to work on commercial pitch decks for production companies such as Nexus Studios, Smuggler, Somesuch & many more. I have also worked across Film & TV on long form documentary & drama materials for clients such as Netflix & BBC.

Work History

Company Role

Freelance Creative

Redwood BBDO

Footage Researcher

R/GA

Image & Video Researcher

Rattling Stick

Creative Assistant

TV Commercials / Branded Content

Date Prod Co / Agency Brand / Title Type Director Producer Role Vimeo / Youtube Link

2024 - May

Pulse

TNT

Ludovic Gontrand

Tom Laurence

Archive Researcher

N/A

2023 - Dec

Girl & Bear

The National Lottery

Luc Rëso Janin

Sam Breen

Visual Researcher & Treatment Designer

N/A

2023 - Oct

BearJam

NBCU

James Hilditch

Tristan Harrison

Visual Researcher & Treatment Designer

N/A

2023 - Aug

Missing Link Films

Aston Martin

Alessandro Pacciani

Heather Link

Visual Researcher & Treatment Designer

N/A

2023 - Jul

Chatterbox / BBC

Ashley Cain 'Fearless'

Documentary

Nav Raman, Ellie Sabine-Singh, Ali Quirk

Visual Researcher & Treatment Designer

N/A

2023 - May

Silver Reel

Robin and the Hood

Pitch Trailer

Phil Hawkins

Claudia Bluemhuber

Footage Researcher

N/A

2023 - Jan

Alumina Studios

Velo x McLaren

Hannah Wardle / Leah Thompson

Amy Jackson

Visual Researcher & Treatment Designer

N/A

2023 - Jan

Toast TV

Asahi x Man City

Jacques Salmon

Aaron Aziz

Image/Clip Researcher & Treatment Designer

N/A

2022 - Dec

Lammas Park

UEFA/Enterprise

Jade Ang Jackman

Mia Powell

Image/Clip Researcher & Treatment Designer

N/A

2022 - Nov

R/GA

Youtube Shorts

Mariana Conde Grant, Nadia Khiavi, Tylie Cox, Ashley Cohen, David Welch

Image & Clip Researcher

N/A

2022 - Jul

OTO Film / DDB

McCafe

Creative Researcher

N/A

2022 - May

OTO Film

Lemsip

Creative Researcher

N/A

2022 - May

Prodigious / Saatchi & Saatchi

Neom

Footage Researcher

N/A

2022 - May

OTO Film / McCann NY

Delsym

N/A

Creative Researcher

N/A

2022 - May

OTO Film / McCann NY

Lysol

N/A

Creative Researcher

N/A

2022 - Apr

Prodigious

EE

Footage Researcher

N/A

2022 - Apr

Redwood BBDO

Youtube/Google

Content/Footage Researcher

N/A

2022 - Apr

OTO Film

VEET

N/A

Creative Researcher

N/A

2022 - Apr

OTO Film

Finish/Bosch

N/A

Creative Researcher

N/A

2022 - Mar

Passion Animation

Apex Legends

Yibi Hu

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2022 - Mar

Passion Animation

Party Animals

Kyra & Constantin

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2022 - Mar

Passion Animation

Biotherm x Avatar

Tulips & Chimneys

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2022 - Mar

Passion Animation

FSC

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2022 - Mar

OTO Film

Finish

N/A

Creative Researcher

N/A

2022 - Feb

Passion Animation

Pfizer

Andy Martin

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2022 - Feb

OTO Film

Airwick

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2022 - Jan

Passion Animation

Doptelet

Megacomputeur

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Dec

Passion Animation

Great Western Railway

Mark Waring

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Dec

Waste Creative

Toon Blast

N/A

Stock Footage Researcher

N/A

2021 - Dec

OTO Film

T-Mobile

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2021 - Nov

OTO Film

IKEA

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2021 - Nov

OTO Film

Captain Jack

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2021 - Nov

OTO Film

Nurofen

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2021 - Nov

Spec Treatment

Colgate

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Oct

OTO Film

DesTop

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2021 - Oct

Spec Treatment

ASDA

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Sep

OTO Film

Calgon

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2021 - Sep

OTO Film

Guardium

N/A

Director Researcher

N/A

2021 - Aug

Strange Beast

BFI

Anna Ginsbourg

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Aug

Strange Beast

BFI

Laura Jayne Hodkin

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Aug

Strange Beast

BFI

Ivyy Chen

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Jul

Passion Animation

Erste

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Jul

Passion Animation

TopCashback

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Jun

Passion Animation & Strange Beast

Miral

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Jun

Passion Animation

B&Q

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Jun

Passion Animation

XGEVA

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2021 - Apr

Passion Animation

All Eco

N/A

Visual Researcher / Treatment Designer

N/A

2019 - Nov

Rattling Stick

Costa

TVC

Henry Busby

Kelly Spacey

Research & Design Assistant

N/A

2019 - Aug

Rattling Stick

Fuji Instax

TVC

Sara Dunlop

Tess Mitchell

Research & Design Assistant

play clip

2019 - Jul

Rattling Stick

Save The Children

TVC

Sara Dunlop

Tess Mitchell

Research & Design Assistant

play clip

2019 - Jun

Rattling Stick

BBC Ru Paul's Drag Race

TVC

Jack Whiteley

Kelly Spacey

Research & Design Assistant

play clip

2019 - Jun

Rattling Stick

Axe/Lynx

TVC

Andy McLeod

Stuart Bentham

Research & Design Assistant

play clip

2019 - May

Rattling Stick

Anna of the North 'Thank Me Later'

Harry Barber

Research Assistant

N/A

2019 - May

Rattling Stick

Google

TVC

Jack Whiteley

Kelly Spacey

Research & Design Assistant

play clip

2019 - Apr

Rattling Stick

Aldous Harding 'Fixture Picture'

Jack Whiteley

Research Assistant

N/A

2019 - Apr

Rattling Stick

Temples 'Hot Motion'

Dan Kleinman

Research Assistant

N/A

2019 - Mar

Rattling Stick

Dave 'Black'

Nathan Tettey

Research Assistant

N/A

2019 - Mar

Rattling Stick

Cadbury

TVC

Sara Dunlop

Polly Ruskin

Research & Design Assistant

play clip

Music Videos

Date Prod Co Artist / Title Director Producer Role Vimeo / Youtube Link

2019 - May

Rattling Stick

Anna Of The North 'Thank Me Later'

Harry Barber

Kelly Spacey

Research Assistant

N/A

2019 - May

Rattling Stick

Anna Of The North 'Thank Me Later'

Harry Barber

Kelly Spacey

Research Assistant

play clip

2019 - Apr

Rattling Stick

Temples 'Hot Motion'

Dan Kleinman

Chanel Parkinson

Research Assistant

play clip

2019 - Mar

Rattling Stick

Aldous Harding 'Fixture Picture'

Jack Whiteley

Chanel Parkinson

Research Assistant

play clip

2019 - Feb

Rattling Stick

Dave 'Black'

Nathan Tettey

Kelly Spacey

Research Assistant

play clip

Education

  • FILMMAKING & HISTORY OF ART | 2014 - 2017 KINGSTON UNIVERSITY (KINGSTON SCHOOL OF ART) BA (Hons) First Class Degree.

Genres Worked in

  • Sports
  • Cars
  • Comedy
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Food
  • Gaming
  • Mobile Phone
  • Photography
  • Music Video
  • Documentary
  • Household
  • Luxury
  • Supermarket
  • Electronics
  • Health/Medical
  • Retail
  • Charity
  • Film
  • TV
  • Furniture
  • Financial
  • Travel
  • Animation

Technical Skills

  • Final Cut Pro - Intermediate
  • AVID - Basic
  • Premier Pro - Advanced
  • After Effects - Basic
  • Photoshop - Advanced
  • InDesign - Advanced
  • Pitch
  • AI
  • Keynote
  • Microsoft Office
  • Dropbox
  • Wiredrive
  • Wordpress
  • Adobe Audition
  • Illustrator & Media Encoder

Additional Skills

  • Treatment Writing/Designing
  • Sourcing Images/Props/Locations/Equipment
  • Mood Films
  • Sizzle Reels
  • Website & Reel Maintenance
  • PR Materials
  • Scriptwriting & Development
  • Copywriting
  • Proofreading
  • Social Media Management
  • Communications and liaison with clients & members of the public
  • Reception & administration