Conall O'Brien

Stock Footage & Video Researcher

Also available as a:
In-house Runner
Edit Assistant
Image Researcher
Treatment Designer
Treatment Writer

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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
2019 - Jul	Rattling Stick	Save The Children	TVC	Sara Dunlop	Tess Mitchell	Research & Design Assistant
2019 - Jun	Rattling Stick	BBC Ru Paul's Drag Race	TVC	Jack Whiteley	Kelly Spacey	Research & Design Assistant
2019 - Jun	Rattling Stick	Axe/Lynx	TVC	Andy McLeod	Stuart Bentham	Research & Design Assistant
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
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

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
2019 - Apr	Rattling Stick	Temples 'Hot Motion'	Dan Kleinman	Chanel Parkinson	Research Assistant
2019 - Mar	Rattling Stick	Aldous Harding 'Fixture Picture'	Jack Whiteley	Chanel Parkinson	Research Assistant
2019 - Feb	Rattling Stick	Dave 'Black'	Nathan Tettey	Kelly Spacey	Research Assistant

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