Job title:
Senior Copywriter.

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?:
A writer – who wrote books about wolves. I suspect this comes from owning a Ladybird copy of The Hound of Baskervilles at an impressionable age (and also a complete missing understanding of what the ‘hounds’ actually were).

Favourite retro advert?:
The Milk Tray ads. I was a huge fan of James Bond when I was little so these really appealed to me. Never seemed odd that a polo-necked man would go to so much effort to deliver a £2 box of chocolates though.

What would your super power be?:
To pause time.

What’s your guilty pleasure?:
A Hendrick’s gin and tonic with cucumber. I could also eat veg sushi until I burst.

What item could you not live without?:
Green tea. (It’s not meant to be addictive but it is.)

Describe your perfect Sunday:
Brunch at Urban Angel, a stomp around the charity shops in Stockbridge, a walk along the Water of Leith to the Modern Art Gallery, dinner at David Bann followed by a blueberry soup cocktail or two at Bramble.

What’s your Tory name?:
Margaret Evelyn Agnew.

And now for the serious bit…

Responsibilities:
Concepts, print/online copywriting (from straplines to feature-length copy) and directing radio/TV.

Experience:
Chosen as one of ‘the city’s most promising creative minds’ for an Edinburgh campaign, Zoë is an award-winning copywriter, writer and blogger. She’s also the Scottish correspondent for Stylist Magazine’s Emerald Street. Before joining The Gate, she’s worked in LA for an actor’s management agency, for Channel 4′s IDEASFACTORY and at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2009, she was shortlisted for BBC Scotland Writes in 2009. Her first short film, shot by the BBC, was completed in 2011.

Awards:
Best Advertising Strategy at the Scottish Creative Awards 2011
Chairman’s Prize and Best Product Launch at The Drum Marketing Awards 2011
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

Qualifications:
MA (Hons) in English Literature and Language.