Hi! My name’s Nicola or Nic. I’ve been working in advertising at top London agencies since 2015 and in production-specific roles since 2017. I moved to Australia in February 2025 and I’m now based in Perth actively looking for production work in Advertising/Film/TV/Documentary :) more stuff below…

Most Recently
I was a full-time Producer at Brave Spark, a creative agency with its own in-house production arm based in London since 2023, where I primarily lead their ATL advertising campaigns from pre-production, production, and delivery. I’ve worked on a wide array of shoots with budgets from £10K to £200K.

A few examples of my work include…
A James Bond pastiche ATL campaign filmed in Cyprus called “License to Chill” with the fabulous Mary-Sue Masson (Director) and Matthew J Smith (DOP).
A punchy ATL campaign for a UK charity pushing for diversity and inclusivity on screen called “Face for Radio” with award-winning photographer Stephanie Sian Smith.
A cheesy cheese TVC campaign filmed in the Netherlands with foodie director Mike Matthews at Lukkien Studios.
A UK bank’s biggest brand campaign called “Better to Belong” shooting a library of still and video assets for print, online/social, and OOH.

Back Story
I started at RKCR/Y&R as New Business & Marketing Manager, where I worked on various pitches and pitch material including two winning briefs for Premier League and Chanel.
I went on to work for the in-house production arm of Adam&EveDDB, Omnicom Production (or previously known as Cain&AbelDDB), as a Post-Producer and worked on various campaigns and pitches for PlayStation, John Lewis, Bank of Scotland, Marmite, Hey Girls, producing offline, online, or pure VFX video assets.
I then spent time being a freelance Agency Producer for McCann Demand & CraftWW, where I co-produced integrated campaigns across print, social and TV for Qatar Airways ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Make Every Journey Exceptional’ and a global versioning campaign for Microsoft Windows 11. I also freelanced direct to client at M&S Food on Christmas 2022 & Valentines Day 2023.

Certifications & Trainings
Economics & Politics (2:1) Leeds University
APA Masterclass, Virtual Production APA, AdGreen, Production Lite IPA
Basic level Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro

Reach me. nicjshanks@gmail.com