Alastair Cotterill

Alastair Cotterill

Creative product lead - WhatsAppUnited Kingdom
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Alastair Cotterill

Alastair Cotterill

Creative product lead - WhatsAppUnited Kingdom
About me
Hi, I'm Al. I try and put creativity at the heart of advertising on tech platforms, and help turn those platforms into highly valuable businesses. I'm current doing this for WhatsApp having previously worked on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and before that agencies.
Projects
  • Interactive AR mural @ SXSW
    Interactive AR mural @ SXSWTeaming up with non-profit organizations HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere), Out Youth, Yes Mentoring and Todos Juntos, we created a large-scale mural in downtown Austin that brings multiple art pieces to life using Facebook's Spark AR.
  • Right the Ratio
    Right the Ratio
  • Creating for Pinterest with Pin Collective
    Creating for Pinterest with Pin Collective
  • Bose - Facebook / Scene Unseen
    Bose - Facebook / Scene UnseenWorking with Bose, Spotify and Vice, we helped create a video series with a production budget much larger than typical for online video at the time. Each partner played to their strengths—with content informed by Spotify data, told through the lens of Vice and distributed through Facebook’s News Feed sequentially based on engagement. Teasers for the series ran in the News Feed, and viewers who watched enough of the teaser would then be served the entire episode. If they watched that, they were p
  • Malibu - Instagram
    Malibu - InstagramWhen Malibu were trying to establish the brand with a younger audience we developed a new visual style for them specifically for Instagram. Working with Instagram creator Matt Crump we created a years worth of content giving Malibu a contemporary and consistent visual language that's distinctive, stands out yet feels like it belongs on the platform.
  • Pinterest MVPP
    Pinterest MVPPFrom Pinterest insights we know that people come to the platform looking for ideas on how to throw the perfect viewing party weeks before Superbowl. Based on this we created a simple mobile application that generated personalised Pinterest boards that help people host, throw epic parties and make them the big game Most Value Party Planner.
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Work history
    WhatsApp logo
    WhatsApp logo
    Creative product leadWhatsApp
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    Pinterest logo
    Pinterest logo
    Global head of Advertising CreativePinterest
     - San Francisco, United StatesFull Time
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Skills
  • Leading Teams
  • Brand Strategy
  • Creative Stragegy
  • Creative Entrepreneur
  • Business Strategy
  • Social Meda
  • Digital
  • Advertising
  • Emerging Technology
  • Entrepreneur