Oliver Hildebrand · Brisbane, Australia
01 / Editorial & Copywriting
Journalism-trained, industry-honed, market-tested writing that lands and commands attention. A head for ideas, a way with words. Whatever the medium, I make the message stick.
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02 / Digital Experience & Optimisation
Coordinating content that's fit for purpose. Structure that sets the priorities. Words that get discovered without losing the essence of your brand.
03 / Brand & Visual Design
Writer, designer, strategist. A triple threat. Strategically building new brands and painlessly getting into the skin of established players. Always delivering compelling performance.
04 / Film & Motion
An eye for the shot, an ear for dialogue. A mind for how it all comes together. Scripts and shoot-ready storyboards informed by hands-on filmmaking, with production-proofed fallbacks factored in.
MOONRISE OVER BRISBANE
Filmed and edited by Oliver Hildebrand
Timelapse of a full moon rising over Brisbane, filmed from Mt Coot-tha.
A writer by inclination and training, I’m a firm believer in the primacy of the written word. The more technology offers up platforms, tools and ‘next big things’ with mundane regularity, the more I value the ideas beneath them. What’s the use of a new social media channel without the right message? Or style without the substance to underpin it? Nothing to write home about. But the medium still matters. From DSLR filmmaking and the Adobe Creative Suite to front-end development and agentic AI, I’ve learned the tools and put them to work. I built this website myself, though I couldn’t have pulled it off without AI’s assistance (it may even have helped with a few photos; can you guess which?).
An enduring curiosity has taken me deep into highly technical industries, lifestyle brands and agency clients across the Australian economy. Writing is my speciality, but that broader experience helps me contribute across a creative team. I understand what designers are trying to achieve, how digital media and paid search work, and the constraints that shape production. From campfire stories to Gutenberg and the pamphleteers in his wake, through the radio age and into the digital din, the tools keep changing.
The message is still what matters.
2026 SHOWREEL
Selected experience
Editorial judgement, brand thinking and hands-on delivery. Open a file to explore the work behind each role.
Multi-brand CopywriterProduced multi-brand customer and product communications across Entain’s Australian and New Zealand portfolio, working within distinct brand voices and a highly regulated environment.
“2 Hundy” TV campaign
Digital CopywriterResearched, wrote, edited and published search-led content across property, finance, insurance and other complex industries, balancing audience needs, editorial quality and commercial objectives.
Search intent. Visible results.
Copywriter & Brand StrategistLed copywriting and brand-strategy work spanning client workshops, audience and competitor research, messaging frameworks, websites, digital campaigns and print collateral.
From brand thinking to finished work.
Digital Content ProducerContent and product information for a B2B e-commerce website.
Capabilities
Ground-up involvement in brand and campaign development, from naming and strategy through to scheduling, production, activation and ongoing marketing support.
Conversion copy across web, paid search, email and social campaigns, using audience insight and emotive cues to drive results.
Creative, taglines, scripts and storyboards crafted with efficiency and energy. Collaboration with production teams for motion picture magic that makes sense commercially.
Production across digital, print and broadcast channels for organisations spanning consumer brands, finance, healthcare, property and professional services.
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and After Effects.
The journal
Photo essay Astrophotography Landscape photography
We've long been fascinated by the skies, driven by pragmatism and profundity in equal measure. But with tech removing the need to pay so much attention, are we losing connection with the cosmos?
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