I’m Russell and i’ve just joined the marketing team at Monzo
We’re coming to Birmingham on Thursday 21st and Sheffield on Friday 22nd March and we’re looking to film some of our amazing customers talking about themselves, their relationship with money and Monzo.
We’ll use these videos in places like our social media, ads and website to help spread the word even further. You must be enthusiastic about Monzo and not shy about being on
We’d need about 30 minutes of your time and as a thank you we’ll also pay you £25 . The location will be in the city centre for both cities.
We’re looking for a representative group of people, so we need to ask you a few questions to better understand your personal circumstances.
I’ve signed up as I’m about 30 mins away in Telford and work are flexible with time off!
Have asked my other half and close friends to sign up as we utilise features like bill splits a lot. Plus joint account for myself and the other half!
Chinatown has really good restaurants and really tasty food. You could go watch a film at Cineworld or Odeon. The Odeon is Luxe and has recliners all throughout. Cineworld has 4D which Captain Marvel is currently showing in.
Not sure what else to suggest tbh!
Arriving in Birmingham was the usual affair, sift through crowds of people, realise it’s been 4 months since you last visited and reacquire your bearings Then it was off to Monzo’s meeting location of choice, Starbucks!
I met the lovely folks from Many Makers (film company), almost instantly began nattering about Monzo (great practice for the fiming hehe!). After signing a quick form, the incredibly awesome @simonb appeared! Really fantastic hanging out again! looking forward to the next Monzo Social that’s close to home
Then I had a ~30 minute recording session after I got the lav mic on, etc. The filming itself was pretty exciting! The camera wasn’t in my face, it was chilled and I just had to answer some questions
The Q’s were pretty sensible, nothing too out of the ordinary bit about myself & what I do, then moving onto Monzo! There were a couple of retakes for questions I either messed up or that construction noise interfered with
After filming was finished I spent a bunch of time chatting with Simon until he left for London to record a podcast Afterwards, I went and grabbed lunch It was my first ever Five Guys and all I can think to say about it is that it feels a lot like a burger van but in a building it was really tasty but probably not worth the price (stunning recommendation )
After lunch I met up with @jtaylor69, we had a nice catch up and he’s done a solid job at persuading me that Moneybox’s LISA offering is pretty decent it might even beat Nutmeg because of how much better the app is . I let him know what to expect from the video shoot and then I had to catch my train home
Hopefully it was an enjoyable day for all, I know that I loved it can’t wait to see us all showing up in ads fingers crossed we get a heads up after all the editing is complete and ads start showing