Q&A with Helen O’Rourke

Media Buyer

What do you like the best – and the least – about media?

I like it all! Actually, there is one thing I don’t like about media and that is the piles and piles of sample publications that are taking over my office space!

What’s the coolest media opportunity out there right now?

For me personally, the coolest opportunity out there right now would have to be mobile coupons. May not be so cool to others, but I love a great bargain!

How does it feel being a Mets fan in an agency full of Yankee fans?

It didn’t bother me until Betty Boop showed up (we have a life size statue in our office) to work with a Yankees jersey on; maybe I can get Fred (the ceramic “butler” in our lobby) a Mets jersey.

So, you’re the Agency’s designated photographer?

Yes I am! I enjoy it and I prefer to be behind the camera! I get to capture all the fun, scary, strange, awkward and embarrassing moments without being in any of them! Once in a while, someone snatches my camera and pushes me onto the dance floor… but that’s alright – a mental note is made and they get an extra snapshot of one of their embarrassing, “please delete!” moments.

If you were stranded on a desert island, name something you would miss.

I would miss spending time with my family and friends.

Plain or peanut M&Ms ?

PEANUT! Plain are boring.