Ziggy and Zoe at the office.
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Full-Circle with Special Rescues By Nancy Dewar
Zoe on-set at Zoom.
Hampton and NYC resident Zoe Costello’s professional life is right back where it started, all about Zoom, albeit in a much different way! Zoe grew up in Andover, Massachusetts and spent every summer of her childhood at her grandparent’s large summer home in North Hampton overlooking the ocean and surrounded by many aunts, uncles, cousins and, of course, LOTS of family dogs! Her first career began at a young age when she played a leading role in the first season of the PBS children’s entertainment program called Zoom, which was created by WGBH/Boston and aired nationally for seven years.
After graduating from NYU, Zoe saw a post on Facebook about her friend’s new job at a recent start-up in NYC. The company was called BarkBox, a new monthly subscription service for dogs, and it hit her heart. “OMG, I want to work there. Dogs are
my life!” Zoe started with the company in customer service back when there were about 60 employees (now there are over 600), worked her way up through the creative ranks and now is a head writer. Though the work climate has changed a lot since COVID, as she now works remotely from her family’s summer home in Hampton via Zoom, her passion for her job continues. And her special rescue dog Moose is happy with any of his Mom’s work situations. While in New York, his social life was full with the many dogs he mingled with at the office. Here he’s found that less congestion and walks on the beach suit him just fine, as well! Zoe’s childhood dog was Pepper, a loyal and loving tender black Lab who lived to
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the ripe age of 17. After graduating Zoe wanted to get her own pup and constantly visited various shelters in the city. “I knew that one day I’d meet a dog and just know this is the one,” she told me with a smile. That special first dog ended up being Ziggy, a pit-mix puppy who had been abandoned on the roadside in Louisiana with his litter mates. Ziggy entered Zoe’s life when he was 3-months old, and they shared nine amazing years together. Not long enough, but as rock solid as his stocky body. As Zoe and I talked about Ziggy, it was obvious that this was a “who saved whom” rescue story. Not only was Ziggy a familiar, loved face at BarkBox…and a rising star with his mug on the packaging of many BarkBox
