Tom Taylor

Name: Tom Taylor

Position: Account Director

Contact: taylor@paversmith.co.uk

Tom is a qualified marketeer with a diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a diploma in advertising. He has worked in senior marketing positions for Telewest (now Virgin Media), BT, Littlewoods and advertising agency McCann Erickson. At Telewest, Tom launched cable TV and cable phone into the north west. He describes it as an exciting and groundbreaking time developing thought provoking and innovative campaigns. Working with channels including MTV, Sky, UK Gold and Eurosport was challenging and dynamic. The CEO of United Artists programming wrote to the Telewest Vice President of Marketing to tell him that Tom and his team were "exemplary - standing head and shoulders above the industry". In the world of advertising, Tom worked on accounts including Littlewoods, Next, GUS, UPS Parcels, Vernons Games, and Esso. He was particularly proud of his launch of a new advertising campaign for UPS across customer service centres in 7 European cities.

Interests: Tom has a passion for all things Italian; language (which he likes to think he can speak), food, wine, cars and art. He reckons there's Italian in his blood but delving into the family history, the nearest he can come up with is Maltese. "Close enough for me" he says. Tom is also a keen marathon runner. A devoted Red, he wonders how Dougal and Martyn allowed him through the door. It's equal opportunities in action, apparently.