SIMON THOMAS

Expertise:    Recruitment Communications and Advertising, Employer Value Proposition Creation, Employee Retention, Employer Branding and Brand Management, Internal Communications, Employee Engagement

Simon is a hands-on recruitment practitioner who understands the challenges in attracting and retaining talent. He is the  founder and Managing Director of the Employer Reputation Company.  He is also the Head of Brands and Insight at Alexander Mann Solutions. Prior to that he was the Managing Director at TCS Wilmslow, one of the most respected creative and digital recruitment communication agencies in the UK.  Before coming on board TCS, he rose up the ranks to become the Agency Board Director for SMRS Ltd which is one of the top 15 UK recruitment communications company. His expertise is on Recruitment Advertising,  Employer Value Proposition Creation, Employee Retention, Employer Branding and Brand Management, Internal Communications, and Corporate Reputation Management.  He also has an MBA from the Manchester Business School.  

He was the Global Recruitment Advertising Account Director for Bupa and Thomas Cook.  He also handled the recruitment needs of clients such as the Gala Group, MBNA, MyTravel and Staffordshire University. Under Simon’s leadership, TCS acquired Orange and Norwich Union (Aviva) as clients. TCS was their employer marketing partner and in charge of coming up with a creative and interesting change on their recruitment spin, starting from their ads, EVP and post-selection process.  Simon also worked on a graduate program for Orange to ensure that high caliber graduates apply in large enough numbers that gave Orange some  difficult selection decisions!