Ian Thomas
Ian is a director at MRM. He joined in January 2009 to lead MRM’s brand communications support to clients beyond media and public relations.
For almost 20 years he has helped bring brands to life in B2B, B2C and voluntary sectors; brands like Audi, AXA, Jewson, TGI Fridays and Tissot.
Most recently, he spent five years as head of marketing and communications for Sesame.
Ian has worked – in equal measure – as an in-house brand-owner and as an agency account director.
Ian on Twitter:
twitter.com/@mrianthomas; LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/ianrthomas and personal blog:
NewTraditionalist
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By Ian Thomas on March 8, 2010
Picture: Avlxyz at Flickr
I reckon my old school friends are just like the average IFA’s client bank.
There are a lot of them, I only manage to stay in regular touch with a few and – until recently – the time and effort required to stay in touch with the rest was just too great to [...]
Posted in Communications, Strategy | Tagged clients, communication, connection, CRM, facebook, IFAs, newspapers
By Ian Thomas on February 15, 2010
Over the weekend, the social web has been rife with news that Google decided to withdraw a homepage illustration depicting a luge competitor, which was published within hours of the tragic death of Georgian luge athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili, during training for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
According to the New York Daily News, Google made [...]
Posted in Media relations | Tagged editorial standards, Google, journalism, newspapers, social media, twitter
By Ian Thomas on February 9, 2010
Earlier today, we were shocked to discover that Farah – famous for its polyester slacks in the 70s and 80s – now has a very cool image. (Check our Facebook Fan Page for the link to their site to see what we mean…)
So we wondered whether readers of our site knew of other brands whose [...]
Posted in Just for fun