Simon Thomas

Founder, Director & Employer Reputation Consultant (MBA)

Stroud, England, United Kingdom

About

Simon is an industry recognised consultant in global employer reputation management, employer branding & talent management insight with 20+ years' experience in recruitment marketing, communications and research & holds an MBA (Distinction) from Manchester Business School. Experience: Global employer brand consulting & employer reputation management, recruitment communications, employee engagement & marketing. Insight design, methodology, research and analysis covering candidates, employees, competitors & international markets. Designing & implementing workshops, seminars & events on employer branding, employer reputation and employer value propositions. Board Director roles - responsible for P&L, people management, resource planning, marketing, business development & reputation management.

Experience

  • Director at CERIPH Limited
    Mar 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

    CERIPH is a storytelling consultancy for talent leaders who want to challenge convention through insight and creativity. We look to create a communications strategy driven by insight, identify and activate priority channels as well as manage fresh content. Our goal? To ensure our work positivity impacts business performance.

  • Commercial Director at Xansium
    Nov 2019 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Digital Transformation, Salesforce, Web Design, Project Management, Agile, Software delivery

  • Talent Works International (6 yrs 9 mos)
    • Managing Director - Consulting Services
      Jun 2019 - Nov 2019 · 6 mos

    • Brand and Strategy Director
      Jan 2016 - May 2019 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Global brand consulting: Employer branding & EVP development, audience segmentation, messaging framework/hierarchy creation, concept testing, brand and EVP validation, brand touchpoint mapping, brand perception auditing, brand tracking, candidate experience mapping, employee satisfaction study. Global insight: Employee and employer research, market intelligence, competitor analysis, candidate research, audience segmentation, location studies, market mapping. Methodologies: qual and quant experience covering focus groups (on and off-line), surveys, interviewing and desk research Strategic direction on attraction, retention and engagement.

    • Head of Brand and Insight
      Mar 2013 - Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Global brand consulting: Employer branding & EVP development, audience segmentation, messaging framework/hierarchy creation, concept testing, brand and EVP validation, brand touchpoint mapping, brand perception auditing, brand tracking, candidate experience mapping, employee satisfaction study. Global insight: Employee and employer research, market intelligence, competitor analysis, candidate research, audience segmentation, location studies, market mapping. Methodologies: qual and quant experience covering focus groups (on and off-line), surveys, interviewing and desk research Strategic direction on attraction, retention and engagement.

  • Head of Brand & Insight at Alexander Mann Solutions
    Jul 2010 - Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Managing Director at The Employer Reputation Company Ltd
    Jul 2009 - Jul 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Research Reputation Management Employer Branding Employer Value Proposition Development Staff Satisfaction Surveys Engagement Studies Internal Communications Planning & Delivery HR PR Recruitment Process Analysis & Improvement Key clients: Greggs the Bakers, Warburtons & Northgate Plc.