Tom Saunter

Current

• Content Planner at MediaCom Beyond Advertising

Past

• Digital Media Executive at MediaCom Beyond Advertising
• Digital Media Executive at MediaCom
• Media Assistant at Mediacom

• Waiter Trainer / Waiter at PizzaExpress

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Education

• Oxford Brookes University
• The King's School Ely

Recommended

3 people have recommended Tom

Connections

121 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Facebook

Tom Saunter’s Summary

Tom Saunter’s Specialties:

social media, blogs and micromedia, emergent technologies, project management, buzz monitoring and evisibility, screen design, rich media, mobile innovation, gaming, paid and organic seeding, user journey, ecommerce, alternative buying models,

Tom Saunter’s Experience

• Content Planner

  MediaCom Beyond Advertising

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  As a member of MediaCom Beyond Advertising as a whole, I am focused on the manufacture, distribution and evaluation of content on any platform for clients including GSK, Shell, Universal, The Metropolitan Police, Wrigley and Volkswagen.
  
  As a member of the Emerging Platforms and Technologies team I deconstruct, assess and disseminate best practice in the application of new media technologies for advertising purposes across all of MediaCom's clients.

• Digital Media Executive

  MediaCom Beyond Advertising

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2009 — June 2009 (2 months)

  Content development and distribution across a range of Online media.
  Assessment of new media technologies for advertising purposes.

• Digital Media Executive

  MediaCom

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2008 — May 2009 (11 months)

  Digital media planning and buying across:
  T-Mobile; IKEA; Bose; Brita; Snickers; Skittles; M&M's; Revels; NHS.
  
  Other areas of operation:
  Everyday campaign management; data insight and analysis; acting as support to Digital Media Manager.

• Media Assistant

  Mediacom

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)

  Assistant to Senior Planner/Buyer on digital advertising campaigns for T-Mobile; Emirates; Brita; Bose; Masterfoods; IKEA and Cancer Research.

• Waiter Trainer / Waiter

  PizzaExpress

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  May 2002 — February 2008 (5 years 10 months)

  Busy shift-work in a fast-paced industry.

Tom Saunter’s Education

• Oxford Brookes University

  1st Class BA (hons) , Communication, Media & Culture , 2003 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Modules taken included:
  > Communication and Technology
  > Critical Discourse and The Media
  > Design for Online Communication
  > Media and Critical Theory
  > Communication Psychology
  > Film Criticism and Theory
  > Video Planning and Production

• The King's School Ely

Additional Information

Tom Saunter’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Facebook

Tom Saunter’s Interests:

digital advertising, creativity, sushi, Japanese language, product design, electronic music, emerging tech, the Mobile space, console & casual gaming, advergaming, animation, television, film production, cinema, comic books, pop culture, mixology, live music, digital photography, gadgets & toys, drawing, graphic design, internet culture, connectivity, social networking, great restaurants, interesting bars, new things, new thinking

Tom Saunter’s Groups:

•    Mobile Marketing Association
•    Online Advertising Professionals
•    Oxford Brookes Alumni
•    MediaCom
•    Future Social Media
•    Digital Media Technologies
•    IAB UK
•    WPP Current Employees
•    Emerging Technology Leaders' Network
•    Immersive Technologies (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Gestural Interfaces)
•    Mobile Augmented Reality

Tom Saunter’s Honors:

The Speight Award (2007) for my dissertation "Assessing an Augmented Future: What is Augmented Reality, What are its Potential Applications in the Entertainment Industry, and What Will its Emergence Mean for the User in Society?"

Best Student Award (2007) on the degree course "Communication, Media & Culture".

Tom Saunter’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch