Tom Gilmore comes from the old school.
Tom Gilmore comes from the old school. The school where hard work and dedication is something that has value to the business and client. Tom has the rare ability to switch from design to production with the minimum of fuss. His design background and training and excellent production capabilities make him a rare talent in today's design arena. Tom is a straight forward communicator and does not shy away from the tough challenges, he roles up his sleeves and gets involved. A man you need in your corner for the bigger brand challenges that have complex deliverables... Tom can handle it, and will.
He’s very collaborative...
I was very fortunate to work with Tom at Creative Alliance/Scoppechio on Multicultural Marketing, Innovation, and new business pitches. Tom is able to incorporate design principles and work with cross-functional teams. Tom has an incredible sense of great design, understands strategy and is able to solve problems creatively. He is able to tackle multicultural problems as well as insights, delivering on target scenarios for clients. He’s very collaborative and brings his knowledge and expertise to the team. He has the ability to problem solve, understand insights and bring them into action.
I miss working with Tom and would love the opportunity to work with him again.
Tom has tremendous expertise...
I’ve gotten to know Tom over the last five years or so in my capacity as a Professor of Marketing at the University of Louisville. During that time, Tom has been a critical resource I could draw upon as a sounding board in general, and also as a frequent guest speaker in my Executive MBA courses. Tom has tremendous expertise in the areas of branding, advertising, and design that he is willing to share with others. Time and again, my students benefited greatly from Tom’s vast agency experience—he is a masterful presenter and storyteller who provided a valuable practicing perspective that complemented my approach in the classroom. On a personal note, Tom is engaging and genuine—and all about community building. Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you’d like more information!
He brings tremendous strategic discipline...
I had the distinct pleasure of working with Tom at Creative Alliance/Scoppechio on the KFC account as well as several new business pitches. On KFC, Tom was able to make a strong, immediate impact. Tom is bright, creative, insightful and was a joy to work with. He brings tremendous strategic discipline and abundant intellectual curiosity to every task. He works collaboratively and was a tremendous asset to the team. His success and ability to quickly grasp the needs of a client made him the ideal lead for new business pitches. Capable of contributing at the highest levels, he can be counted on to deliver. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.
Tom is an absolute joy to work with.
Not only is he uber creative but he works so well with a team. Recently he led a branding exercise with a group of 15 people and he kept everyone focused and entertained, never hesitating to course correct as needed without alienating participants. He truly understands the strategic components of design and how it all ties to the brand. He's helped me numerous times think through a project and is able to take minimal input and deliver a maximum product.
Tom has great energy and brings passion...
Tom was a huge asset to our team and a great partner. He has a creative talent that allows him to take complex ideas and themes and simplify them through storytelling and visualization. This not only made him essential as we prepped for major client presentations, but a key player as we looked at packaging and other unified creative initiatives. Tom has great energy and brings passion to everything he touches.
Tom delivers in spades.
No matter the challenge, Tom delivers in spades. He has an uncanny way of visualizing complex information with simplicity and elegance. You actually want to read the content he’s created. Tom is dependable, passionate about solving problems, a team player and does what it takes to get the job done.
He would be a great fit on either the client- or agency-side.
Tom is a proven asset...
Tom is a proven asset to any marketing and business development team. He intuitively supports all levels of new business initiatives and activities, while providing unwavering design execution. Tom has the exceptional ability to take complex information and present it in a clear, visually compelling way.
He never complains and always steps up to help others.
Working with Tom these past few years has been a real pleasure. Tom designed and transformed our agency internal and external presentation look which helped to make every new business pitch even more dynamic, professional and clean than ever before. He has an unwavering commitment to great design, whether he is solving a presentation, package design or corporate identity and is always thinking beyond the expected. He brings a value and maturity to the job that makes him an important asset no matter the platform. Additionally, Tom and I share a mutual love of teaching and academics. I recently had the pleasure of teaching along side him at the University of Louisville. Of the students we shared, I found that they loved his package design class! Overall, Tom has great integrity; he is professional, considerate, a team player and he works hard to get the job done right no matter what. He never complains and always steps up to help others. I highly recommend Tom!
...willing to teach and encourage others to grow...
Tom was a pleasure to work with. He is always energized and passionate about the work he did with the agency, promoting great growth. He is willing to not only do, but also willing to teach and encourage others to grow within their roles. I had the pleasure of staying in touch with Tom at local – professional organizations and events once we no longer worked at the same agency. He would be a valuable asset to any company.
I had the privilege of working with Thomas (Tom) on the AAF-Louisville Strategic Planning Task Force. The task force's charge was to develop the organization's first ever Long Range Strategic Plan. Tom did a fabulous job leading the effort and the end product was successful in guiding the organization forward. I have also heard Tom speak to various groups about his realm of creative and strategic experience and applications that are relevant to a myriad of businesses—from retail to consumer package goods. Highly recommend Tom in all regards!
Tom has a solid management and team approach to supporting multiple areas of an organization. His commitment to projects and client pitches are creative, interactive and quality driven within time constraints. I would highly recommend Tom for any senior level creative or design role.
I worked with Tom while at Creative Alliance (now Scoppechio.) Tom helped our Multicultural Marketing team with presentations that pitched ways for our restaurant clients to reach Hispanic audiences. Tom’s background allows him to intelligently link consumer insights to design. He would make a great addition to any marketing strategy or design team.
I enjoyed working with Tom for several years at Scoppechio (formerly Creative Alliance). Tom quickly learned about specific challenges healthcare clients can face and helped support our team with tools to grow the business.
I had the privilege of working with Tom Gilmore during our time together at Scoppechio. Tom is a keen strategist with skills in supporting cross- functional teams to bring campaigns from concept to life. Collaborative, smart, insightful and more than willing to pull out the stops to make good great. Tom is honest, hard working and easy to be around. He makes working hard fun!
I had the pleasure of working with Tom when we were both at what was Creative Alliance at the time, now Scoppechio. He is a smart, savvy marketer, with a delightful approach to solving clients' problems. Many of the projects I've worked on of which I'm most proud were the result of successful collaboration with Tom, as he supported my account team with insightful strategic observations. I'm a huge believer that in this business we're most effective when we have as many smart minds as possible converged around an issue. Tom is one of those, and I'd highly recommend his inclusion on any team that values intelligent discourse and a willingness to challenge others' assumptions.
It was a great pleasure to work with Tom. He was an invaluable member of our restaurant team, who always came to the table with an ‘anything is possible’ attitude. Tom had the ability to take complex data results and morph it into a story with easy to follow graphics. He made sure that all of our presentations had the voice of the agency, before sharing with our clients.
Tom and I worked on several digital projects related to branding and content development during my time at Scoppechio. He's also technically skilled in using content management systems and design software. On top of his knowledge and skill, Tom is just an enjoyable person to work with.
Tom served as an integral part of the marketing and new business development team at Scoppechio. He was always a team player and worked seamlessly across all disciplines of the agency.
As an educator, I've had the wonderful opportunity of interacting with Tom Gilmore for a number of years. His expertise in design and branding is unique and gives him an edge in the marketing industry. Tom's vast knowledge and experience makes him a leading expert on innovation and branding, which I have called upon to inform my students at University of Cincinnati's Lindner College of Business.
I enlisted Tom's expertise to be a presenter at the ChefsBest Brand Manager Retreat. He has a wealth of knowledge about packaging design and was able to craft his material to the CPG audience in attendance. The best part was that he showcased best practices examples from some of the attendee's brands. That personal touch resonated with everyone and helped make his presentation absolutely relevant.
I first met Thomas Gilmore during an innovation course he taught, offered through the university honors program at UC.
Throughout the course, Tom brought out the best in us. He understands how to plant a seed, allowing students to explore differing ideas and create differing innovative solutions. As the project manager of our team, I had a lot of questions. Tom was a great support and was always there when we needed him. The activities we did in class were truly effective—motivating us and to opening up our imagination.
Finally Tom is definitely one of the best university honors instructors I have had. If I do get a chance to work with him again, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second.
Tom took the lead to develop a unique, interdisciplinary first-year course as part of UC's effort to promote integrative learning from first-year through graduation. He was instrumental in supporting the UC Forward initiative promoting interdisciplinary understanding and solutions for real-world problems.
Tom is very good at leading a diverse group of collaborators in complex problem-solving activities.
I have worked with Tom as he organized a highly (highly!) diverse set of faculty in a campus-wide education initiative called UC Forward. He excelled at this challenging task, demonstrating the ability to lead, and to build up buy-in across a broad spectrum of needs/interests. Highly recommended.
Tom was a joy to work with as he is welcoming and effective. In a very short time, he was able to navigate a complex, matrixed company to execute high-value projects. His ability to drive toward execution and work a system was highly valued. Additionally, Tom brought a wealth of practical design experience to the team.
Tom was an invaluable member of our design team at Frito Lay. He took on all projects with just the right mix of creativity and strategy and brought a fresh approach to the way he tackled difficult problems. He showed great initiative and helped build & influence the way Design impacted the organization.
Intersection of Smart Design and Effective Strategy
Somewhere at the hard-to-find intersection of smart design and effective strategy, you'll find Tom. I've partnered with Mr. Gilmore on multiple projects for Fortune 500 clients as a writing / strategy partner (we even shared an office when the old Scoppechio building had one of their wonderful flooding walls incidents). I could always count on Tom to be able to continue finding another angle to consider, another thought to pursue, and another way to tweak what was there to make it even better.
Whoever is lucky enough to plug Tom into their next project or job can expect salient distance vision. I'm not one to just hand out free compliments here, either (ask anyone). Truly one of the greater minds I've had luck to work alongside after twenty years in this crazy business.