TSL Education, publisher of Times Educational Supplement (TES), Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) and Nursery World, today (30 May 2006) announces the appointment of Simon Taylorson as Group Advertising Director.
Simon has long standing experience in developing both print and online sales propositions in the publishing industry having spent sixteen years with Reed Publishing, most recently, from 2004 to 2006, as sales director at the award winning recruitment website, caterer.com, the UK’s leading hospitality recruitment website.
From 2000 to 2004, he was sales director for totaljobs.com, which was created to accelerate the migration of traditional press advertising online. Over four years he helped to create a market leading recruitment website, now a stand alone business, claimed to be the UK’s leading online recruitment company.
From 1998 ñ 2000 he was group sales manager for Personnel Today and personneltoday.com taking it from number three to being market leader in the HR sector.
Simon started his career in telesales in agricultural and construction publications. Since then he has covered sales roles on computing and motoring titles as well as specialist personnel titles and publications.
Commenting on his appointment Simon Taylorson said:
ìIím delighted to join TSL Education. Our print and online brands are the premier sites for recruitment and for companies wanting to reach the education market. I will be working with all three titles to develop further our brand and reach and to expand the online proposition.î
TSL Education Managing Director, Louise Rogers, said:
ìSimon joins TSL Education with a really solid record of achievement in creating and growing leading brands in recruitment advertising. His long experience and success in building recruitment brands and in creating strong print and online propositions will be a great asset to our team as we work on strengthening the position of all our titles in their markets.
ìSimonís appointment completes the new management team for TSL Education.î
Taylorson joins Times Education supplements as group advertising director
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