Thomas Gilmore

I am an advertising and marketing professional with a strong background in the brand strategy, design and implementation of retail and consumer packaged goods innovations and initiatives.

Making an emotive connection with an audience—by leveraging strategy and design—is at the heart of my work.

Throughout my career, I have delivered the best possible level of creativity, service and leadership for a variety of clients including: Procter & Gamble, GE Appliances, Kraft, Yum! Brands, Darden, PepsiCo, Mead, Smucker's, Lowe’s, Tyson, Heinz, AT&T, Valvoline, Pfizer, Wendy's, Hunter, Borden, World Finer Foods, World Kitchen and John Morrell.

I am committed to lifelong learning through intellectual, creative and personal growth—striving to inspire the next generation of creatives through my work as an Adjunct Faculty member at Miami University, University of Cincinnati and now University of Louisville.

Specialties:

• Design thinking and disruptive innovation

• Brand advocate

• Speaker, presenter, writer, teacher and designer

• Workshop development and leadership

• Consumer and shopper insight, survey and research

• Definition of positioning, character and style

• Creation of brand and visual identity guidelines

• Design direction from concept through execution