Daniel Gregory
Sports Reporter with Johnston Press Yorkshire

Thomas made a superb impression on everyone on the sports desk at The Scarborough News during his time working as a freelance for us.

He showed incredible versatility, dedication, flexibility and journalistic ability during his time with us and we'd still welcome him back.

Oliver Phillips - Websites Team Manager

Tom worked alongside me for a long period of time in a customer service/copywriting capacity. When I moved into a management role I was lucky enough to take Tom onto my team, where he excelled in his copy quality, customer service and productivity (all department KPIs). I would not hesitate in recommending Tom to any potential employer, as his work ethic and appreciation of business goals is second to none. He was always driven to succeed.

Kieran Jenkins - Content Manager

Tom's creativity and passion really shine through, whether it's in his work or just talking to him in the office. He is easy to work with, and has been making a positive impact in the team since day one, influencing many promotions and campaigns. A fantastic team player who can help with digital promotions.

Ben Davies
Social Media Listening Manager at Microsoft

Thomas joined the Xbox Team at a very busy time, and quickly became integral to the department. Using his immeasurable passion and knowledge of sports, Thomas took control of the Sports Hub on the Xbox 360 Dashboard, using our CMS to program daily changes to all console users in the UK.

Since then, Thomas has worked on the Home section of the Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles, ensuring users across EMEA have access to the greatest content on each console. His passion and enthusiasm is essential to reflect the gamer's mentality, and he works tirelessly to create engaging content

Alex Hunnisett
Communications Specialist - Lionhead Studios

I have been fortunate enough to work with Tom across several years and in several roles, most recently working together in the Xbox Home Team.

During this time, Tom has been the driving force behind the editorial of the Xbox Dashboard. Using a combination of brand awareness, brilliant wit and clear passion for delivering the most engaging content possible, Tom has ensured our team have gone from strength to strength.

By far the biggest highlight of his tenure at Xbox thus far, however, has to be the delivery of the “Destination Brazil” Football World Cup experience. Tom took complete ownership of this project and despite innumerate challenges faced, delivered the most successful and engaging experience recorded on the Dashboard to date. No small feat and one he is far too modest about.

Professional achievements aside, Tom conducts himself with both great integrity and humour in equal measure, making him easy to collaborate with at all levels and a fantastic asset to anyone wise enough to employ him.

Nigel Roy
Senior Producer, Xbox

Tom joined my team in Autumn 2013 to manage our Sports promotional programs on Xbox 360 and support all Home channel publishing for Xbox 360 and Xbox One across 26 countries.

Tom’s background and passion for Sports helped develop some benchmark-breaking user engagement performances. The most successful of which was the World Cup 2014 program on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. When our team lead left the team the day the world cup started, Tom stepped up to take over the lead. Throughout this challenging period Tom always maintained a positive attitude focused on delivering a high-value experience that users would find fun to engage with, whilst still finding time to rally the Programming team around the World Cup.

This positive approach coupled with Tom’s determination to improve experiences and their performance is further evident in the way Tom supported me on Home. Despite the challenge of being the only Publisher on the Home team in the first four to six months, Tom always got stuck in and got the job done. As we grew the team, Tom stepped up to help onboard and train the new team members, once again continuously demonstrating his willingness to go above and beyond.

Tom is a highly reliable, efficient and personable individual who has the demonstrated ability to develop, lead and deliver creative, user engaging programs in a collaborative and managed way that meet if not exceed expectations. I would highly recommend Tom and gladly have him back on any team of mine in the future