Toby Leston
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Experience
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Good Relations
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President
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Apr 2022 - Present
New York, United States
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Associate Director
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May 2021 - Present
New York, United States
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Tin Man
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Media and Campaigns Account Director
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Oct 2019 - May 2021
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Junior Account Director
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Dec 2018 - Oct 2019
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Senior Account Manager
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Jun 2018 - Dec 2018
Roald Dahl (Matilda 30th), Plenty of Fish, East Midlands Trains, Now TV (The Walking Dead S9), Thorntons, Barclaycard
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PREMIER
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Account Manager
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Jun 2017 - Oct 2019
Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Durex, Red Bull TV
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Account Manager
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Sep 2016 - Oct 2019
Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Durex (Condom Emoji), Evelina London Zip
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Taylor Herring
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Account Manager
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Sep 2015 - Sep 2016
Pimm's, Red Stripe (Inc. Brand Activation at Field Day 2015), Johnnie Walker, DIAGEO Portfolio (Advocacy and Influencer programme), The Apprentice (S11), Ivor Novello Awards, The Island with Bear Grylls (C4), Thorpe Park Island Beats, Stylist Live
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Senior Account Executive
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Jun 2014 - Sep 2015
Accounts include The Apprentice (S10), William Hill (Football), blinkbox music, Red Stripe (social media and event sponsorship including Field Day, Winterville and SoFar Sounds), Ivor Novello Awards, Paddy Power (Stephen Hawking's World Cup Formula)
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Account Executive
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Oct 2013 - Jun 2014
Clients have included BBC 1's The Apprentice (S9), the launch of entertainment channel TLC in the UK (including Breaking Amish and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo), blinkbox (social media, Game of Thrones season 3), UKTV (Dave's Joke of the Fringe, David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities) Global Gathering, Ivor Novello Awards, Amnesty International.
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Press Assistant
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Aug 2012 - Oct 2013
After 4 weeks work experience I was taken on as a Press Assistant for the TV & Entertainment team at Taylor Herring. Examples of clients I have worked on projects for include UKTV (Red Dwarf X), Paddy Power (Ryder Cup Skywriting), E! Entertainment and Disney.
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Music Editor
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Mar 2014 - Jan 2015
Commissioning and writing features/interviews Attending and reviewing gigs and festivals http://www.abouttimemagazine.co.uk/
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Deputy Head of Music
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Apr 2010 - Apr 2011
Durham, United Kingdom Selected playlists for the week, edited tracks, reviewed gigs and interviewed bands. Communicated with the executive management of the station (Marketing, Sponsorship, Finance, Technical) to increase radio exposure. Hosted new music shows, one of which was one of the most listened to shows on the station.
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Warner Music Group
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United States
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Musicians
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Development Intern
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2011 - 2011
Responsible for a tracker of all ongoing deals between services and the label (in Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Updated summaries of deals and their contracts for discussion with the commercial team. Researched and drafted reports on wider industry (e.g. on Europe's developing legal stance on Copyright Infringement). Learnt about business strategy in music at a high level and became very comfortable with the terminology and structure of contracts between services… Show more Responsible for a tracker of all ongoing deals between services and the label (in Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Updated summaries of deals and their contracts for discussion with the commercial team. Researched and drafted reports on wider industry (e.g. on Europe's developing legal stance on Copyright Infringement). Learnt about business strategy in music at a high level and became very comfortable with the terminology and structure of contracts between services and labels, as well as with the economics of the music industry in general. Show less
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Freelance Music Writer
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Sep 2009 - 2011
Durham, United Kingdom Contributed to "RADAR", a new music section, inc. features and album/gig reviews.
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Education
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University of Durham
Politics, Philosophy, Economics, 2:1 -
Charterhouse
RS, History, Economics, English