Today, we’d like to introduce you to Thomas Burns. Thomas was introduced to us by the brilliant and talented HEDRAS RAMOS.
Hi Thomas, we’re so thrilled to have you sharing your story with us today. Maybe we can kick things off by having you introduce yourself to our readers? We’d love to have you go into your story and how you got to where you are today.
I work as the creative director of an advertising agency in Oregon. I’ve been in the marketing field for about 7 years and have done a little bit of everything. Although I have my bachelor’s in business, 90% of what I’ve learned about marketing has come from self teaching and real world experience.
Please tell us more about your brand, 5:00 Marketing
I don’t own the business, but I’m the creative director there, which means I develop the “big idea” for many of the campaigns we run for our clients. I also edit the Spanish versions of the commercials we shoot—since I’m the only one on the team who has any knowledge of the language!
HEDRAS RAMOS has been a great friend to us and I know you’ve got a great relationship as well. Maybe you can tell our audience a bit about HEDRAS and your experience with them.
Until you go through the process of hiring freelancers, you don’t fully grasp how difficult it is to find truly great talent. I got lucky with Hedras very early on—out of the dozens of freelancers I’ve hired for projects over the years, he has blown them all out of the water in every way. I’ve hired him primarily for voiceover work for probably 50 different projects over the years, and he delivers the exact same consistently high quality material every. Single. Time. The quality of his recordings—flawless. The tone of his voice—movie trailer-worthy. His willingness to make any changes I request (which is rare)—never wavering. His timeliness in delivering the finished files—insanely fast. If I could hire him for everything, I would.
Image Credits:
Jesse Burns
