Stuart Cole

Broadcast Director

1993 - 1996 : ITV - Sales Assistant - Senior Sales Exec.
1996 - 1998 : Mediacom - Senior TV Buyer
1998 - Present Day: Rathbone Media - Head of TV to Broadcast Director.

My advertising career began at LWT and during my time there (4 years) much change was happening within the TV world and Granada bought LWT, Yorkshire Tyne Tees and Border. So towards the end of my time in sales, I worked across 5 of the 13 ITV regions.

I moved in 1996 to Mediacom (largest Agency in the UK), to work solely on the Mars account (2.5 years). My team and I were responsible for £19m TV billings across many of the Mars brands including the launch of Milky Way Magic Stars, Mars Celebrations and the Starburst ranges.

In 1998 I joined Rathbone to enhance their TV planning and buying capabilities with the skills I had acquired from ITV sales and at the biggest Agency in the UK.

Having been at Rathbone for over 8 years now, I have also worked on many successful press, radio, cinema and online campaigns.