Simon Woodcock

Director

Simon is a Director in our Media & Telcom practice. In this role he leads major client engagements, delivering transformative change programmes against the backdrop of rapidly shifting industry dynamics.

Joining Vendigital in 2016, Simon brought with him a wealth of operational improvement, organisational change and cost management experience gathered while working across multiple industries in the UK, Europe, and the Americas.

Insights from Simon Woodcock

Are special editions the future of print for magazine brands?

Simon Woodcock 22nd October 2019

Former Vogue editor-in-chief Alexandra Shulman has suggested that the future of print magazines could lie in switching to less frequent, special editions, allowing media companies to take costs out of the business while maintaining their established format.

Should agencies be doing more to back publishers’ joint ad platform Ozone Project?

Simon Woodcock 9th July 2019

Now one-year old, the Ozone Project, a joint venture to sell digital display-ad inventory, is giving corporate advertisers access to a monthly audience of 42.5m.

Safeguarding quality journalism

Simon Woodcock 19th February 2019

Will the recommendations set out in the Cairncross Review of the UK news industry be successful in protecting quality content? Media sector specialist Simon Woodcock shares some insights.

Technical Experience

I have extensive knowledge of HTML/CSS, Unix/ Linux platform, jQuery, Apache Server, Ajax and Joomla. Proficient in designing tools like Apache Frontend Server, Microsoft Project, UML, Dot Project, Visio 7.0 and Rational Rose. In-depth knowledge of programming like Web logic, PHP 4.0, 5.0, PEAR, XML, XSL/ XSLT, Expat, XMLLib, IIS5.0 and Struts

It is also used for basic website functions like accepting usernames and passwords and managing guest books. It can display photo or thumbnail galleries and various other types of dynamic content..