Tom Macklin - About me

TOM MACKLIN STUDIO

Tom Macklin is a London-based editorial casting director, event-programme curator, commercial celebrity strategist and culture consultant with 25+ years’ experience across fashion, luxury, tech and media. Known for pairing smart storytelling with sharp cultural forecasting, he engineers talent partnerships that reset brand perception and generate conversation. Tom maintains trusted, direct relationships with A-list talent, breakthrough creatives and the teams around them and he is currently Talent Director at Cultured magazine, Beyond Noise and PORT. He was Entertainment Director/Associate Editor at Esquire, ELLE and Harper’s Bazaar at Hearst for 15 years, and has also held editorial casting roles at Document Journal, ES Magazine, Tortoise Media and Soho House.

Through Tom Macklin Studio, he delivers cover and campaign casting, influencer strategy and end-to-end talent booking for print, digital and social, as well as programming for summits, launches and awards (Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year, Esquire Townhouse, ELLE Style Awards, The Bazaar at Work Summit). Brand client work spans Belmond, Jimmy Choo, Armani Beauty, Ellesse, Cutler & Gross, Aesop, Dunhill, Paramount, Roger Vivier, Selfridges, Zalando and more, leveraging an international network of publicists, agents and creators to produce culturally resonant moments with measurable impact.

SERVICES

CAST

Celebrity & fashion cover casting.
Editorial talent booking & strategy for print, digital & social media.
Influencer casting & paid social strategy.
Casting for global marketing, advertising and branded content campaigns

CURATE

Summit, festival & event programming
Creative consulting & booking of talent for events including high profile product launches, dinners, red carpet events & award ceremonies.

COMMERCIAL

Infuse marketing campaigns with celebrity to ensure maximum impact & exposure.
Content creation & amplification.
Track record of achieving sponsorship for flagship events & paid editorial collaborations.
Entertainment & cultural trend forecasting to ensure effective & on message castings.

For more information contact

Tom Macklin: tom@tom@tom-macklin.co.uk
Sarah Jayne Heath: sj@tom-macklin.co.uk

CLUB CINÉ

Founded by Tom Macklin, Club Ciné is a cultural film platform and curated event series celebrating the joy, magic, and emotional power of cinema. Through exclusive advanced screenings, authoritative editorial and compelling social content, Club Ciné bring people together to elevate film as an art form - creating spaces where storytelling moves hearts, sparks ideas and shapes conversations.

Club Ciné speaks to a creative, culturally fluent audience underserved by the mainstream “blockbuster” approach. Events have drawn Oscar-winning talent, acclaimed filmmakers, industry insiders and passionate cinephiles. Club Ciné editorial features these voices alongside fresh perspectives, organically earning PR coverage in Italian Vogue, WWD, The Sunday Times, Esquire, The London Standard, and The Criterion Channel and attracting commercial partnerships with luxury brands including Jimmy Choo, Cutler and Gross and Selfridges.

For enquires: clubcine@tom-macklin.co.uk