West Virginia news

May 9, 2023

Athens Postmaster in USPS Commercial

DeWayne Taylor featured in “Confidence”

DeWayne Taylor postmaster

ATHENS, WV — Athens, WV, Postmaster DeWayne Taylor has a prominent role in the latest Postal Service commercial now airing. The segment called “Confidence” focuses on the Postal Service network transformation under the 10-year plan, Delivering for America.

Taylor thought it would be fun to submit a video of himself after seeing an internal article about the USPS employee casting website. Still, it was a surprise when he received a message one Thursday in January, requesting he be in Los Angeles the following Monday to be a part of the latest USPS commercials.

“I’m just a good ol’ boy from West Virginia,” said Taylor. “When I got the message, it was very unexpected, to say the least,” he said.

The commercial highlights the changes coming to the USPS network. Taylor has a speaking role and says, “For total confidence and complete control”.

The 15-second spot can be viewed on the USPS You Tube channel- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KF87SEQAc7s.

A behind-the-scenes video for the commercial also features Taylor—https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=87kaUxDyD68.

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The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 169 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan, Delivering for America, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America’s most valued and trusted brands.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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