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From Shelter’s ‘House Of Cards’ (one of the Gunn Report’s most awarded campaigns of 2009), and McDonald’s ‘Trust’ (winner of the first ever Gold Creative Effectiveness Lion at Cannes) to Lexus ‘Hoverboard’ (the most-viewed car campaign of all time) Jonathan’s work as a creative leader has been recognised with some of the highest accolades the industry has to offer.
Jonathan’s career as a creative spans some 25 years and over 350 global awards for creativity across every channel, from content and mobile to design, film and outdoor. He began his career at HHCL, creating iconic campaigns for the likes of Pot Noodle, Tango, The AA and Sky before being promoted to Creative Director in 2004. In 2007, Jonathan was appointed Group Executive Creative Director of Leo Burnett London, transforming the strategic and creative product for clients such as McDonald’s, Kellogg’s, the Department for Transport and P&G.
Jonathan joined CHI & Partners as ECD in 2010. Within 18 months the agency became the UK’s most-awarded independent creative agency at Cannes. Whilst there, Jonathan was responsible for delivering campaigns for all the agency’s client partners including Lexus, The Times, Samsung, Argos, Talk Talk and The Prince’s Trust.
In June 2016, after once again driving CHI & Partners to the position of most awarded UK independent creative agency at Cannes and Campaign’s Digital Agency of the year, Jonathan joined Y&R as its first Chief Creative Officer. Under his creative leadership, the agency won pitches for Viagra, JD Williams, Centerparcs, Carpetright and the government’s flagship road safety Think! account, and picked up a variety of awards at Cannes, D&AD and BAFTA for the BBC, Marks and Spencer and Made By Dyslexia.
Whilst CCO at Miroma, a nascent global network of marketing agencies across advertising, content, technology, social, influencer, media and PR, Jonathan was instrumental in the Group’s impressive new business run. Picking up briefs from a huge range of clients including Sky, Disney, Diageo, Aston Martin, Mars, NatWest, Simba, Bowmore, TikTok and the human trafficking charity Stop the Traffik.
Jonathan is currently Creative Consultant at Pablo, Campaign’s Agency of the Year and Global Agency of the Year. He is responsible for delivering the creative output for Pablo’s government business, the agency’s largest account. Under his creative leadership, the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland campaign won Gold at this year’s Marketing Society Awards.
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