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Managing Director
Jon is head of the UK business. He orchestrates the talented Story team to make sure that everything we do delivers measurable results for our clients through worldclass post-advertising creative work that is brilliantly executed.
Previously, Jon was CEO of World Television Group, which produced international broadcast news programming VNR's ; corporate communications ; Broadcast PR and webcast IR. Clients included Amnesty International, World Wildlife Fund, BP, SONY, Reuters and GreenPeace International, for the latter of which Jon on was global broadcast communications for its "Oceans" campaign . He was Executive Producer of "British Satellite News" for the FCO, a global daily broadcast news service for the Arab & Islamic world. The service became the second most valued news provider in the Middle East. Under Jon's leadership WTV won many creative & production awards including the prestigious "UK Production Company of the Year" award in 2004 & 2005.
Before this Jon was Business Head, Europe, for ScreenRed, a retail communications company specialising AV/IT systems consultancy and the delivery of editorialised rich media content across IP networks clients such as Sainsbury's, for which he led the development of a groundbreaking customer & staff facing screen based communications programme.
Jon was a Director of Clever Media and, a WPP 200 group Director. He was AV/IT consultant in partnership with Ericsson, leading and winning Imperial College School of Medicine's groundbreaking "Remote Teaching Network" which interactively linked 12 teaching hospitals across London making possible new forms of distributed learning.
Before this, Jon worked as a freelancer in the live experience sector, involved in the production of many major EU wide product, marketingt and communications campaigns.
Jon was lead singer, co-writer and producer for the legendary "Gang of Four". His music has been widely used in film and TV, including "Marie Antoinette" (1997), "the Manchurian Candidate" ( 1996) , "The OC" and "The Karate Kid" (1984), among others. He won Mojo magazines' "Inspiration to Music" award in 2005 & Deisel/U's "Lifetime achievement in Music" award 2005.
Jon is an accomplished public speaker and has given talks on broadcast PR, distributed media networks, situationism, music and, of course, post-advertising. He has has served onon numerous award panels for organisations such as the APA, the IVCA and RTS. -
