Jon Williams

Current

• Chief Creative Officer at Grey London

Past

• Head of Digital (Creative) at Beattie McGuinness Bungay
• Managing Partner and Creative Director (DIgital) at Harrison Troughton Wunderman
• Interactive Creative Director at Publicis Dialog

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company
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Jon Williams’s Summary

According to Campaign, the highest peer ranked CD in the direct/digital space, and making an entry in the ‘top digital talent’ table for year end 2006, and the 'A' list for '07, Jon Williams the former Head of Digital (Creative) at Beattie McGuiness Bungay has been appointed the Chief Creative Officer at Grey London. Previously he was Creative Director, and Joint Managing Partner at Harrison Troughton Wunderman and Interactive creative chief at Publicis. After graduating from Hallam University, and subsequent training at The School of Communication Arts, he worked above, below and through the line on products as diverse as Prudential insurance, DePaul Trust, Hewlett Packard, Adidas, Sensodyne Toothpaste, X-box, COI, Renault, Camelot, Land Rover and Microsoft.

His work has been used globally, and has won over 65 international awards for both creativity and effectiveness, including D&AD Silver, Cannes Lions (of which four are gold), Creative Circle, BTAA, the Art Directors Club of New York, a number of Grand Prix’s including the DMA, Precision Marketing and IMAA. He created the most awarded ad in the U.K. in 2003 (6th in the world) and the second most awarded ad in the U.K. in 2004 (4th in the world) as reported by ‘The Won Show’.

Creatively, he helped develop the first interactive TV ad on Channel 4, the first MPU in Europe and was also responsible for the first use of infra-red Hypertaged posters in a national campaign. Jon also conceived and spearheaded the development of a ground breaking new form of interactive broadcast advertising. This allows viewers to choose their own path through a seemingly normal linear TV spot simply by pushing a button on their remote control.

Jon Williams’s Specialties:

Jon has either sat on or been foreman of many juries including the New York Festivals, D&AD, Cannes Lions and numerous domestic juries. He is a member of D&AD, and also the IoD, a fellow of the RSA, and a contributing author to IPA’s DiTV Guidelines. Originally cutting his teeth as an above the line copywriter, now after over a decade and a half in advertising, Jon has considerable experience in all conventional media channels, but prefers to spend his time in the unconventional.

Jon Williams’s Experience

• Chief Creative Officer

  Grey London

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — Present (2 years 1 month)

• Head of Digital (Creative)

  Beattie McGuinness Bungay

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2007 — January 2008 (11 months)

• Managing Partner and Creative Director (DIgital)

  Harrison Troughton Wunderman

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2005 — February 2007 (2 years 2 months)

• Interactive Creative Director

  Publicis Dialog

  (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1999 — 2005 (6 years )

Additional Information

Jon Williams’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company

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