Throughout my career, I’ve been fortunate enough to have my work recognized in awards shows and countless media publications around the world. My work has gone viral, I’ve worked with celebrities, created a magazine with distribution in 20+ countries, I’ve been a social media influencer with nearly 70 thousand organic followers and I’ve lead a team that took an agency that had never won an award, to Strategy’s Small Agency of the Year top 10.
The accolade I am most proud of however, was winning the mentorship award at my last agency. My colleagues’ comments that were shared alongside the award do a better job of describing what it’s like to work with me than a bio ever could. Here’s what they had to say.
"Jon genuinely cares about the creative department and wants to see everyone grow and develop."
"Jon is always game to jam on ideas and sincerely cares about the people around him."
"Jon is always supportive and willing to provide guidance. He’s grounded, professional and great to work with."
"Jon always has a pointer or a suggestion to help you improve whatever it is you're working on."
"While he's often reserved, Jon is a goldmine of experience, creativity and knowledge." Want to find out what’s it’s like to work with me first hand? Get in touch.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SALT XC -CREATIVE DIRECTOR - JAN 2024 - PRESENT
PUBLIC INC. - CREATIVE DIRECTOR & HEAD OF ART - OCT 2018 - DEC 2023
PUBLICIS -CREATIVE - MAR 2017 - OCT 2018
KBS+ - ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR SEPT 2015 - MAR 2017
INNOCEAN WORLDWIDE - ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR JAN 2011 - SEPT 2015
ZIG/CP+B - ART DIRECTOR MAR 2010 - JAN 2011
CLEAN SHEET - ART DIRECTOR FEB 2009 - MAR 2010
TBWA\TORONTO - ART DIRECTOR MAY 2005 - FEB 2009
RECOGNITION
2023 ADCC BRONZE — “NOT OLD NEWS”
2023 COMMUNICATION ARTS —“NOT OLD NEWS”
2023 COMMUNICATION ARTS — DESIGN SHORT LIST “NOT OLD NEWS”
2023 APPLIED ARTS DESIGN —“NOT OLD NEWS”
2022 STRATEGY MAGAZINE AGENCY OF THE YEAR — TOP TEN SMALL AGENCY OF THE YEAR
2022 COMMUNICATION ARTS — ADVERTISING SHORT LIST “THE MUSKOKA CHAIR CRASH”
2022 CLIOS BRONZE — HEALTH & WELLNESS “THE MUSKOKA CHAIR CRASH”
2022 MARKETING AWARDS — SHORT LIST “THE MUSKOKA CHAIR CRASH”
2022 COMMUNICATION ARTS — DESIGN SHORT LIST “THE MUSKOKA CHAIR CRASH”
2021 COMMUNICATION ARTS — ADVERTISING SHORT LIST “‘HANKS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING”
2021 COMMUNICATION ARTS — ADVERTISING SHORT LIST “THE CARE SALON”
2021 MUSE BY CLIO “THE CARE SALON”
2021 CLIOS SILVER — HEALTH & WELLNESS “THE CARE SALON”
2021 ONE SHOW INNOVATION IN HEALTH & WELLNESS “THE CARE SALON”
2020 MUSE BY CLIO TORONTO FOR ALL “AGING CREAM”
2020 MARKETING AWADS PUBLIC SERVICE “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”
2019 EPICA AWARDS SILVER — PUBLIC INTEREST “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”