BIOGRAPHY
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
CHURCH+STATE - GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR - DEC 2024 - PRESENT
SALT XC - CREATIVE DIRECTOR - JAN 2024 - NOV 2024
PUBLIC INC. - CREATIVE DIRECTOR & HEAD OF ART - OCT 2018 - DEC 2023
PUBLICIS - ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR - 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
2024 CMA — JUDGE
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”
2019 ADCC SILVER — OOH ENHANCED “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”
2019 ADCC SILVER —TRANSIT “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”
2019 COMMUNICATION ARTS WINNER — PSA “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”
2019 COMMUNICATION ARTS ADVERTISING SHORTLIST — PSA, “INACCESSIBLE CAMPAIGN”
2019 COMMUNICATION ARTS ADVERTISING SHORTLIST— POSTERS, “INACCESSIBLE CAMPAIGN”
2019 COMMUNICATION ARTS ADVERTISING SHORTLIST — PSA, “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”
2019 COMMUNICATION ARTS ADVERTISING SHORTLIST— POSTERS, “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”
2019 COMMUNICATION ARTS DESIGN SHORTLIST “INACCESSIBLE TRANSIT SHELTER”
2018 — PUBLICIS OPTS OUT OF AWARDS GLOBALLY
2017 FACEBOOK $100,000 MEDIA BONUS, “ROGERS BACK-TO-SCHOOL”
2016 THE MARKETING AWARDS CRAFT, VFX "HOP ON"
2016 THE MARKETING AWARDS CRAFT, SOUND "HOP ON"
2016 THE MARKETING AWARDS PUBLIC SERVICE, PRESS "HOP ON"
2016 APPLIED ARTS “BRANDS OF SANTA”
2016 APPLIED ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY MOTION "HOP ON"
2016 APPLIED ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES "HOP ON"
2015 LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS VFX "HOP ON"
2015 LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS SOUND "HOP ON"
2015 CLIOS SPORTS, INNOVATIVE "HOP ON"
2015 CLIOS SPORTS, FILM "HOP ON"
2015 APPLIED ARTS "HOP ON"
2014 ADCC "FRISCHE MAGAZINE"
2014 APPLIED ARTS "FRISCHE MAGAZINE"
2013 BESSIES SFX/COMPOSITING ”LANDSCAPE”
2013 BESSIES ORIGINAL MUSIC ”LANDSCAPE”
2013 BESSIES ANIMATION “8-BIT”
2013 APPLIED ARTS CRAFT SERIES “DESIGNED TO CAMPAIGN”
2013 APPLIED ARTS CRAFT SINGLE “8-BIT”
2013 AD STARS FILM “DESIGNED TO CAMPAIGN”
2013 AD STARS MOBILE “KIA CROWD FX”
2012 ADCC “TATTOO REMOVAL BUSINESS CARD”
2012 APPLIED ARTS “TATTOO REMOVAL BUSINESS CARD”
2011 URLIES (HUFFINGTON POST) “STEVE BUSCEMI EYES”
2011 ADCC “THE BESSIE AWARDS. ADS WITH IDEAS”
2010 ADCC “WIND MOBILE”
2010 THE MARKETING AWARDS “WIND MOBILE”
2009 APPLIED ARTS “ENERGIZER DESKTOP WIDGET”
2009 EXTRAS “DOUBLE LINE”
2009 EXTRAS ART DIRECTION “DOUBLE LINE”
2009 COMMUNICATION ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY “DOUBLE LINE”
2008 MEDIA INNOVATION AWARDS “BUBBLE WRAP”
2008 THE MARKETING AWARDS “BUBBLE WRAP”
2008 APPLIED ARTS “BUBBLE WRAP”
2008 ADCC NIVEA “BUBBLE WRAP”
2007 APPLIED ARTS SKITTLES “CHOP”
2007 APPLIED ARTS SKITTLES “ABS”
2007 ADCC SKITTLES “CHOP”
2007 ADCC SKITTLES “ABS”