George P. Johnson appoints Mason and McCallum to lead Creative and Strategy teams

Global experience marketing agency George P. Johnson (GPJ) has made two leadership appointments in Creative and Strategy to accelerate growth.

Neil Mason joins as executive creative director from Jack Morton where he was the global creative director on the Samsung account. Prior to which, Mason ran his own boutique creative agency Lovely and was a creative director at Ignite (now Wasserman XP), Sledge and Iris.

Jonathan McCallum joins the agency as chief strategy officer from Ogilvy Group (WPP) where he was recently head of sports marketing and director of sponsorship across the multi-agency group.

Jason Megson, managing director of George P. Johnson UK said; “To say that these appointments are game-changing for our agency is an understatement. Both Jonathan and Neil bring a level strategic insight and creativity that elevates GPJ to an industry leading position.

Their inclusion in our line-up supports a senior team brimming with talent, including recent hires such as digital strategy director, Nick Riggall from Social Partners (WPP) and account director, Mary Hodson who recently joined GPJ from sponsorship activation specialists iLuka (CSM).

George P. Johnson is at a tipping-point. We’ve got bags of untapped ambition, a fantastic team and a transformational vision that is already creating positive momentum both in terms of current client growth and new wins”