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About me

Jonathan Ford is the Group Creative Director & Founding Partner of the global design agency Pearlfisher.

Now in its monumental 30th year of being an independent design agency based in London and New York, Jonathan's vision for Pearlfisher is as clear as it was from the very beginning: to continually further creative standards through provocative design and by boldly challenging the status quo and never looking back. Hence his mantra: 'Semper ad Meloria'

Jonathan thrives on motivating himself and his two leadership teams to push further, and has helped some of world's iconic and challenger brands including Jim Beam, Seedlip, Innocent, Target, Wolfgang Puck, Jamie Oliver, and Help Remedies, - while gaining countless Design Effectiveness Awards, D&AD inclusions and a much coveted Gold Cannes Lion along the way.

With a desire to undertake initiatives that make a positive and sustainable impact on the world, Jonathan was a co-Creative Director of the Gold award-winning The Pearlfisher Garden - designed to visualise the impact of plastic waste on the underwater garden of our great oceans - at the 2018 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

His sustainable interests also have seen him as Chairman of the Haller Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation providing a model for ecological community development in Africa. Jonathan frequently represents Pearlfisher on the world stage - most recently sharing Pearlfisher's Lightweighting manifesto which comes to life as a philosophy centred around creating more from less.

As if that wasn't enough to keep him busy, this year he hosted his first exhibition in Bermondsey, London, of mono prints entitled "Struck - by time and nature" which featured 22 hand pressed prints and canvases.

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ContractPerm, Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote

LocationLondon, United Kingdom

Skill LevelJunior, Middleweight, Senior, Director

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Brand / Logo Design, Branding, Business Analysis, Business Development, Business Management, Creative Direction, Packaging Design, Printing

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Arts, Branding, Communications, Creative Services, Design, Research & Development

Clients

Cadbury, Jim Beam, lurpak, Reeves, Seedlip, Wagamama

Awards

Cannes Lions - Gold, Creative Circle Award - Gold, Creativepool Annual Silver, D&AD Award - In-book, DBA Design Effectiveness Award, FAB Award, PentAward - Silver, The Drum Award, Transform Award

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