Carl Jones Appointed Vice President Executive Creative Director At GREY Canada

GREY Canada has announced Carl Jones as the agency’s new Vice President Creative Director, working in their Toronto office. Carl’s career began at Toronto’s Vickers & Benson and MacLaren before moving to Mexico City in 1993. While in Mexico he worked on the Alka-Seltzer campaign which became the country’s most awarded of all time. In 2003, Carl created the advertising campaign for the Dali Lama’s visit, and his 2004 campaign for Frito-Lay was the first Latin American commercial ever shown during the Super Bowl, and was later voted as one of the year’s top five commercials in a USA Today public poll.

Carl spent 10 years at BBDO Mexico, and during that ime the agency it was the most awarded agency in Mexico and a four-time Agency of the Year award winner. During his tenure as General Creative Director, Carl also helped Y&R Mexico become Agency of the Year. As the country’s first art director to be elected president of the Mexican Circulo Creativo, he also led Y&R to win its first Gran Prix in the Circulo Creativo as well as its first Cannes lion.



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