Jonathan has designed and implemented innovation strategies with the leadership of:
Aston Martin, Credit Suisse Private Bank, Airbus, Feadship Yachts, Four Seasons (Private Jet Program), Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, BIG Architects, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, Lockheed Martin, Ralph Lauren, Warner Bros. / DC Comics, and Zaha Hadid Architects, to name a few.
Jonathan was the Head of Global Real Estate, Aviation & Marine Partnerships for Aston Martin Lagonda. In this unique role, he was responsible for creating the overall strategy, alliance formation, and execution for the brand’s expansion into these new industrial luxury verticals.
He began his career at MTV: Music Television / Viacom, where he helped design the business plans for MTV’s global expansion into Asia, Latin America, and Africa. After MTV, he was recruited by cultural icon Quincy Jones, to serve as Director of Business Development at QJE / Time Warner. He was responsible for sourcing and evaluating all multimedia and new venture opportunities.
He later joined Nissan North America as Senior Manager, Head of Youth and Urban Communications (a new internal unit that he created). In this capacity, Jonathan was responsible for all youth, multicultural marketing, and strategic alliances for both the Nissan and Infiniti brands. He efficiently managed three ad agency accounts and a $100 million annual budget, and oversaw the development and production of dozens of multimedia communications campaigns.
Global Strategy at Aston Martin, and
Former executive at Nissan and MTV