Jonathan Pease (creative director)

Jonathan Pease
Jonathan Pease with ? (2011)
Alma mater	Sydney University
Occupation	Creative director, entrepreneur, ideas director at Naked Communications, Style Director/Model Maker on Australia's Next Top Model, Lecturer at AdSchool
Agent	IMG[1]
Known for	Style Director/Model Maker on Australia's Next Top Model

Jonathan Pease is a creative director and entrepreneur based in Australia^[2] known for his role as style director on Australia's Next Top Model.^[3] Pease is currently managing partner and executive ideas director at Tongue.^[4][5]

Acting and directing work

Pease was Style Director on the Fox8 show, Australia's Next Top Model for several seasons^[6] leaving in 2009 to start a company, Tongue.^[7][8] Pease hosted the Fox8 show, Confidential.^[9][10][11] Other projects include the hosting role on Fashion Week Unwrapped, and a featured role on the reality TV show pilot The Agency. In 2006, Pease pitched a 13-episode show to Foxtel Australia called The Deep End, starring Ian Thorpe.^[2]

In 2008, Pease collaborated with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash to create a video game based on fashion and styling.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Creative design

Pease spent 18 years working in advertising and marketing, including seven years in New York with BBDO Worldwide.^[16] Clients have included M&M Mars and Pepsi in the USA, Financial Times in the UK, and Channel Nine in Australia. Previously, Pease served as Executive Ideas Director at Naked Communications^[17] where he worked on clients including Unilever, BMW, Coke, Bigpond, Xbox, and Seek. Naked won Australian agency of the year in 2007.^[18]

Pease is currently managing partner and executive ideas director of Tongue,^[19][20][21] working with clients including Kim Kardashian^[22] and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.^[23] Pease serves on the Vanguard Board for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.^[24] Pease is often a guest speaker^[25] at events such as the Australian National Leadership Camp in Sydney, the Leading Edge Hinterland Creative Conference in Sydney,^[26] and The Internet Show in Melbourne.^[27]

Pease is creator of the fashion label Tight Knickers.^[28][29]

Charity work

Pease works with several youth-focused charities including Australia's only maximum security prison for women, Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre.^[30][31] In Australia, Pease also works with the Make A Wish Foundation and the Sir David Martin Foundation, which saw him abseil down a city building.^[32][33]

Education and teaching

Pease has a Master of Business from Sydney University in 2010.^[34] and lectures about idea generation at AdSchool in Sydney.^[35]

References

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