Dan Jones (digital creative director)

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Dan Jones (born 10 October 1979)[ citation needed ] is a British creative director, digital producer and television producer.

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Personal life

Jones was educated at the Royal Latin School in Buckingham, the University of Manchester and the University of Birmingham.[ citation needed ] In 2009 he was named University of Birmingham Alumnus of the Year. [1] He lives in Hackney, London.[ citation needed ]

Career

Jones joined television production company Maverick Television in 2002.[ citation needed ] In 2005, he established a multiplatform arm to Maverick Television and became Head of Multiplatform.[ citation needed ] In 2005, he received a BAFTA New Talent award and 2006 he received a Broadcast Hotshot award.[ citation needed ] In 2007, Maverick Television was bought by independent production and distribution company All3Media. Dan Jones became Digital Creative Director at Maverick Television in 2012 and joined the board of Maverick Television.[ citation needed ] In 2013 Dan Jones was named a Future Leader [2] by the Royal Television Society. In 2014 All3Media was bought by Discovery Communications and Liberty Global. In July 2015 Jones joined Little Dot Studios as Director of Content. [3]

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References

  1. "Dan Jones, Alumnus of the Year 2009". birmingham.ac.uk.
  2. Royal Television Society. "RTS Cambridge Convention 2013". rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  3. "Little Dot moves for Maverick trio". C21Media.