Jon Crawford-Phillips

Jon is a Partner at Fahrenheit 212 and as a Business Director has extensive experience leading the development and commercialization of innovation initiatives across a wide-range of categories. A founding member of Fahrenheit 212, Jon has recently worked as an innovation consultant with clients including Hershey, Procter & Gamble, Clorox, adidas, Coca-Cola, General Mills, NBC Universal, International Paper, Starbucks and Destiny USA. In addition to running innovation projects for core clients, Jon is responsible across the entire client base for the integration of diverse disciplines into the commercialization process.

Prior to joining Fahrenheit 212, Jon worked for Fletcher Advisory, the London-based consultancy division of Forrester Research. There he advised senior management on new media trends and strategy, working with clients such as Reuters, McKinsey & Co. and Amazon.com. Jon also co-authored an index on the financial stability of European Internet companies, commissioned by PwC. Jon left the UK in 2000 to work with Geoff Vuleta at Saatchi & Saatchi’s global strategy group in New Zealand, where he worked both on corporate strategy and global clients such as Procter & Gamble and Guinness.

Jon has a Masters degree in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Oxford. His interests in applied creativity are diverse, including authoring the foreword for Best Ugly – an architectural design book published by Harper Collins.