Jon Higgins is Senior Partner of Ketchum's international operations and responsible for overseeing all Ketchum offices and affiliates outside North America.
Prior to becoming Senior Partner, International, in 2008, Jon served as Senior Partner and CEO, EMEA, and had responsibility for all Ketchum offices in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and Italy, as well as more than 20 affiliates.
Jon is based in London, which serves as the agency’s EMEA headquarters. His responsibilities include client stewardship, business development ,and new ventures, as well as the enhancement of the agency’s regional reputation for creativity, innovation and thought leadership.
Prior to his international and EMEA roles, Jon was CEO of Ketchum London and raised client service to the highest priority by building a first-rate senior management team and establishing a strong presence for Ketchum's global practices. Recent accolades include in 2003 being named the U.K.’s fastest-growing top-tier agency, being named by The Financial Times as one of the “UK's 50 Top Great Places to Work,” and designation by PR industry pundit Paul Holmes as "the best place to work in Europe."
This international phase of Jon’s career came after six years with Ketchum in California, where Jon held overall senior management responsibility for the firm's offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. During his tenure in San Francisco, Ketchum was the number-one agency in the Bay Area, tripling its growth under his direction and earning more than a dozen national industry awards.
Before joining Ketchum London, Jon helped lead the creation, global launch and agency integration of the Ketchum Programming Process (KPP), an ambitious undertaking aimed at leveraging the agency's digital strategy, creative resources and unique culture into a consistent approach to client programming. By bringing a proprietary methodology to client work, KPP has made Ketchum's strategic and creative programming more consistent throughout the network, while raising its impact and value to clients.
Jon holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California.
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