`If you work with talented people, it pushes you'.The prospect of spending hours stuck in endless meetings and knowing exactly how each working day will pan out drove Simon Jones Simon Jones may refer to:
Simon, 39, is joint managing director of marketing and communications agency Guerilla Communications, in Westgate Companies
United Kingdom
Newcastle, city (1991 pop. 262,331), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the center of one of the country's largest coal-mining areas and is a large port. Coal, wool, iron and steel, and wheat are exported. . It's his job to make sure things run smoothly at the agency, which helps its 15 clients with campaigns in TV, print and online advertising, corporate identity and marketing. His typical working day starts at 8.30am when he catches the train from his home in York York, former name of Toronto, Canada York, Ont.: see Toronto, Ont., Canada. York, city, England York, city (1991 pop. 123,126) and district, North Yorkshire, N England, at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss rivers. to Newcastle and begins to catch up on e-mails and phone calls en route. By the time he arrives at the office, at 9.30am, there are yet more phone calls to deal with, ensuring work for the day's meetings is prepared and liaising with or visiting clients, printers and partner agencies. Keeping a cool head is part of a day's work for Simon, who has 12 staff. He said: "I usually have time for lunch, it just depends on the day. "Sometimes it's inside or outside the office. No two days are ever the same. "You can have problems that just blow up overnight. Every day is fluid. "You try to plan your day and generally try to stick to your plan but you always have to recognise that in the business we are in, things can change." It's this diversity and uncertainty, coupled with the creative environment of the world of marketing, that Simon appears to thrive on. He said: "I like the creativity of my job. "You get to work with people who are constantly trying to push themselves. It's a creative environment, a dynamic environment. "I like the fact no two days are ever the same. "My nightmare would be to be stuck in one meeting after another and get to 5.30pm and realise you have achieved nothing. "One of the things I like about this industry is that it's results driven. It's satisfying. "I get a lot of pleasure out of it. It can be hugely frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: but brilliantly satisfying. If you work with talented people, it pushes you to do better." His working day usually means that he's back at home with wife Deborah, 39, and children Callum, eight, Keiran, seven, and Megan, two, by 7.30pm - unless he's entertaining clients. Juggling home and work life can be tough but Simon always tries to make sure he keeps weekends work-free. |
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