November 26, 2008
#1 - Behind the Scenes in Advertising by Jeremy BullmoreJeremy Bullmore was born in 1929. He went from school to National Service to Oxford, where he spent two years not reading English. His first proper job, in 1954, was as a trainee copywriter with J. Walter Thompson, and he stayed with that agency until his retirement in 1987. He became successively copywriter, writer/producer, creative group head and head of television; then from 1964 to 1975 head of the creative department, and from 1976 to 1987 chairman. He was a member of the J. Walter Thompson worldwide board and, from 1981 to 1987, chairman of the UK Advertising Association. Since 1988, Jeremy Bullmore has been a non-executive director of WPP Group plc and between 1988 and 2001 was a nonexecutive director of the Guardian Media Group plc. He currently contributes regular columns to Management Today, Market Leader and Campaign.

#1 - Behind the Scenes in Advertising by Jeremy Bullmore

Jeremy Bullmore was born in 1929. He went from school to National Service to Oxford, where he spent two years not reading English. His first proper job, in 1954, was as a trainee copywriter with J. Walter Thompson, and he stayed with that agency until his retirement in 1987. He became successively copywriter, writer/producer, creative group head and head of television; then from 1964 to 1975 head of the creative department, and from 1976 to 1987 chairman. He was a member of the J. Walter Thompson worldwide board and, from 1981 to 1987, chairman of the UK Advertising Association. Since 1988, Jeremy Bullmore has been a non-executive director of WPP Group plc and between 1988 and 2001 was a nonexecutive director of the Guardian Media Group plc. He currently contributes regular columns to Management Today, Market Leader and Campaign.

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