Simon Jones
Munich

I was a news journalist when a PR executive suggested that I might be interested in a Press Officer job at the UK’s Automobile Association. I decided to give it a try for six months – that was in 1991. For ages, I thought it was normal for PR people to speak to national newspapers, TV and radio stations on a daily basis. As a self-confessed nerd, I love technology. Working in tech PR - which I've done for more than a decade - blurs the borders between my job and my hobby.

Some of the biggest PR highlights include helping my client win a Financial Times Global Telecoms Award and hearing that one of the winning factors was the entry submission that I’d slaved over; conducting a live TV broadcast in front of millions; and the massively varied job of PR. I’ve done things that most don’t get to do: ride with a rally driver, hitch a ride in a military C130 tanker, go behind the scenes, and help create the headlines. I still get a buzz when I land a killer piece of coverage and it’s very fulfilling to establish effective working relationships with clients who also become good friends.

I’ve worked with the AA (Automobile Association), Compaq, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, AdMob, Siebel, Adaptec, DAF Trucks, and United Utilities.

I work at OnPR because of the truly great colleagues on whom I can depend and from whom I can learn, and the great mix of clients - a combination of emerging players and established leaders. Everyone at OnPR is hands on with clients and the media. After 15-plus years in PR, I’ve been around the block a few times myself, but I appreciate that at OnPR I have colleagues who have been around different blocks as many or even more times.