Gill Linton

When Maurice and Charles Saatchi started M&C Saatchi, I was the first AE they hired.

I worked on British Airways, Ministry of Sound, Sky Television's historic switch to digital, and, the British Government's Millennium celebrations. I spent lots of time planning and thinking about marketing ideas other than advertising - I realized it's what I really wanted to do.

When Fallon asked me to be part of their London start-up, to re-brand BBC Radio 1 and Lee Jeans across Europe, I jumped at the opportunity. At the time Campaign Magazine described me as 'Inventive and open-minded' advertising's future.'

In 1999 I came to New York to be the founding planning director at dRush, the joint venture between Donny Deutsch and Russell Simmons -the first collaboration of its kind to combine authentic pop culture with general market advertising. I also came to New York, to be in New York.

We won business from Coca-Cola, HBO and for Courvoisier Cognac we developed the integrated communications strategy, advertising and npd. After dRush, I worked with Courvoisier to build Atelier Courvoisier, a luxury fashion business created as part of Allied Domecq's portfolio growth strategy.

In 2004, I teamed up with Rupert to start The Joneses. We're currently developing two new businesses of our own and I'm also a fashion stylist - my influences are the movie Flashdance and '80s Essex girls. Click on my name if you want to hear more about me.