James McAllister

MBCS Managing Director, UK & EMEA.

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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Influencing the influencers: The dos and don’ts of successful influencer marketing partnerships

Influencing the influencers: The dos and don’ts of successful influencer marketing partnerships

By James McAllister

Nov 7, 2016

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Thrilled to start my new role with Accenture Song this week. Great to join such a great company with so many brilliant people. I am really looking…

Thrilled to start my new role with Accenture Song this week. Great to join such a great company with so many brilliant people. I am really looking…

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Really enjoyed giving a talk about an exciting new show for Amazon we’re involved in called ‘Unsigned’. This show by American Express allows…

Really enjoyed giving a talk about an exciting new show for Amazon we’re involved in called ‘Unsigned’. This show by American Express allows…

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After 17+ years I have now officially left my role as UM EMEA President. What an amazing journey it’s been! Having worked for the company in Hong…

After 17+ years I have now officially left my role as UM EMEA President. What an amazing journey it’s been! Having worked for the company in Hong…

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Experience

Mediabrands Content Studio

2 years 10 months
- Managing Director
  
  Mediabrands Content Studio
  
  Apr 2024 - Present 5 months
  
  London Area, United Kingdom
- Managing Partner, Head of MBCS
  
  Mediabrands Content Studio
  
  Nov 2021 - Jun 2024 2 years 8 months
UM London

4 years 6 months
- Managing Partner, Content. Head of UM STUDIOS
  
  UM London
  
  Jun 2021 - Dec 2022 1 year 7 months
  
  London, England, United Kingdom
- Partner
  
  UM London
  
  Aug 2019 - Jul 2021 2 years
  
  London, United Kingdom
- Head Of Content
  
  UM London
  
  Jul 2018 - Jul 2021 3 years 1 month
  
  London, United Kingdom
Content Director

UM Worldwide

Jan 2014 - Jul 2018 4 years 7 months

London, United Kingdom
Consultant Producer and Content Strategist

Freelance

Aug 2013 - Dec 2015 2 years 5 months

London, United Kingdom

Working with brands and agencies to help define, build and take their content offering to market. Responsibilities include developing and pitching content strategies to clients, building the team and partnerships to deliver that content, Exec Producing content through to delivery and managing the analytics post delivery. In this role I also help companies staff up and devise an effective and sustainable new business strategy for the future. Clients include Hogarth WW and The Food Network.
Executive Producer

VCCP

Sep 2012 - Sep 2013 1 year 1 month

London, United Kingdom
Head of UK Production

VideoJug

Jan 2007 - Sep 2012 5 years 9 months
Producer

Prospect Pictures

2006 - 2006 less than a year
Producer

Princess

2005 - 2006 1 year
Assistant Producer

One-Ten Productions

2005 - 2006 1 year
Assistant Producer

ITV

2003 - 2005 2 years
Researcher

Zenith Media

2003 - 2004 1 year
Runner

Endemol

2001 - 2002 1 year

Education

Northumbria University

LLB (Hons) Law

1995 - 1998
Jönköping University

Law International Law

1996 - 1997

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“James is extremely personable, calm and experienced, these attributes are a blessing in client and agency meetings to ensure that branded content ideas could flex as needed to keep everyone reassured and excited about the next steps. Whilst James brings a calming influence he is also high energy and gets the job done with gusto - ensuring efficient planning, shoots run smoothly, edits are completed on time and with exceptional final results that the client/agency/media owner and audiences love. Not only is James an extremely talented Producer Director but he is also very commercially minded and was always very keen to work with me on developing new strategic partnership ideas, coming up with fresh ideas for branded video that would deliver client objectives whilst entertaining our audiences and getting views/shares. James also has great influencer and talent relationships which come in very handy, and was also great at keeping to budget. I hope to work with James again in the future. ”
Ash Ali

“James has been an inspiration to work with. His creative ideas, down to earth personality and knowledge of the TV & media world always impressed me. We worked together on several video projects and through that process I enjoyed learning from his video production talent and producing the ideal framework for large volume short form films. James also has an excellent creative flair as seen from his various brand videos he has produced and is an all round top guy to have around you.”

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The news is out! Welcome to the team Will Spence, our new Initiative UK CEO 🚀 And, thank you Beau Jackson and Campaign UK -…

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Enyi Nwosu and Simon Taylor had so much fun on the first day of the Campaign UK Media 360 conference. During Enyi's closing remarks, he reflected on…

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Articles by James

Influencing the influencers: The dos and don’ts of successful influencer marketing partnerships

By James McAllister

Activity

Thrilled to start my new role with Accenture Song this week. Great to join such a great company with so many brilliant people. I am really looking…

Liked by James McAllister

Really enjoyed giving a talk about an exciting new show for Amazon we’re involved in called ‘Unsigned’. This show by American Express allows…

Liked by James McAllister

After 17+ years I have now officially left my role as UM EMEA President. What an amazing journey it’s been! Having worked for the company in Hong…

Liked by James McAllister

Experience

Mediabrands Content Studio

Managing Director

Managing Partner, Head of MBCS

UM London

Managing Partner, Content. Head of UM STUDIOS

Partner

Head Of Content

Content Director

Consultant Producer and Content Strategist

Freelance

Executive Producer

Head of UK Production

Producer

Prospect Pictures

Producer

Princess

Assistant Producer

One-Ten Productions

Assistant Producer

Researcher

Zenith Media

Runner

Education

LLB (Hons) Law

Law International Law

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