John Barnes
President
Santa Monica
John Barnes is President of Mercury Media Santa Monica and is responsible for leading the strategic direction and day to day operations of the West Coast practice.
He has over 25 years of experience leading both full service advertising agencies and diversified media companies. His broad range of marketing communications experience gives him great insight into building businesses and integrating multiplatform services.
Over his career he has run the communications programs for some of the leading marketers including P&G, J&J, Kodak, Unilever, Nabisco, Frito Lay, Holiday Inns, Hyundai, Kia, New Line Cinema, adidas, Philips, Jenny Craig, DiTech, Dish Networks, Tourism Australia, CBS, Lifetime, Labatt, Stanley Tools, Petco and many more.
Prior to joining Mercury, he served as Managing Director of Carat, West, where he played an instrumental role in establishing Carat as a dominant West Coast media company. He previously served as Managing Director for Ammiratti Puris and Lintas in New York where he led the marketing campaigns on behalf of numerous blue chip clients.
John is a graduate of Northwestern University.