About
John Jackson is a professional public engagement strategist and author with twenty years experience of running major international campaigns. He has had extensive involvement at every level of public advocacy: working in areas of conflict, lobbying senior level government and launching high profile campaigns.
He was co-founder and Director of the Burma Campaign UK, Vice President of Social Responsibility at MTV International, Head of Campaigns at Christian Aid and a Senior Strategy Director at Purpose (a social enterprise that builds new movements).
He has helped in the development of some of the key campaigns of recent years: Burmese democracy, landmines, poor country debt, child bonded labor, world bank/IMF reform, low wage workers' rights and housing rights.
John has worked with: Amnesty International, WWF, Russell Brand, Global Witness, Fire Brigades Union, Purpose, The Syria Campaign, Transparency International, The Web Foundation and the London Covid-19 Emergency Response among many others.
He has been interviewed extensively by international broadcast media (including BBC Newsnight, Channel 4 News, the Today Programme and Sky). And published in the International Herald Tribune, the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Huffington Post and Prospect magazine, among others.
John is co-author of Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity and a bit of Ingenuity can Change the World (Sterling Publishing, 2010).