Meet the Producer

John McCambley, Founder & Chief Producer at Marketing Masterclass Series

John McCambley, Marketing Masterclass Series

A former head of marketing with over 15 years ‘Big Brand’ experience. John has worked for a number of global organisations and award-winning marketing agencies across the UK, Europe and North America.

A retail management graduate from the University of Ulster in N.Ireland, John started his career with Sainsbury’s and was a member of the first-ever Northern Ireland management team, helping to set-up and manage a busy trading department at Sainsbury’s Ballymena branch, which opened in 1996.

Since then, John has held a number of senior marketing and management roles at global brands: British American Tobacco (N.Ireland), NXP Semiconductors (Germany), Future Electronics Inc (Canada), KPMG Nunwood and Stickyeyes (England).

Launching the Marketing Masterclass Series

In 2015, he created the Marketing Masterclass Series with the sole vision of developing a stronger events infrastructure for the many marketers and thought-leaders based in the North of England, and providing them with an engaging learning experience.

Friday Chatter

John has since managed to successfully produce and deliver a number of innovative live and online events across the UK – Powered by industry leaders from the world of digital, content, social, PR, creative, insight & strategy.

Delegates who have attended his events include: M&S, Morrisons, Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys, Iceland, Ikea Group, Wickes, Safestyle, Argos, Matalan, Sofology, ScS, Specsavers, Pets at Home, Nationwide, Lloyds Banking Group, Vitality, Aviva, HSBC, Barclays, Nat West Group, Virgin Money, FOOTASYLUM, Hotter Shoes, JD Sports Fashion, Decathlon UK, Gymshark, Fanatics, Missguided, Boohoo, PrettyLittleThing,  N Brown Group, NastyGal, Naylors – Go Outdoors, Autotrader, Halfords, WeBuyAnyCar, Vertu Motors, Select Car Leasing, Confused, MoneySupermarket, Compare The Market, The Very Group, Jet2, Sykes Cottages, The Travel Chapter, Club Med, On the Beach, Ice Travel Group, Talk Talk, Virgin Media, Vodafone, O2, Merlin Entertainments, Interflora, Bloom & Wild, Arla Foods, Holland & Barrett, Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate, NHS, Bupa, Well Pharmacy, Priory Group, Currentbody, AO.com, Beko, Betfred, Sky Betting & Gaming, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Rayware Group, Irwin Mitchell, Slater & Gordon, Jellycat, The Perfume Shop, The Fragrance Shop, Fox Group International and many many more…

Outside of work:
A family man with two young daughters (Heidi and Skye). In his spare time – he loves running, walking, playing tennis, playing pool, online chess, reading anything by John Grisham & Michael Connelly, watching boxing, and visiting friends & family in Belfast (N.Ireland) and Hamburg (Germany).

Meet the producer - John McCambley