Our Team
Ian Johnson
Ian is the founder and Managing Director of IJPR. He founded IJPR in 2006.
In his previous work at the BBC, Ian was Head of Publicity for Drama, Entertainment and Film from 2001-2004 and was Head of Special Projects in Publicity from 2004-2006.
Chris Worwood
Chris is the Managing Director and founder of IJPR Media. Chris worked at Channel 4 in the Picture Publicity team for 20 years and as Chief Picture Publicity Manager for the last 15 before leaving in 2015. He joined IJPR as Director in 2016.
Chris set up IJPR Cymru in 2017 based at Wolf Studios Wales in Cardiff to work across productions there as well as the rest of Wales.
Jeni Noel
Jeni is an Account Director at IJPR. Her recent projects include Killing Eve, Elizabeth is Missing, Call the Midwife and Informer. Other projects include The Missing, The Hollow Crown and red carpet management for the TVChoice Awards.
Jeni has worked in PR since 1998 covering theatre, film and television. She has previously worked at Premier PR, Comic Relief, BBC Continuing Drama, BBC Entertainment and Dennis Davidson Associates.
Liam Jones
Creative Director and Social Media Manager Liam’s recent projects include His Dark Materials (BBC/HBO), The Last Kingdom (Netflix), and Sky Original A Discovery of Witches.
Liam graduated from Aberystwyth University in 2015 with a joint honours degree in English Literature and Film and Television, before going on to work in commercial and public broadcasting with BBC Radio Wales and Nation Broadcasting Group.
He joined the Cardiff-based IJPR Cymru in 2017.
Mark Boustead
Director of Corporate Communications and Portfolio Manager Mark began his career in television publicity at Yorkshire Television in 2004, after graduating from Film School in Leeds.
After a couple of years working on the publicity for Emmerdale, Mark moved to London, where he worked at ITV on a number of entertainment and factual shows, including The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, The Only Way Is Essex, Long Lost Family, The Pride of Britain Awards, Good Morning Britain, and This Morning.
Mark has also worked on publicity campaigns at a number of broadcasters, including Channel 5, BBC, Disney, MTV, and at Fremantle, where he headed up the UK Publicity team.
Lucy Daniel
Lucy joined IJPR Cymru in 2021, after graduating from Bournemouth University in 2019, with a degree in Scriptwriting for Film and Television. Lucy moved to Cardiff in March 2020 to pursue a career in television, and worked as a freelance script editor before joining the IJPR team.
Her main job roles entail social media managing of our social accounts for The Last Kingdom, His Dark Materials, Bad Wolf and many more. She also assists with booking photographers, EPK, gallery shoots and entering shows into awards for Bad Wolf and UKTV.
What We Do
Photography
Working closely with showrunners, producers, broadcasters and international distributors we create imaginative and memorable photography to an agreed brief and budget. We also commission all unit and specials photography and manage delivery and approvals.
Events
Bespoke events for our clients tailored to project, target audience, budget and brief, ranging from awards ceremonies to industry debates and from influencer dinners to high profile premieres.
International
We have a proven track record of working with international broadcasters and distributors on shows which have been sold all over the world, including a wide range of US clients. The team at IJPR have arranged press junkets in the UK and abroad and organised visits by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Unit Publicity
Building strong relationships with on-screen and production talent, IJPR get the most out of a production through collaboration and mutual respect, providing exceptional access and producing engaging behind the scenes materials including press packs, fan videos and more.
Recent Projects
Recent Blog Posts
Cast for Stephen Merchant’s The Offenders (w/t) announced as filming resumes in Bristol
The Offenders (w/t) is a six-part series from multi-award-winning writer and director Stephen Merchant coming to BBC One and Amazon Prime Video. The series follows seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a Community Payback sentence in...
Filming commences on the Christmas Special of Call the Midwife’s tenth-anniversary series
The door to Nonnatus House has been unlocked for filming to start on the Christmas Special of the tenth anniversary series of Call the Midwife. Made by Neal Street Productions for BBC One, the award-winning drama series will return in time for Christmas this year with...
BBC ONE & HBO REVEAL THE FIRST OFFICIAL TEASER FOR SERIES TWO OF HIS DARK MATERIALS
The teaser includes footage of new series two cast members Andrew Scott (John Parry), Jade Anouka (Ruta Skadi), Terence Stamp (Giacomo Paradisi) and Simone Kirby (Dr. Mary Malone) as well as the very first glimpse at the mysterious city of Cittàgazze. In the...