Jon's career in animation began in 1980, This was when he was told of a job opening at Hanna-Barbera's Australian offices after 4 years of working as a truck driver. He and his family left for Sydney promptly to work at the studio. He started as an inbetweener, eventually climbing the ladder to direct the animation for animated adaptations for The Berenstain Bears and Teen Wolf. After a brief stint at Germany's Munich Animation, he became a director at Midway Games until 2006. After that, he had a two-year stint at Star Farm Productions.