He was a city editor in Germany at 21, then a dramatic and music critic, and helped manage three theaters in Berlin.
[2] He began working in the German film industry, before relocating after the rise of the Nazi party.
Jackson moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s, writing the screenplay for Destry Rides Again (1939) a western starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.
[8][9] He joined the advertising agency Young and Rubicam in 1946, heading up its dramatic-television department.
He served as executive producer of Pulitzer Prize Playhouse which aired on the ABC television network.