A mum has shared her pride after her son was chosen to star in a Royal Navy recruitment advert and “put Paisley on the map”.

Jason McCormick’s career with the naval force has gone from strength to strength after he joined as a teenager in 2021.

In the 30-second advert, the former Trinity High pupil is filmed lying down and then playing a computer game while explaining that “for a while my world felt small and my reality was virtual.”

It then shows the 22-year-old working at controls, on board a ship, having fun with friends at a bar and then working to clear a beach abroad, as he explains, “but then I joined the navy and everything changed."

“My world felt bigger, full of possibilities," he added.

“Now I have real experiences with real mates and together we make a real difference.”

The advert finishes with Jason telling viewers, “I was born in Paisley, but I was made in Royal Navy.”

Mum Shonny explained that her son was chosen for the campaign after being put forward to go for an audition.

“You don’t see many Scottish boys on these adverts so myself, his sister and our extended family are obviously proud as punch at the fact he has done it,” she told the Gazette.

We previously reported how Jason was given a welcome to remember back in August 2021 when he arrived home after months of training.

At the time, he had just gone through nine weeks of training at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint, Cornwall, where he had completed the first stage of his Royal Navy apprenticeship in marine engineering.

On his return, he was met by more than a dozen family members at Bishopton station.

Jason with mum Shonny and sister CiaraJason with mum Shonny and sister Ciara (Image: Supplied)

Before taking on his four-year apprenticeship, Jason worked part-time as a kitchen porter at the Erskine Home, in Bishopton, and at butcher’s shop Mitchell’s of Erskine, in Bridgewater shopping centre.

Jason, who is based in Portsmouth and is a marine engineer technician, was also a member of Renfrewshire Boxing and has since boxed for the navy.

Shonny explained that it was while working at Erskine that he was inspired to join the navy.

“He worked in the Erskine hospital and while speaking to veterans in there he was intrigued by it and applied and got in,” she said.

“He joined in Covid and he’s done really well.”