About
Hi, I’m Jon.
Graphic designer and illustrator in Devon, UK, with over 15 years across brand identity, print, packaging, digital design, merchandise, publishing, and campaign artwork. My best work is the quiet kind: restrained palettes, confident typography, decisions that earn their place.
I work directly with clients in hospitality, music, tech, education, apparel, and games, shaping each brief around what the project actually needs.
Good design should do its job before anyone reads a word. It should communicate clearly, feel considered, and hold up long after launch. That’s why I take on a focused number of projects at a time and give each one proper attention from first idea to final delivery.
Experience
15+ years, across studios and solo.
Combining four studios and over a decade of freelancing, each role brought different clients, constraints, and standards. All of it feeds into how I work with clients today.
Independent
Freelance Designer
Ongoing freelance practice across 15+ years with clients in the UK, US, and Europe. Brand identity, merchandise, and publication work for bands, game studios, and independent businesses.
Little Brother Books
Senior In-House Designer
Publication design, project management, and brand guidelines for a UK children’s publisher. Licensed work with Aardman, Purple Mash, Jazwares (Squishmallows), and GamesWarrior (Minecraft).
SeenInDesign
Senior Studio Designer
Brand identity, print, and digital work for hospitality and lifestyle clients across the South West. Projects included Viva Torquay, Otto Torquay, Medirest, and Park Lane.
School of Natural Skincare
In-House Designer
Brand guidelines, publication design and motion graphics at an internationally-acclaimed, online course-provider for students creating their own natural beauty products. Materials created for 3 diploma-level courses, and over 100+ smaller projects.
LHC Design
In-House Designer
Graphics team at a leading South West architecture and urban design firm. Print collateral, 3D visualisation rendering, and publication design for planning consultations across Devon, Cornwall, and beyond.
Clients
Notable clients worked with
A selection of bands, brands, studios, publishers, and venues I’ve worked with across in-house and freelance engagements. Ohio metal bands, Japanese guitar manufacturers, Devon hospitality, South West councils, US game developers, the common thread is a real commitment to visual quality.
Recognition
Awards & Recognition
Creative Conscience Awards - Bronze
Recognition for Fray, a BJJ charity brand designed for men’s mental health fundraising.
How I Work
The Process
Discovery
Understanding the business, the audience, and what the project needs to achieve. A clear brief produces better work.
Strategy
Before any visual work begins, I establish what the brand needs to communicate and to whom. That foundation shapes every decision after it.
Design
Concept development, refinement, and presentation. Multiple directions if needed. Honest feedback welcomed.
Deliver
Final files, guidelines where needed, and support through rollout. The handover is complete when you have everything to move forward.
Currently taking briefs