Jim Blackwell is a Graphic Designer & Visual Artist based in South Wales, UK
Please scroll for a selection of my works from recent years.
Menu design & Signage for the jazz festival ‘Cheltenham Jazz Festival’ based in the heart of Cheltenham UK.
Cheltenham Jazz Fest - 2024 & 2025
Menu design & Signage for BBC’s annual festival ‘BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend
BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend - 2024 & 2025
Menu design & Signage for Brockwell Live, an annual multi festival event based in Brixton, Brockwell Park.
Hosting events such as; Wide Awake, Mighty Hoopla, City Splash! and Lambeth Country Show.
Brockwell Live 2024 & 2025
Menu design & Signage for the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials in Gloucestershire. This project consists of menus and signage for the event itself and sponsors such as Thatcher’s, Pol Roger’s & Bloom Gin
Badminton Horse Trials 2024 & 2025
Various menus & signage from the 2024 & 2025 festival seasons working as a Graphic Designer for Peppermint Events including: Bludfest 2025, Riverside East, Forest Live, Camp Bestival, BST Hyde Park, Gone Wild Festival with Bear Grylls, Dreamland Margate,
All Points East & Wembley Arena.
Peppermint Events Signage & Menus
Cover Art Guy - 2020, Ongoing
From January 2020 I’ve worked with musicians worldwide to bring their music releases to life from cover art & social media packs to CD and Vinyl releases.
This role mainly was entirely freelance and self started, consisting of creating and maintaining a following on social media which sits at over 200,000 followers combined across platforms, finding and maintaining client relationships, consultation and management of the entire process from start to finish and bringing ideas to life for the musicians from various sources of inspiration or concepts.
During this time I’ve worked with artists such as: Abhi The Nomad, Clear Conscience, Lifehouse, Isaac Zale, Savannah Cristina, Sammy Adams, KeepVibesNear & The Last Skeptik to name just a few of the incredible artists I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with.
This role has also given me the amazing opportunity to exhibit my work across the world in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Rome, Milan & Seoul.
From 2018 to 2020 I worked with Willmott Dixon Interiors, a multi national interior design business based in London as their sole designer completely rebranding their company along, create: hoardings, business cards, posters, merchandise, social media posts and working with the sales and marketing teams to deliver stunning tenders to win clients and projects during this time.
Willmott Dixon Interiors, 2018 - 2020
In 2018 I worked with Cilantro Engineering to completely rebrand their company with a new look - including: a new website, logos, branded documentation and social media overhauls.
Cilantro Engineering - 2018
From 2012 onwards I’ve worked on numerous freelance graphic design projects in a large variety of companies including: TalkTalk, Admiral, Albright Dene & Fresh Acoustics.
Freelance Graphic Design - 2012, Ongoing
