Mike Jennings Email & Phone Number

Elland, West Yorkshire

I do all Bond It's design work: point-of-sale displays, e-marketing, press advertisements, product brochure, vehicle livery, photography, motion graphics and social media ads - along with anything else which crops up during the working week and the occasional bit of copy writing, (I've also created a new interim website at www.bonditgroup.com whilst a new e-commerce site is being commissioned).

Copley, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Scribbleworks is my trading name for any freelance work. For a while I was fully employed under this title (2012 - 2015) and I have kept just a couple of clients who understand my position now.

Bradford, West Yorkshire.

If the artwork wasn't suitable I fixed it. If the press operator couldn't fit it I adjusted it. If one of the studio Mac operators ran into a problem I advised on what to do. I dealt with any engineers and I liaised with clients directly to specify how artwork should be supplied or to advise them if required. I learned an awful lot, and all of it was on-the-job training. I might have stayed there forever if there had been a creative aspect to my job but there wasn't and I felt I needed it.

Bradford, West Yorks.

Back in the saddle, then, with the opportunity to work on many varied projects and for a wide client base. Whilst there I applied for a position with another company which I thought would just be good interview practice and help me to get my portfolio back in gear. Unfortunately I got the job - bluff called!

British Home Stores, Bradford Court, Ais Kitchens, West Riding Cleaning Co.

I lost my way, so I dropped off the planet for a bit and did as many so-called non-skilled jobs as I could. I washed up, I mopped floors, I cooked breakfasts, I took in morning deliveries at department stores, I took payments over the counter from people who had CCJs in Court ... and somewhere during all that I grew up. It all came to an end (or rather, a beginning) when I went to Bradford Law Courts: it was a temporary contract and I was leaving a full-time job in order to do it. The man who hired me said "Ok, you can have the job, but what will you do when the contract ends if we can't keep you on?". I replied "Don't worry, I'm going back into Graphics again after this, I'm ready to do it again now". He asked "And what if that doesn't happen?" to which (surprising myself) I replied "It will".The Law Courts contract was for 6 months, I went back to him after 5 months to tell him I'd applied for a design job and had been successful, so would be leaving at the contract's end. He told me he would have kept me on anyway, but was delighted for me that it had all worked out nicely. He also said he was very impressed that I'd had the confidence to take control of things.I guess the moral here is to follow your gut feelings - before I took this detour I wouldn't have had that confidence.

I joined as a graphic designer and ended up filling the shoes of a chap who ran the Apple Mac system which was just coming into it's own when he left. It was something of a battlefield promotion: I had to learn a lot very quickly, but considering what was to come it was a great experience.

Wainstalls, Halifax.

Middleweight designer - markers and Letracet (remember that?).A happy year, moved on to bigger things just because in those days it was assumed that you would.There was an unspoken thing that if you stayed at one place too long you must be a bit rubbish.

Bradford, West Yorks.

My first design job - straight from college!

B.A. (Hons), Multidisciplinary Design, 2(Ii)

At North Staffs I did a three year course which was structured to give me a grounding in all things 'design' related. Year one was.

Education record

I knew nothing! I blundered into subjects, fudged my way through exams and got the grades I deserved. "Direction" was not a word I could.