Jon Berkeley graduated in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 1983.

Since then he has lived and worked as a freelance illustrator and designer in Dublin, London, Sydney, and Hong Kong, and currently, Barcelona.

Jon has worked extensively with many top advertising agencies such as Bozell, Saatchi and Saatchi, McCann Erickson, Campbell Grey, DDB Needham, BBDO, and all those other Beeby Deebies.

Clients include: Time Magazine, The Economist, The Irish Times, The Sunday Tribune, Redherring, Backbone, The South China Morning Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, Wirtschaftswoche, El Tiempo, Asiaweek, CFO Asia, Credit Lyonnais, American Express, Coca Cola, Digital, Heinz, Carlsberg, Aer Lingus, Guinness, New Island Books, Oxford University Press, Scholastic Books, and just about anyone else you can think of.

Jon has won awards from the Society of Newspaper Design in the US, The 4As in Hong Kong, as well as the ICAD and the IGI in Ireland. He illustrated Karen Wallace's children's book, "Scarlette Beane", and wrote and illustrated "Chopsticks", which was published by OUP/Random House in 2005.