Jonathan Hurley Design Solutions
Welcome to Jonathan Hurley Design Solutions – a multi-disciplinary graphic & website design studio
Based in Porthcawl, Bridgend we have over 25 years experience in providing creative solutions including logos, website design and printing to the South Wales area and beyond. As well as logos, brochures, newsletters and signage we design WordPress websites in Bridgend for small and medium-sized businesses. Have a look through our portfolio to see the sort of work we are capable of.
About Us
About Jonathan Hurley Design
After qualifying from Cardiff Art College in 1979, I worked in various advertising agencies – think Mad Men with less emphasis on the drinking and the womanising! I eventually set up my own design studio in 1992 in Bridgend, South Wales and since then have had the pleasure of helping all sorts of organisations advance their businesses by supplying them with well designed, high quality, effective promotional material and websites.
When we started the firm in the depth of the financial recession of 1992 we were still using Letraset dry transfer lettering, bromides and hot wax. Visuals were produced with magic markers and repro-houses were needed to make final films and chromalins before the printing process could even begin.
Today all those expensive processes have been replaced with digital technology (originally in 1992 with a second hand Macintosh IIci and now today running a suite of several powerful computers including a Mac Pro, and a new 27 inch iMac with 32 GB of memory. These are all linked to the Adobe Creative Cloud giving us access to the latest Adobe applications and the entire Typekit font library.
This means that for the end user the cost of full colour printing has plummeted. The glossy colour brochures that were once only affordable by large corporations are now well within the reach of the smallest start-up firm. And digital printing presses now mean even short runs of 20 to 50 impressions are easily affordable.
But the biggest change we have seen is, of course, the internet. When we started very few, if any, local companies had a website. Now a company without a web presence is almost unheard of. We were one of the first companies to embrace the internet and we continue to help our clients promote themselves online with websites, social media and email marketing.
Graphic Design Services for South Wales
With the internet we have the ability to work anywhere in the world: from South Wales to New South Wales, from the Rhondda to the Rio Grande. Wherever you are located, we can deliver a full multidisciplinary design service including logo design, print media, advertising, exhibition and websites.
A School Report
St. Clare’s Prospectus — A small independent day school for boys and girls from 3–18…
New website for Whittinghams
Whittinghams Solicitors — Whittinghams Solicitors, one of the oldest firms of…
Signs of nature reclaimation
The Ogmore Vale Coal Washeries — The former coal washery is located on the site of…
Helping to create a greener environment
Celtic Environmental Management — A Welsh environmental management company…
So enough about me – what about you?
Do you need a logo and a website to launch your new venture? Do you need an email marketing campaign to increase your sales?
Do you need someone to design and print a large publication like an annual report or catalogue or to devise a cunningly clever advertising campaign?
Do you want to stand out from the crowd at an exhibition or trade show?
We can help you with all these things and more. But don’t take our word for it – read some of the testimonials we have received from our clients over the years or take a look through our portfolio.
We look forward to working with you.
Services
Branding
Name Development · Style Guides · Brand Guidelines · Logos · Trade Marks · Icons · Trade Mark Registration
Web Design
Registration and hosting · Site optimisation (getting found on Google) · Writing the text for your website · Supplying the photography · Animations · Email newsletters · Social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.)
Illustration
3D Architectural Walkthroughs · 3D Animations · 3D Technical Illustration · 3D Modelling (Product) · Traditional Watercolour · Artists’ Impressions (Architectural) · Maps · Cartoons · Mascots
Business Cards · Business Stationery · Brochures · Annual Reports · Catalogues · Newsletters and Magazines · Leaflets and mailshots · Posters
Signage & Display
Exterior signage · Exhibition and display printing · Roller banners · Pop up displays · Vehicle graphics · Countryside interpretation panels
Advertising
Copywriting · Press Adverts · Campaigns · Online advertising · Billboard Advertising · Outdoor Campaigns
Credentials
Jonathan Hurley Design is, as the name suggests, run by me – Jonathan Hurley. As you can see from my CV below, I’m no spring chicken. I was born in 1958 when a graphic designer was called a commercial artist and a font was what you got christened in!
1978–1979
Fords Creative – Bristol
Junior point-of-sale designer, worked on a number of blue chip accounts.
1983–1985
Detheridge – Cardiff
Pasteup artist / studio manager. Free newspapers, trade journals, annual reports.
1985–1987
Sai Design – Bridgend
Studio manager. Corporate identity, promotional literature, packaging, advertising.
1987–1991
Dakota Design – Swansea
Creative director. Catalogues, sales literature print media and PR.
1992–PRESENT
Jonathan Hurley Design – Porthcawl
Proprietor.
Latest Work
Based on 6 reviews
★★★★★
Jon is very easy to get on with and provided an excellent website for the budget we had at the time. For start up or relatively new companies, Jon is a god send. What he produced for us on a low budget was excellent and I can’t recommend him highly enough.
Vanzone UK (Vanzone) — 2021-10-12
★★★★★
Jon built us a fabulous looking website that exactly met our requirements and we are delighted with the results. Also very helpful in maintaining and updating the site where we need help. Strongly recommend Jonathan Hurley Design.
Bridgend Leisure Vehicles — 2021-10-13
★★★★★
Great service always changes things when necessary.
Neil Blake — 2021-10-13
★★★★★
Having dealt with Jonathan now for over 5 years I can say he has always been very helpful, responsive and has managed our company website very satisfactorily. Jon came up with a great design for our site and it has always worked with no issues which is very important for customers using it. I have absolutely no complaints and would recommend Jon without any hesitation.
Andrew Wright — 2021-10-13
★★★★★
Jon was extremely patient with me in creating my perfect website. Im not the best with computers but he has helped me and given me confidence every step of the way, I couldn’t ask for a better web designer. Anything I felt that wasn’t quite right, Jon tweaked until I was happy. His customer service, patience, response time and over all demeanour is second to none.
Kate Windsor
★★★★★
Jon did a fabulous job on our website. We shopped around quite a bit before settling on him. The quality of the websites featured on his portfolio really stood out. He was very responsive throughout the process always addressing any queries we had or making any adjustments within a reasonable timeframe. We were very pleased with the overall outcome and the value for money proposition was fantastic.
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