But success didn’t come easy.
Fresh out of university, Jimmy says he struggled to find a job and went to work at Hunter’s on the Team Valley trading estate in Gateshead, splitting up dough in the bakery.
Then one day the call came to move to London and work as an illustrator for Mix Mag, an electronic dance and clubbing magazine.
That kick-started his career, and within six weeks The Prodigy called and he was working on the cover to their single, Baby’s Got A Temper.
Jimmy went on to spend the next 20 years in London before returning home to the North East with his wife and basing himself at The Biscuit Tin Studios in the Ouseburn area of Newcastle.
Having just completed a project with rock band Kasabian, Jimmy is also working with Penguin Books on a re-release of George Orwell’s book, 1984.
And when it comes to the all-time dream project, Jimmy says he would love to work with Stevie Wonder or the German electronic band, Kraftwerk.
