Jody Clark was born in Bowness-on-Windermere, located in the Lake District, on 1st March 1981.

During his primary and secondary schooling, art was consistently the favourite subject of Jody Clark, going on to achieve a BA Honours Degree in Illustration at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, where he graduated in 2003.

After graduating from the University of Central Lancashire in 2003, Jody Clark initially worked as a designer within the industry of commercial packaging.

More specifically, Jody Clark worked in Computer Aided Design or CAD, as an operator and programmer for the packaging company, Arden Group.

In his spare time while working for Arden Group, Jody Clark completed various illustration projects as a freelancer, developing designs for a variety of commercial clients, including CD covers, posters, magazine artwork and corporate branding.

In September 2012, Jody Clark came across an advertisement on LinkedIn for a position at The Royal Mint and applied, after feeling that the position would be a 'perfect', match for him.

Within just three years of joining The Royal Mint, Jody Clark won the anonymous competition to design the fifth definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

Other highlights for Jody Clark, while working at The Royal Mint include:

• The Royal Mint: In 2015, at 33 years old, Jody Clark became the youngest artist and first employee at The Royal Mint in over 100 years to design a definitive royal effigy to be used on UK currency.
• Technological Innovation: The portrait which Jody Clark created of Queen Elizabeth II, was the first definitive UK coin effigy to be created entirely using computer aided design or CAD software, rather than traditional manual sculpting.
• Commonwealth Designs: Jody Clark also designed a separate 'uncouped', portrait, a design which included the shoulders and necklace of Queen Elizabeth II. This design was used on coinage across various Commonwealth nations from 2019.
• Queen's Beasts Series: Designed by Jody Clark, the 11 coins in the series of releases from 2016 to 2021, illustrate the 10 heraldic beasts, representing the genealogy of Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2020, Jody left The Royal Mint to become the Head of Design at the Commonwealth Mint, where he continues to lead international numismatic projects.