Jones is best known for creating illustrations for the American gasoline company Exxon's "Put a tiger in your tank" campaign.
Bill, Jones studied at University of Southern California and then ArtCenter College of Design, from which he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1949.
[1] After moving to Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, in the early 1950s, Jones began working as an illustrator primarily for the Charles Cooper Studios.
[1] Jones continued to serve at MAD for over twenty years, doing cover art, articles, and paperback books for the publication.
[1] After retiring from the art industry, Jones held a summer residence on Block Island, where he pursued his pastimes of fishing and boating, in addition to painting.