Angel McMullan

Angel McMullan – Designer

Kids book designer & art director with a decade experience across publishing & advertising. Eager to bring ideas to life. Generally eager.

Overview

Working as a Designer and Art Director I’ve brought to life hundreds of children’s books.

Previously I worked in house as the creative lead of an award winning, much loved, picture book imprint, Little Steps books. This meant I led a team of designers, steered the creative direction, liased with authors, managed the social presence, negotiated with distributors, oversaw pre press, coordinated international production and art directed a freelance catalogue of illustrators.

Now, as I freelancer I can do any of this for you

Have you ever woken up and wondered how to design your children’s book? Set it up for printing? How will you illustrate it? Who will illustrate it? Can you illustrate?

I can help you design it and set it up for printing, I can even liaise with the printer for you. I can make social assets and guide you on how to market it too.

And if you want, I can help you find and work with an illustrator too.

If this feels right for you, say the word. Hopefully we can work together!

Services
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction
Fiction
Middle Grade Picture Books
Languages
English
Certifications
  • Bachelor of design first class honours

Work experience

New Frontier publishing

May, 2015 — Nov, 2019 (over 4 years)
Working as a Designer annd Art Director I brought to life hundreds of children’s books. As head of the Little Steps imprint I led a team of designers, steered the creative direction, liased with authors, managed the social presence, negotiated with distributors, managed international production and Art directed a freelance catalogue of illustrators. We saw massive growth to this imprints size, book sales and awards as it became much loved by book buyers, parents and children across Australia and internationally.

BMF

Nov, 2020 — Jun, 2025 (over 4 years)
Part of an award-winning creative duo, concepting and visually leading multiple integrated campaigns simultaneously. Working with incredibly talented designers, photographers, directors, actors and many other roles to collaboratively craft our creative visions to life. In a fast paced environment I was constantly ideating, moodboarding, designing, presenting and crafting to find the best ideas for the clients needs and the agencies high creative standards. Notable clients are Aldi, Tourisim Tasmania, Tennis Australia, Lego

Portfolio

Where ELSE Do Teachers Go at Night?

Cuming, Harriet

Little Steps Publishing

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Aqua Pixie Kakasha

Tang, Tang

Little Steps Publishing

Cover Design Typography Book Interior Design Production Management
Goodnight Starry

D'Arcy Lewis

New Frontier Publishing

Cover Design Typography Book Interior Design Production Management
Scapegoat

Keyes, Ava

Little Steps Publishing

Cover Design Typography Book Interior Design Production Management
The Small Five

Johnstone, Ralph

Little Steps Publishing

Cover Design Typography Book Interior Design Production Management
Amazing Animal Earth

Yap, Alessandra

Little Steps Publishing

Cover Design Typography Book Interior Design Production Management
Hey Warrior

Karen Young

Little Steps Publishing

Book Interior Design

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Rhonda D.

Rhonda D.

Dec, 2025

Angel was fabulous!! Extremely helpful and created beautiful work for the completion of our children's book. I was more than happy with her service, knowledge and communication! I highly recommend
Shaun R.

Shaun R.

Dec, 2025

Working with Angel was fantastic, and she was invaluable to the process of getting my first children's book published. Professional, timely, friendly, and extremely talented. Her hard work made my book truly come to life, and she went above and beyond to add amazing and cute little details that I...
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