Bea Reis Custodio

Bea Reis Custodio – Designer

Real authors, I am a passionate and experienced book designer with over 20 years of cover and page design and publishing experience.

Overview

Are you a real Author looking for a real Book Designer?

I have worked as an Art Director and Book Designer for over 25 years and I have vast experience in creating beautiful layouts and typography, commissioning illustrators and managing projects. I have worked on projects for some of the top publishing houses, including BBC, HarperCollins, Dorling Kindersley, Gallimard, Random House and Barnes & Noble.

My diverse portfolio includes books on many subjects across classics, reference, puzzles, fiction, and in academic fields - both adult and children’s titles.

I have a solid understanding of design styles, strong typographical eye and meticulous attention to detail. I work with Adobe InDesign and Photoshop and I love using Adobe Illustrator. I’m skilled at working to tight deadlines and multitasking.

Make your book stand out. Whether you are an independent writer or small publisher, I’m here to help you to have the thrill of getting your work out in the world looking perfect!

Services
Fiction
Cultural & Ethnic Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction
Non-Fiction
Health & Wellbeing Humanities & Social Sciences Self-Help & Self-Improvement True Crime
Languages
English
Certifications
  • BA Graphic Design UFRJ

Work experience

Self-employed

Oct, 2018 — Present

Arcturus Publishing

Apr, 2004 — Sep, 2018 (over 14 years)
I have worked as Deputy Design Director at Arcturus Publishing and my key responsibilities were: • Interior page and jacket design following the Editorial brief. • Commissioning and managing briefs, specifications and budgets for freelance designers. • Finalizing jackets and pages before books were signed off by the Art Director, Editorial and Sales department. • Liaising with the digital team to create e-book covers.

Book Creation LTD

Aug, 1995 — May, 2004 (over 8 years)
• Interior page design following the editorial team briefs. Clients included the BBC, Everyman Travel Guides, Harper Collins, Doris Kindersley and Reader's Digest. • Diagrams and graphs.

Portfolio

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The Watchers

MacDonald, J P

Glossy Black Books

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Resonant

Leet, Robert

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Goodbye Woomera Belle

Draper, Chris

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HERE: A HAPPY BOOK ABOUT EXISTENCE

ROAM, DR. SHARENDA

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Paddlers' Guide to the Delaware River

Letcher, Gary

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Cold Cases

Grieg, Charlotte

Cover Design
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Bold Forecast The Hurricane Agnes Deluge

Letcher, Gary

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Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring B

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Cover Design
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Bea has 54 reviews

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Jane L.

Jane L.

Dec, 2024

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If I could give Bea a galaxy of stars for designing the cover of my debut science fiction novel, THE WATCHERS (eBook, paperback and hardback both on Amazon and IngramSpark) and for typesetting the manuscript so carefully, I would. Reedsy only allows me to give her 5 stars, in all categories. Bea ...
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Susanna H.

Susanna H.

May, 2024

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Love working with Bea, she is truly an amazing professional and her experience working with big publishing houses shines through. All three covers that I have had are to the point and a great fit for my genre. Could not recommend her enough.
jodie R.

jodie R.

Mar, 2024

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I have really enjoyed working with Bea: she is prompt, helpful, and goes above and beyond what is expected. She is talented and experienced; she expanded my scope of information not just about the design process but also about uploading to self-publishing sites like Amazon. Given that all our com...
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Emma B.

Emma B.

Apr, 2026

Bea was absolutely wonderful to work with! She worked swiftly and was very responsive to all questions I had. The final product of my book is absolutely beautiful. We had some delays in our schedule and Bea was extremely understanding and patient. I highly highly recommend her! She worked on the ...
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Michael C.

Michael C.

Jan, 2026

Bea was a solid partner to work with on my book design. I sent her my draft cover design, and she turned it into a clean, professional final version that was both print-ready and eBook-ready. She was also knowledgeable about getting the book sized to the proper specs and helped point out what wo...
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