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
Non-Fiction
Health & Wellbeing Home & Garden Self-Help & Self-Improvement True Crime
Fiction
Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction
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

Cover Design
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Resonant

Leet, Robert

Cover Design Book Interior Design
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Goodbye Woomera Belle

Draper, Chris

Cover Design Book Interior Design
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HERE: A HAPPY BOOK ABOUT EXISTENCE

ROAM, DR. SHARENDA

Cover Design Book Interior Design
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Paddlers' Guide to the Delaware River

Letcher, Gary

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Cold Cases

Grieg, Charlotte

Cover Design
Cover Design
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Bold Forecast The Hurricane Agnes Deluge

Letcher, Gary

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Cover Design Book Interior Design
Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design
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Cover Design Book Interior Design
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Cover Design
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Cover Design Book Interior Design
Cover Design Book Interior Design
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Cover Design
Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring B

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design

Bea has 42 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 is brilliant, creatively and professionally, and fun to work with. She is open to ideas from the aut...
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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 communication was over an electronic medium, her warmth and support was also helpful. As we ran into te...
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Chris D.

Chris D.

Aug, 2024

This is my second project with Bea, and it was a delight to work with her again. Highly recommended and I look forward to collaborating again in the future
Anna W.

Anna W.

Aug, 2024

Working with Bea was a pleasure and she exceeded my expectations.

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