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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Nordic Lifestyle: Embrace Slow Living, Cutivate Happiness and Know When to Take Off Your Shoes

Heiskanen, Susanna

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Resonant

Leet, Robert

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Please Rate Your Satisfaction and Other Unsettling Stories

Anne, Stephanie

Cover 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
The Great Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Book: A Collection of Enigmas to Puzzle Even the Greatest Detective of All

Moore, Gareth

Cover Design
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Bold Forecast The Hurricane Agnes Deluge

Letcher, Gary

Cover Design Book Interior Design
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A Better War Than Most: A Novel of the Falklands War

Willihnganz, Greg

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Art Class: Hand Lettering: A beginner’s guide to modern calligraphy, brushwork scripts, and blackboard letter art

Tilley, Michael

Cover Design
Great Battles of World War II: How the Allies Defeated the Axis Powers

Dudley, Michael

Cover Design
Fighting them on the Beaches: The D-Day Landings - June 6, 1944

Cawthorne, Nigel

Cover Design
How the World Works: Mathematics

Rooney, Anne

Cover Design
Creative Calligraphy: Discover Your Own Unique Style With 20 Stunning Projects

Broad, Judy

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Poems of Joy and Celebration

Conway, Daniel

Cover Design
Poems of Love and Friendship

Conway, Daniel

Cover Design
Alan Turing: The Enigma Man

Cawthorne, Nigel

Cover Design
Anyone Can Papercraft: A Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Papercrafting Skills

Moad, Elizabeth

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Anyone Can Knit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Knitting Skills

Summers, Libby

Cover Design Book Interior Design
Anyone Can Sew: A Step-by-Step Guide to Essential Sewing Skills

Gerlings, Charlotte

Cover Design
Native American Myths & Legends

Arcturus Publishing

Cover Design
Large Print Wordsearch (Rustic large print puzzles)

Saunders, Eric

Cover Design
The Alan Turing Codebreaker's Puzzle Book (Themed puzzles)

Moore, Dr Gareth

Cover Design
Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring B

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Cover Design
The Kew Gardens Beautiful Flowers Colouring Book

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Cover Design
The Kew Gardens Large Print Dot-to-Dot Flowers Book

David Woodroffe

Cover Design

Bea has 41 reviews

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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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George D.

George D.

Nov, 2023

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Bea is AWESOME. She has helped me numerous times with various versions of my design cover! I will use here again and again and again as I publish more books. You cannot go wrong with BEA!!
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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