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Becca Hersey - Designer
West Sussex
I am an experienced typesetter and book cover designer, with over 3 years experience at a top independent London publisher.
Overview
I am a super organised creative thinker who is keen to take on new projects. I excel in editorial and book design. I have excellent time management skills, allowing multiple projects to be worked on at once. I have experience of working on twenty titles a month, at various stages of production.
Services
Languages
Non-Fiction
Certifications
- BA(Hons) Graphic Design
Work experience
Production Designer
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Typesetting manuscripts
- Applying editorial corrections at the different stages of production
- Designing covers, marketing promotional material and catalogue inserts
- Creating press ready PDFs
- Responsible for sending new titles to press: requesting print run information, generating print orders and liaising with UK and US printers
- Working out schedules to ensure books go to press on time, allowing enough time for printing and shipping, in order to meet both UK and US publication dates
- Keeping track of shipping and delivery of all new titles
- Managing NetGalley for online galleys, involving creating epub files and basic coding
- Designing galley covers and ordering galley copies of books
- Converting PDFs ready for e-publishing, including an understanding of basic coding and css
- Solely responsible for liaising with disk correctors.
Design and Production Assistant
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Typesetting manuscripts
- Applying editorial corrections at the different stages of production
- Designing covers, marketing promotional material and catalogue inserts
- Creating press ready PDFs
- Managing NetGalley for online galleys, involving creating epub files and basic coding
- Designing galley covers and ordering galley copies of books
- Converting PDFs ready for e-publishing, including an understanding of basic coding and css
- Solely responsible for liaising with disk correctors.
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