Overview
Hi, I'm Christian and I've been designing award-winning and best-selling book covers since 2002. I'm easy to work with, fast and talented.
Here's more about me:
• The books I've designed have sold more than 3 million copies
• Former Senior Designer at Penguin, Macmillan and Harper-Collins in NYC
• Worked remotely as self-employed art director and designer since 2010
• Clients have included: Random House, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Disney-Hyperion, Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Houghton Mifflin, Sourcebooks, Milkweed Editions, SOHO Press, NYU Press, Stanford University Press, Penn State Press and The Ohio State University Press.
• Formery Art Director at Oceanview Publishing where I designed hundreds of mysteries and thrillers
• Able to design your book interior and eBook, too!
• Extensive experience helping new and self-publishing authors
I am versatile and capable of designing covers in any genre.
If you have a cover you need to look amazing, let's talk.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Communication Art Design Annual
- New York Book Show Award (covers and interiors)
- Print Magazine Design Annual
- AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
Certifications
- Google Professional UX Design Certification
Work experience
Self employed
Art directed and designed best-selling and award-winning book covers; clients included: Penguin Random House, Disney-Hyperion, Amazon Publishing, Little Brown, Harper-Collins, and NYU Press
Clearlink Media
Revitalized brand of personal finance website to draw younger audience
Initiated 0-to-1 product redesign of website serving 1.1M readers, and creation of new mobile app to reverse business decline, doubling user satisfaction
Drove content strategy and refresh of personal finance newsletters serving 450K readers, creating 3x conversion opportunities
Oceanview Publishing
• Art-directed and designed all book covers for mysteries and thrillers, including audiobooks, and marketing materials
Penguin
• Designed international best-seller — Thirteen Reasons Why — that sold more than 3 million copies, spent 2 years atop the New York Times Bestseller list, was translated into 31 languages and turned into a Netflix series
• Created multiple other NYT best sellers later turned into movies
Art-directed award-winners and built a multi-series brand success
• Designed best-selling and award-winning jackets and covers for YA and middle-grade novels for 7 imprints in the Young Readers Division.
• Commissioned and art directed illustrators, photographers, and designers, including on-site art directing of photo shoots
Portfolio
Christian has 15 reviews
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