Overview
Christine Foltzer is currently the Art Director for Tordotcom Publishing, a division of Macmillan Publishers and Tor Publishing Group. She has overseen the development of the imprint’s covers and assisted in its branding since the launch of the imprint in 2015. A graduate of Pratt Institute, with a BFA in Illustration, she has worked in the publishing industry for the past seventeen years for companies such as St Martin’s Press, Oxford University Press, and Grand Central Publishing.
Passionate about art education she has been a guest lecturer at Pratt Institute, School of Visual Arts, the University of the Arts, Visual Arts Passage, SmArt School, The Savannah College of Art and Design, and Montclair State University. She has been a panelist and attending professional at Dragoncon and Illuxcon. In 2018 and 2020 she was a Chesley Award finalist for Best Art Director.
Services
Fiction
Work experience
Tordotcom Publishing
Oversee the development of Tordotcom Publishing's covers and marketing since the launch of the imprint five years ago. Create in-house cover designs for print novels, novellas, and digital short fiction. Collaborate with and art direct freelance illustrators and designers. Supervise projects produced by junior team members. Manage and track the production of cover and jacket mechanicals. Create web and print advertisements in collaboration with the marketing and advertising department.
Self-employed
Design book covers, packaging, advertisements, pamphlets, newsletters, and hand-lettering for various freelance clients. Provide art direction and design consultation and education. Clients include Subterranean Press, Ghost Fire Games, Open Road Media, Siren.xyz, Gene Mollica Studios, Harpy Hour Podcast, and Glamour Dolls Makeup among others.
Grand Central Publishing/Forever Books
Designed covers and jackets for Grand Central Publishing, Twelve Books, Forever, Forever
Yours, Life & Style and Business Plus. Outsourced and art directed freelance designers. Coordinated and oversaw photoshoots. Conducted photo research and hire researchers when needed. Managed and tracked the production of cover and jacket mechanicals.
Oxford University Press
Portfolio
Christine has 2 reviews
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Mark B.
Apr, 2024
Jason S.
Oct, 2020
