I have 15+ years experience designing engaging book covers, formatting beautiful interiors, and converting your manuscript to eBook format.
Services: Book cover design, Book interior design, eBook formatting, Digital Illustration, Pen & Ink Illustration, Photo Manipulation, Beta Reading, Catalog design, Magazing design, Copy writing and editing, Web design & development; Email design; Social Media Marketing; Web Analytics; Logo, Advertisement design; ; Powerpoint presentation design; Packaging design; Photography and Videography. Clients: Author J.D. Lakey, Author Kit-Bacon Gressitt, Author Jean Nicole Rivers, Author Jackie Shemwell, Silver Dolphin Books, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, Thunder Bay Press, Helix Leisure, Enada Neutraceuticals, Oh-Bee Honey, iTan Solariums Inc., Silver Spring Networks, eBoost Constulting, Monzavi Consulting, Strive Personal Training Studios, Baker & Taylor Marketing Services
Responsibilities: Product development including cover and interior design and editorial; Analyze customer sales data and identify strong titles in order to grow business; Execute and maintain current safety testing of all product; Manage inventory of over three hundred titles and maintain adequate stock levels for a wide range of customers. Accomplishments: Improved design of product by utilizing knowledge of visual communication in product development; Reduced expense and increased efficiency by initiating a drop shipment program direct to customers.
Responsibilities: Design and manage production of catalogs; Create sales materials for reps; Source and produce marketing collateral; Organize and execute trade shows; Assist publishers with product development; Write and edit copy for print and web catalogs; Photograph products; Brainstorm and implement marketing plans; Research new markets. Accomplishments: Reduced expense by designing catalogs and sales materials in-house; Cut overall cost of exhibiting at American International Toy Fair by thirty percent; Increased sales through targeted pre-show marketing to trade show attendees; Implemented and managed internship program.
Responsibilities: Meet with publishers to choose best books for warehouse clubs; Present books to warehouse club buyers, Order and track shipment of books to customers; Project and monitor sales; Manage inventory and research discrepancies; coordinate with shippers, carriers, and warehouses to exedite receipt of freight; Source new titles for customers. Accomplishments: Acted as primary buyer for cookbook category during buyer transition; Increased sales by delivering successful presentations to customers; Streamlined department workflow by initiating team meetings to synchronize processes.
Benjamin Franklin Digital Award: Silver Honoree: September 2016; Indie Reader Approved, 4.5 star rating: July 2016; Library Journal Self-e Selection: July 2016Editorial Reviews: "Lakey's stories have magic, a complex mythology, and her dedication to avoiding milquetoast females." Kit-Bacon Gressitt, San Diego Uptown News"The premise of Black Bead is wonderful, and it was a fun, short read I ha... read more
Life under the dome is simple. Work hard, follow the rules, be safe, do what is expected of you and you will be rewarded. Easy. But the Blackwind Pack has two problems: Tam - the alpha - aspires to greatness, and Cheobawn - his Black Bead Ear - is profoundly gifted, with a psi ability so advanced the elders of the village have yet to understand it.Following their nearly disastrous first foray ... read more
Jackie Shemwell
The Devil in Canaan Parish is a southern gothic suspense novel set in south Louisiana in 1957. It tells the story of Bram and Sally Palmer, a middle class couple trying to keep apace with Sally's wealthy relatives, the Landrys, who own most of Canaan Parish. One night in late July, a tropical storm hits the small town of Techeville. Ira Meyer's shop is robbed and a stranger, Melee Mouton, arri... read more
Benjamin Franklin Digital Award: Silver Honoree: September 2016; Indie Reader Approved, 4.5 star rating: July 2016; Library Journal Self-e Selection: July 2016Editorial Reviews: "Lakey's stories have magic, a complex mythology, and her dedication to avoiding milquetoast females." Kit-Bacon Gressitt, San Diego Uptown News"The premise of Black Bead is wonderful, and it was a fun, short read I ha... read more
Winter is a time of quiet industry under the domes. At least it should be. Calamity is stalking the tribes of the high forests. The storms have killed too many of them, man and animal alike and now the bennelk warn of a new threat coming at them from out of the Wastes. Follow Blackwind Pack on their third adventure as Cheobawn and Connor use their wits and their Luck as they explore the wild w... read more
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Professional illustrator with a passion for creating compelling illustrations that evoke an emotional response with the viewer.
Kittery, ME, USA