Erica Patstone

Erica Patstone – Designer

Graphic designer with over five years of publishing experience, primarily with layout design for hardcover coffee-table books.

Overview

I'm a graphic designer and typography nerd with a passion for publishing, and I'd love the opportunity to bring your creation to life visually!

I have over five years of experience working with a small publishing company and have created book layouts for dozens of projects, primarily hardcover coffee-table books. The bulk of my work for book interiors has been imagery-focused; the layouts mostly consist of photos and text, such as photo captions and articles, but I have experience typesetting text-heavy books as well.

I believe that my years of experience, keen eye for typography, and attention to detail will make me a great candidate for your next book project. I look forward to hearing all about it!

Services
Non-Fiction
History Home & Garden Nature Sports & Outdoors Travel
Languages
English

Work experience

College Possible

Sep, 2022 — Present
Conceptualize and design print and digital collateral to support brand awareness, event promotion, recruitment efforts, and development across the national office and its various student programs, eight regional sites, and external stakeholders.

Pediment Publishing

Jan, 2018 — Sep, 2022 (over 4 years)
I produced assets for 30+ book publishing projects annually, including book layouts and book covers, as well as conducted pre-press activities, including proofreading, editing, preflighting, and generating press-ready files. Pediment specializes in hardcover coffee-table books that are photo-heavy rather than text only, producing primarily commemorative sports books and pictorial history books.

Erica has 10 reviews

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Mark F.

Mark F.

Apr, 2025

I've been in business since 1973. I don't think I've ever established a more productive relationship with a contracor than and I have with Erica, Granted that what I'm doing now is more hobby than business, but it is important to me and find myself slipping into my old detailed "boss" thinking th...
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Barry F.

Barry F.

Apr, 2025

Erica did a beautiful coffee table book for us that was half text half pictures (about 250 pictures total). She came up with very nice designs for the different kinds of pages and did whatever we told her to do after that. The book turned out to be very colorful and beautiful and we're very happy...
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Mark F.

Mark F.

Dec, 2024

Best book of the nine we've done together!
Mark F.

Mark F.

Oct, 2024

Our 7th project. Getting tired of saying nice things, but it's all good!
Mark F.

Mark F.

Oct, 2024

I think I've done 8 projects with Erica. Very happy with all aspects of her work and our business relationship

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