Overview
I'm a Graphic Designer and Art Director with a wealth of experience in publishing and editorial design. Over fifteen years, I've worked with many leading magazine titles, focusing on combining striking, eye-catching imagery with strong typography to create beautiful, clear layouts. But it's in book design that I've found a true passion and a chance to take on rewarding creative challenges.I love the collaborative back-and-forth of idea development, for me it's about design bringing a spotlight on what makes the text shine. It's not about copying a template or following a trend - it's about connecting with the client and material to elevate their project.Over the past few years I've worked with Tramp Press on award winning titles such as Solar Bones and Notes to Self, as well as Gill Books, O'Brien Press, Merrion Press and Blue Moose Books in the UK.My work was featured in the book "No No No No Yes - Book Design Uncovered" and this year I spoke at the Irish Booksellers Conference, on the importance of great book jacket design.I'm always excited to connect with people, read great writing and hear about new creative endeavours, so please get in touch and tell me all about your project!
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Fiction
Classics
Literary Fiction
Languages
English
Awards
- Magazine Ireland - Design Team Of The Year 2015
Certifications
- Diploma In Visual Communications - Athlone Institue of Technology
Work experience
Self-employed
Jan, 2017 —
Present
I'm a full- time self- employed graphic designer, running my own business in Dublin, Ireland.
My desire has been to build as broad a portfolio as possible, with book design as the cornerstone of what I do. To that end, my days tend to involve a lot of designing book covers, reading manuscripts and developing ideas with publishers and authors.
I serve as art director for three magazines, so any time not spent on books sees me focusing on layout for those.
IMAGE Magazine
Jul, 2013 —
Nov, 2016
(over 3 years)
I worked for three years on Ireland's leading lifestyle and fashion magazine. I collaborated with journalists and editors and on laying out text, research beautiful imagery that connected to the piece and compliment this with strong typography for both article and cover headlines. Working to deadline and ensuring files were output correctly and ready to hit the press made me as fast and accurate designer.
House and Home Magazine
Jan, 2010 —
Feb, 2013
(about 3 years)
For three years I served as Art Director for Ireland's most exciting and cutting edge interior design magazine. Collaborating with editors, writers and photographers to create beautiful spreads and covers, that captured the latest fashions and trends in interior design.
Portfolio
After the death of her mother and the loss of her family’s fortune, it falls to young Glen Westley to do what she can for herself and her ailing father. Determined to make her own way in the world, she moves from the West of Ireland to London and works tireles... read more
Without a Doubt is the compelling and heartfelt story of Fiona Whyte and Seán Malone’s quest to have a family together in Ireland. Their sweeping efforts, first with IVF, then adoption, and finally and successfully through surrogacy with a clinic in India, exp... read more
In 1938, Virgilia Wilde, an Irish writer, leaves England to begin a new life in the tranquil setting of Wicklow with her daughter Nan. As strange visions threaten those around her, Virgilia must decide if she can intervene and prevent tragedies to come, or if ... read more
An astronomer challenges an emperor.A hunter pursues the last dinosaur through a remote rainforest. A young Kerryman emigrates to the Moon to seek his fortune. These fifteen darkly funny stories illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overloo... read more
"During the final two or three years of his life, I made many surreptitious recordings of John Joe as he sat by the fire. He was in the process of forgetting almost everything he’d ever known. He was fading out of the world and I wanted to record whatever it w... read more
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