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Alison 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

A Designer and Art Director with over 30 years experience in Music and Publishing.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, Music, Entertainment, Middle Grade, Design, Photography, and Architecture.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Carlton Publishing Group

Book designer and illustrator with 7+ yrs in publishing. I specialise in books on art, culture, history, nature, philosophy & mythology.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Children’s Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Education & Reference, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Nature, and Comics Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Dorling Kindersley, London
  • Dorling Kindersley, India
  • Batsford Books

Vanessa 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

🟡 Experienced book designer available for book cover and interior book design/typesetting. 🟡

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Poetry, Thriller & Suspense, Humor & Comedy, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Book designer, typographer and type designer with 12 years experience, specialising in coffee-table art/design/lifestyle books.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Entertainment, Fashion & Textiles, Home & Garden, and Photography.

Work experience:

  • Quarto Publishing
  • Self-employed

I'm an award-winning children's book designer who has worked with the world's leading publishers. I'd love to help bring your book to life!

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Little Tiger Press
  • Priddy Books
  • Dorling Kindersley

I'm a creative, ideas-based book designer with over 15 years experience in publishing.

Genres: Calendars, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • Dorling Kindersley

Book designer with 10+ years' experience in creating smart, striking, market-ready designs.

Genres: Sex & Relationships, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, New Age, Picture Books, Children's, and Children’s Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Wonderbly
  • Laurence King Publishing
  • Nosy Crow
  • Penguin Random House

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Fueled by coffee & cats, I create clean, reader-friendly layouts that turn complex content into polished pages readers love.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sex & Relationships, Travel, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Titan Publishing
  • Self-employed
  • Dorling Kindersley

Experienced Illustrator and Book Designer, originally trained as an Architect. Main focus in Cities, Transport and Technology.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Geography, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Transportation, Travel, and Technology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Senior Designer specialising in children's picture and novelty books.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Pan Macmillan - Campbell Books Imprint
  • Pan Macmillan -Campbell Books Imprint
  • The Dairy
  • Paper Rose
  • Penguin Random House, Ladybird Books

James 5 star rating

Chester, United Kingdom

Simple, but fun pencil and pen illustrator. I love middle grade, chapter books, and non-fiction for kids and adults.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Humor & Comedy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • James Warwood Books

Experienced book designer, specialising in non-fiction. 15 years designing for publishing houses worldwide, including Penguin and Chronicle.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Home & Garden, Design, DIY & Crafts, Nature, and Fashion & Textiles.

Work experience:

  • Quadrille Publishing
  • Self-employed

With over 20 years of editorial graphic design experience, I am creative, reliable and able to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Writing & Publishing, Travel, and Music.

Work experience:

  • APL Media Limited
  • The Big Issue
  • Self-employed

Experienced Art Director and Designer, available to take on projects from initial concepts through to print ready files.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Pearson
  • Self-employed

Catherine 5 star rating

Knebworth, United Kingdom

Making books beautifully easy to read. Design + production services from edited script to print-ready + digital files for indie authors.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Parenting & Families, Thriller & Suspense, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • Able Publishing
  • Robert Hale Ltd
  • DK
  • Self-employed

Internal book designer with nearly 30 years experience. Beautiful and classical designs across all genres.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Orion Publishing Group
  • Macmillan Publishers
  • Self-employed

Andy 5 star rating

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Over 25 years in publishing design, specialising in non-fiction titles. I spent 15 years as a senior designer at Oxford University Press.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, History, Law, Economics, Parenting & Families, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Oxford University Press
  • Meaden Creative

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