Lee-may Lim – Designer

Book Designer with over 20 years experience in the industry, I specialise in all things publishing. Before turning my hand to freelance, I was head of design at Pavilion Books for about 11 years. Over that time I worked on many different wonderful projects and was designing book covers, page designs, layouts, commissioning illustrators and photographers as well as attending photoshoots. I also designed leaflets, flyers and email banners to support marketing around the titles I designed. I have experience in several different sectors of publishing but my area of expertise is non-fiction trade illustrated books - lifestyle/cookery/craft/naval & military history /gift and children's books. After working all of my professional life in publishing companies , I have gained the skills and the expertise to take a book from concept through to print.

I am highly competent in my technical handling and setup of files, which makes for a smooth process all the way from beginning to end. I have always had wonderful and rewarding working relationships with all my authors, illustrators and editors and I believe that forming a positive and productive working relationship consisting of mutual respect and cooperation is the key to an enjoyable and successful partnership to producing a beautiful book. Past and present clients include Pavilion Books, Bloomsbury Publishing, Quarto, Tiny Owl Publishing, DK, Pavilion Children's, National Trust Books and Penguin Random House.