Libby Holcroft

Libby Holcroft – Designer

A creative, reliable cover designer, here to help your project be the best it can be, with over 10 years non-fiction publishing experience.

Overview

Hi! I'm Libby, a creative graphic designer and illustrator who specializes in cover design for complex books.

My passion is distilling extensive and intricate content into clear, unique, appealing and accessible designs. Whilst the majority of my work is in the non-fiction sector, my skills and clients bridge all genres.

I enjoy the best of both worlds, by sharing my working week between my freelance design projects and as an in-house Senior Cover Designer with the prestigious Oxford University Press.

I have designed well over 1500 books so far in my career, so I've chosen a relative handful of my favourite recent work to showcase to you here. I hope you enjoy it.

Services I offer include:

• Digital covers for web and e-book

• Print files to all specifications for jacketed hardbacks, paper laminated cases, and paperback covers

• 3D digital cover mock ups

• Marketing and social media assets

• Internal text design

• Typesetting

Services
Non-Fiction
Education & Reference History Humanities & Social Sciences Law Mathematics & Statistics Physics & Chemistry Political Science & Current Affairs
Languages
English
Certifications
  • BA(hons) Graphic Design

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2022 — Present
Providing creative graphic design and illustration services to make your book cover, marketing or passion-project shine. One well placed thought, pixel, or brush-stroke at a time.

Oxford University Press

Jan, 2015 — Present
Developing product designs for Academic publishing, including: covers; text; ancillaries; and digital assets, whilst working to agreed budgets, schedules, quality, style, and market needs.

Portfolio

Cover Design
The Merchant of Venice: Shakespeare Retold

Shakespeare, William

Redbrick Books

Cover Design Book Interior Design
On Strategists and Strategy: Collected Essays, 2014-2024

Freedman, Lawrence

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
The F-Word

Sheidlower, Jesse

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design Typography
Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire

Dyhouse, Carol

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design
Algorithmic Regulation

Yeung, Karen

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design
Online Courts and the Future of Justice

Susskind, Richard

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
Cover Design
Life after Gravity: Isaac Newton's London Career

Fara, Patricia

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
The Phantom Pattern Problem: The Mirage of Big Data

Smith, Gary

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
Jet Stream: A Journey Through our Changing Climate

Woollings, Tim

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
Cover Design
Cover Design
Einstein: A Life in Science and Music

Foster, Brian

Oxford University Press

Cover Design
Cover Design

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