Louise Brigenshaw

Louise Brigenshaw – Designer

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

Overview

Hi, I'm Louise! With 15+ years in publishing, I bring books to life through clean, reader-friendly layouts that turn complex content into smooth, enjoyable reading experiences. Collaborating closely with authors, editors, photographers and illustrators, I help transform ideas and manuscripts into polished pages that truly connect with readers.

Experienced in project management, I'll ensure every project stays on schedule and within budget without compromising quality.

Interested in teaming up to create beautiful, engaging books? Get in touch!

Services
Non-Fiction
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits Education & Reference Health & Wellbeing Home & Garden Self-Help & Self-Improvement Sex & Relationships Travel
Languages
English

Work experience

Self-employed

Oct, 2022 — Present
Designing and project managing for clients including: DK books, Bloomsbury, Quarto and Radio Times.

Dorling Kindersley

Jan, 2022 — Oct, 2022 (9 months)
Project managing approximately 8 titles at once, from presentation to files ready for printer, across a wide variety of genres. Ensuring workflow is carefully planned and executed, and budgets and schedule adhered to.

Dorling Kindersley

Sep, 2017 — Jan, 2022 (over 4 years)
Designing and developing the styling for books in the Life department ranging across many genres; gardening, cooking, health, fitness, mindfulness and sex.

Self-employed

May, 2012 — Sep, 2017 (over 5 years)
Worked as a freelance illustrator and designer, predominantly working in magazine publishing with various clients including: Holland & Barrett, British Airways, Disney, Weight Watchers, Vodafone and the BBC.

Titan Publishing

Jan, 2010 — May, 2012 (over 2 years)
Responsible for the design of Totally, a publication that changed in subject every issue. Creating contemporary and dynamic designs, whilst adhering to the licensors style guide.

Titan Publishing

Apr, 2008 — Jan, 2010 (almost 2 years)
Designing layouts for various magazines and books including Superman Legends, Supernatural, and Bones: The Forensic Files. Alongside this I was also designing in-house marketing projects such as House Ads, covermount packaging and promotional web banners.

Louise has 9 reviews

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Christian N.

Christian N.

Jun, 2026

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Exceptional talent, impeccable professionalism, and a truly wonderful person to work with. Louise took my book from manuscript to masterpiece with remarkable attention to detail and artistic excellence. She consistently went above and beyond, delivering outstanding work on time while making the e...
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Paula F.

Paula F.

May, 2026

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Working with Louise on The Healing Home has been an absolutely wonderful experience from beginning to end. She brought such creativity, professionalism, and thoughtful attention to every detail of the project. From the very first sample pages, I could immediately feel that she truly understood th...
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Louise B.
Thank you, Paula, for your kind review. It was a genuine pleasure working with you, and I’m especially delighted to hear that you were happy with both the design journey and the final book.
Kindred L.

Kindred L.

May, 2026

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Louise exceeded my expectations in every way. It has been a delight working with her and we have several more projects we are doing together. First, her design skills are excellent, everything was beautiful, achieved the communication objectives, and technically precise. Secondly, she is responsi...
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Claire W.

Claire W.

Oct, 2026

Louise was excellent from start to finish! She was always responsive to my communications and edits, which I really appreciate. Louise asked for clarification if she wasn't sure of my intentions with specific interior design elements of my book, which I was happy about also. She is highly creativ...
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Greg W.

Greg W.

Jul, 2026

Louise was simply a gift for me. As a novice author and self-publisher, her patience and understanding was eclipsed only by her professionalism and expertise. I can say without hesitation, that my books went from some scribbles to real, readable, expertly crafted books. I was lucky to have found ...
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Louise B.
Thank you Greg for your kind review. It was a pleasure working with you.

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