Overview
I have worked with a number of publishers over the years, including HarperCollins, Hudson Bible and Livingstone, as well as with various other independent authors and small publishers. Throughout my time with these clients, I’ve come to specialize on the interior layouts of map and travel titles, as well as novels, guide books, Bibles, text books and study books. Genres include Historical fiction, guides, non-fiction Christian and photography. But for any type of book, no matter how complicated, I’m able to take the project through all the various steps from concept design, to layout, to making it press ready.
I've also gained experienced in multilingual typesetting, which has allowed me to learn the typographic and punctuation rules for nearly all European languages such as Spanish, German or Russian, and East Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese and Korean. These are among the most popular languages that clients request for my services. Last, I have experience working in printing houses, and I can liaise with printers when I take projects to press. This includes both traditional printers and self publishers like CreateSpace or Lighting Source.
Do you have a large book or magazine project? It’s simple: Outsource your projects to me and relax knowing that they are in safe hands, and you’ll receive your deliverables on time and in exceptional quality.
Services
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Work experience
Self-employed
• Design template, created icons and graphics, typeset and laid out content for the independent bicycling guidebook: i Bike WAWA: A bicyclist’s guide to Warsaw (Two Wheel Travel)
• Designed new template for the Italian Triumph car enthusiast magazine Travelling
• Designed template for future German language glossaries for medical publisher UNI-MED Verlag AG
• Typeset and laid out the David Pepper novel The Wingman
• Designed and typeset articles for the bilingual English/Russian magazine Youth Time
• Designed a series of promotional brochures, reports and white papers for businesses like Servita, Leading Edge Group and AGT (Advanced German Technology)
• Designed a series of brochures promoting the work of the São Paulo Schools in Brazil
• Typeset the English version of the Sebastien Henry book Ces décideurs qui méditent et s’engagent (Leaders Who Meditate)
• Designed the template, created icons and graphs, and typeset the accompanying Sebastien Henry French language report: Rapport Mindfulness
Portrayal Press LLC
• Developed the template then typeset and edited images for the coffee table book Chevrolet G-506 by David Doyle
Livingstone
• Typeset the novel She Believes (Life Publishers International) into French, German and Spanish and the novel Tangled Destinies (Insight International, Inc.) into French
• Typeset and laid out The Catholic Youth NRSV (Saint Mary’s Press)
Hudson Bible
• Developed templates and typeset the following novels and books: The World’s Greatest Book, The World David Knew (Museum of the Bible Books); Bounce Back, Fallen and Waiting For Love (Worthy Publishing) and Our Help, Salvation Sermons, and Unger Gospels
• Designed and typeset the following Bibles: NIV Jeremiah (Worthy Publishing), MEV D. James Kennedy Topical Study Bible and MEV Plain Text Bible (Passio), KJV Prophecy Bible and KJV Study Bible (Barbour Publishing, Inc.) and The Thompson Chain-Reference ESV Bible
• Developed the template typeset and laid out the children’s camp workbook The One Way Cafe by Pioneer Clubs
HarperCollins Publishers
Laid out spreads, typeset text, edited images and performed pre-press control for the following
• Photo Books: Unesco’s Memory of the World and Harper Collins’ Exploring Britain’s Lost Railways
• Atlas: Harper Collins’ Atlas of Canada
• Map Books: Mapping the First World War, Mapping Le Tour and also The Times Book’s D-Day: The Story of D-Day Through Maps.
Australian Postgraduate English Language Services
• Designed and laid out textbooks for teaching English as a secondary language:
Everyday Numeracy in Australia and Everyday Interactive Tasks
Expats.cz
• Designed the template, typeset text laid out content, and performed prepress control for two editions of the Expats Survival Guide book
• Created graphics and icons used in the books
• Designed client adverts used in the books
• Designed media kit and price sheets
CD Projekt Red
• Designed designed and laid out various computer game manuals including the company’s flagship fantasy game The Witcher
• Localized and typeset computer game manuals, guide sheets and packaging into Czech, Slovak and Polish
Mowshe Spol. s.r.o.
• Designed laid out and performed print quality control on new book design travel guidebook series starting with Avant Guide Prague
• Laid out and typeset various material for State Opera of Prague including quarterly magazine, monthly promotional posters, and individual opera performance programs
• Designed and prepared for print various projects such as adverts, logos, brochures, posters, flyers, business cards and t-shirts
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