Rebecca LeGates – Designer

Clients include: California Institute for Community, Arts, & Nature (identity and website design, California Native Plant Society (magazine and book design and production); UC Press (print and digital ad campaign); Heyday (book design); Bay Area Women’s Theatre Festival (catalog design); Jewish Community Relations Council (event branding and poster design); Camron-Stanford House (exhibit and book design); Heyday (book design); Friends of Ohlone Park (marketing design).

Designer at Heyday January 2007–April 2017
Responsibilities included creating and implementing cover and interior book designs, catalogs, marketing materials (postcards, brochures, ads, banners); designed issues of print magazine, News from Native California; helped to maintain websites ( managed production and printing of reprint titles; general computer maintenance and IT support.

Art Director at Heyday January 2003–January 2007
Responsibilities included creative direction for book projects; book design and production (interior and cover design); managing book production workflow; scheduling editorial and production work; coordinating editors and freelance designers; soliciting print bids and communicating with printers; catalog design and production; design and production of other marketing materials; website design, development and maintenance (www.; general computer maintenance.

Production Manager at Heyday January 1999–January 2003
Responsibilities included coordinating editors and freelance designers; soliciting print bids and communicating with printers; book design and production (interior and cover design); catalog design and production;
design and production of other marketing materials; website design, development, and maintenance (www.; general computer maintenance.

Sales and Marketing Assistant at Heyday January 1997–December 1999
Responsibilities included sales calls; preparing sales and press kits for new titles; preparing and designing press releases and ads; designing catalog and other sales material; computer maintenance; interior book and cover design and production; website design and development.