Overview
Interior design is vital to how a reader engages with the words you put on the page. During my career I have been lucky enough to design for, among others, Booker prize-winners Damon Galgut and Ben Okri, international bestseller Wilbur Smith and emerging talents Sarah Lotz and Novuyo Tshuma. Each of these authors required something different from a designer, but underlying every project I work on is the same goal - a seamless reading experience. Let me give your novel the professional look it deserves.
I'm a publishing professional with over ten years of experience at the highest level. I worked as an interior designer for Penguin Books for five years before starting my own business evaluating manuscripts and typesetting projects for private individuals. I honed my craft as digital publisher at the Sunday Times before joining Woodhouse Literary and Rights in 2016 as a publishing consultant. Currently, I am looking to take on new interior design projects.
Services
Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- BiS Publishing Degree – University of Pretoria
- Post graduate diploma in Media Studies – University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Work experience
Woodhouse Literary and Rights
• Manuscript evaluation for Pan Macmillan, including unsolicited and agented fiction
• Interior design and production services for Black Star Books
• Interior design services for self-published authors
Sunday Times
• Development of a strategy for book publishing within Times Media Group
• Production and publication of full-length digital and print publications for local and international distribution
• Interior and exterior design of over 60 titles in a variety of non-fiction categories, including history, cookery, business, current affairs, sport, political commentary, biography and true crime
Self-employed
• Freelance submission management and manuscript evaluation for Pan Macmillan, including unsolicited and agented fiction and non-fiction manuscripts
• Typesetting and production services for Human & Rousseau, Kwela Books and Adamastor
• Publishing services (complete publishing process) for self-published authors
Penguin Books
• Management of the book production process from manuscript delivery to post-print admin
• Management of all fiction and non-fiction titles on the local Penguin list
• Entire design - interior and exterior - of approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction titles per year
Portfolio
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Chelsea H.
Sep, 2020
