Sarah Smith - Designer
Creative book cover designer specialising in self-help, wellbeing, parenting, spirituality and business genres. I love tea & type!
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Overview
Hello! I'm Sarah, a creative book cover designer.
With ten years experience as a designer, I have collaborated with many authors, working with clients such as SPCK, the third oldest publisher in the UK across their non-fiction, religion, spirituality and educational list, Sheldon Press across self-help, wellbeing, health, dietary and lifestyle publications, FAB Publishing and self published authors.
I really enjoy working together with authors on their projects, bringing their books to life through creative ideas at the initial brief stage, to considered design proposals and creating final print ready design artwork. I ensure I have a clear focus on the target market. I care about making the printed word look it's best by creating well-considered and eye-catching design.
When I'm not working, I enjoy walking, travelling, linocut printing and baking.
I would love to hear from you with your idea and work together on a project! :)
Services
Languages
English
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Christian (Non-Fiction)
Health & wellbeing
Medicine & Nursing & Dentistry
Parenting & Families
Psychology
Religion & Spirituality
Self-help & Self-improvement
Fiction
Christian
Certifications
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- BTEC Diploma Art Foundation Studies
Work experience
Freelance Designer
Self-employed
March, 2018
–
Present
(7 months)
Book cover design and marketing projects for various publishing clients as well as self publishing authors (either new startups or existing).
Senior Designer
SPCK
May, 2014
–
November, 2017
(over 3 years)
Working within the design team creating book cover proposals, pitching designs and setting up final artwork for print ready output. Commissioning illustrators and liasing with image picture libraries. Ensuring design was inspired by current trends. Highlights were working with Dr Dawn Harper from Channel 4 on her health book publications, liasing with BBC Radio 4 on a Lent book publication and working with Emma Woolf (Virginia Woolf's niece) for her publication on Eating Disorders.
Portfolio (12 selected works)
The A to Z of Eating Disorders
Emma Woolf
Mood Swings: The Mindful Way: Managing Anger, Anxiety And Low Mood
Caroline Mitchell
Do you have frequent, intense mood swings? Do they seem to come on for no real reason, or form a swiftly-changing pattern? If so, this book can help. Mood swings are normal reactions to life events and usually die down of their own accord, but, if you feel your emotions are dominating your life, it might be time to take action. Mood Swings gives effective exercises and advice to help manage th... read more
Reason and Wonder: Why Science And Faith Need Each Other
Professor Eric Priest
Dare to Date
Aukelien van Abbema
‘It’s Complicated’Matters of the heart always seem to be. But dating in the church? It can be even worse. Relationships can be difficult to define, intentions hard to discern. But with singles making up a third of the total church congregation in the UK, there is a real need to demystify the dating process and return to dating in its simplest form.Rediscover how to date.In this brand new handb... read more
The Things He Did: The Story Of Holy Week
The Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell
Dr Dawn's Guide to Toddler Health
Dr Dawn Harper
Dr Dawn's Guide to Your Baby's First Year
Dr Dawn Harper
The Centre Brain: 5 Prompts To Persuasive Power
Steve Adams
Sleep Better: The science and the myths
Graham Law and Shane Pascoe
Scientific research into sleep has dramatically increased during the past decade, with greater understanding of the hormonal and brain activity during sleep which has a key influence on your health and wellbeing. This expert, accessible book presents a combination of sleep hygiene, evidence-based techniques, psychological skills, and mindfulness practices to help improve your sleep. It examine... read more
Sarah has 14 reviews
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Sarah was a god-sent to find for our very important book on EBV of nearly 600 pages, which was a colossal undertaking. She had an immediate connection with it and her graphics suggestions were spot on. She has a very creative mindset but is also detail oriented, professional and a really good communicator with all of us. Towards the end of the process we required a lot of burning the midnight o...
Read moreKaja Kuczynska, August 2018
Sarah immediately caught my vision, offered multiple creative options, and showed unwavering patience and flexibility throughout my multimedia project. I've already recommended her to other authors and feel confident that though she lives in England, a 9-hour time zone difference, she is readily available to her clients. Thank you Sarah for being so delightful to work with!
Read moreLynn Miller, July 2018
Sarah is a sterling and consummate professional. I gave her my ideas of how I wanted my book cover to be and using her vast creativity and insight, she was able to craft an eBook cover design to pictorially depict the subject, context and strategy of my eBook project. It was as if she read my mind. At one point we had a technical glitch, which caused miscommunication, but she apologetically t...
Read moreChris Johnson, July 2018
A perfect collaboration in every respect. Sarah is wonderful to work with, produces excellent work, and is very pleasant in all communications. She's been kind enough to help me twice, and if I have a third need, she is the only one I would consider.
Read moreMichael McGrath, July 2018
Sarah is thorough, professional, pleasant, talented and conscientious. She is wonderful to work with, and our collaboration is ongoing with work beyond book cover. I highly recommend her without reservation.
Read moreMichael McGrath, June 2018
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