Simon Hartshorne - Designer

Name: Simon Hartshorne
Address: Derbyshire
Telephone: +1 407-233-3331

Derbyshire

I am a book designer / typesetter and creative artworker who lives in Derbyshire in the UK.

Overview

Services

Cover Design

Typography

Book Interior Design

Languages

English

Non-Fiction

Architecture

Art

Business & Management

Cooking & Food Wine & Spirits

Design

Economics

History

Medicine & Nursing & Dentistry

New Age

Photography

Self-help & Self-improvement

Sports & Outdoors

Travel

Writing & Publishing

Fiction

Fantasy

Historical Fiction

Humor & Comedy

Mystery & Crime

Science Fiction

Thriller & Suspense

Certifications

EMFEC
CLAIT

Work experience

Book Designer

DB Publishing

January, 2012 – Present (over 8 years)

Working as the sole designer for a local publisher, creating printed books and digital publications on sports and history.

Graphic Designer

B&F Services

January, 2007 – January, 2010 (about 3 years)

Working for a business and finance company, my main responsibility was designing a monthly business magazine using InDesign CS2. I was also responsible for creating all other design work for print, including full page advertisements, brochures, media packs, plus PowerPoint presentations and web graphics such as flash banners and mailshots.

Freelance

Self-employed

January, 2005 – Present (over 15 years)

Freelance book design, vector illustration and general artworking.

Book Designer

Landmark Publishing

January, 2003 – January, 2005 (about 2 years)

Design and layout on a wide range of illustrated historical books and colour travel guides (from the Peak District to Rhodes etc). Working on 3 or 4 books at a time, I would take the projects from authors’ text drafts and photographs to completed books. This would involve setting and formatting the text in PageMaker, adjusting the quality of photographs to printable standard in Photoshop and creating illustrative banners and backgrounds in Photoshop and Illustrator.