Sofya Karmazina

Sofya Karmazina – Designer

Highly experienced book designer passionate about great stories and children's books.

Overview

I am a Sydney-based book designer with a passion for visual storytelling and over a decade of experience. In recent years, I have been working as a book designer, both in-house and as a freelancer. I enjoy various publishing projects, but place a special emphasis on children's illustrated books. I have solid experience working on picture books, middle grade, fiction and non-fiction titles, creating layouts and covers from scratch, as well as developing established concepts for series.Specializing in print, I always maintain a versatile approach to a publishing project from initial ideas through to finished artwork.
Services
Fiction
Children's
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction
Languages
English
Certifications
  • Master of Design (Major: Graphic Design), University of Technology, Sydney
  • Bachelor of Graphic Design (with honours), Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Arts and Design, Russia
  • Graphic Design Course, Tractor Design School, Sydney
  • Statement of Attainment in Illustrating Books for Children, TAFE, Design Centre Enmore, Sydney

Work experience

Self-employed

Aug, 2008 — Present

Scholastic Australia

Oct, 2017 — Present
Working in-house on award-winning range of picture books, fiction and non-fiction titles as part of Scholastic dedicated publishing team based in Sydney.

LANGDONWITHERS

Aug, 2015 — Sep, 2017 (about 2 years)

Meshcheryakov Publishing House, Moscow, Russia

Feb, 2015 — Nov, 2016 (over 1 year)

Collier Creative

Aug, 2013 — Jul, 2015 (almost 2 years)
Creative agency specializing in financial/corporate communications, branding and FMCG.

Portfolio

Behold Noah

Selleck, E.A.

A ROWLAND SINCLAIR MYSTERYShanghai in 1935 is a twentieth-century Babylon, an expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself.Into this, Rowland Sinclair arrives from Sydney to represent h... read more
In fear for his life, American millionaire Daniel Cartwright changes his will, appointing his old friend Rowland Sinclair as his executor.Soon murder proves that fear well founded.When Rowland receives word of Cartwright’s death, he sets out immediately for Bo... read more

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Elizabeth S.

Elizabeth S.

Feb, 2022

Sofya's work was amazing! She went above and beyond my expectations to make the perfect cover for my book. I also really appreciated her feedback regarding my choice of cover designs, she helped shape it into something that would draw interest from my intended audience and still maintain my visio...
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