Overview
I'm a London based book cover designer gone freelance after a good stint at Hachette UK.I've worked in-house as Art Director for Orion Children's Books, Orchard Books and Indigo Books; on titles ranging from Children's Middle Grade through to Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction. I love to both design and illustrate/hand-letter the covers I work on, and look forward to some exciting collaborations.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Fiction
Classics
Mystery & Crime
Romance
Thriller & Suspense
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
Languages
English
Work experience
Self-employed
Dec, 2017 —
Present
- Concept development and design for book covers and interiors
- Illustration commissions
- Hand lettering commissions
Orion Children's Books
Jan, 2016 —
Dec, 2017
(almost 2 years)
- Concept, design and art direction for Middle Grade through to Young Adult Fiction.
- Book interior design including art direction of illustrated fiction
- Managing in-house and out-of-house designers
- Presenting and pitching cover concepts internally and externally
to authors/illustrators/agents
- Managing art budgets
- Commissioning illustrators and photographers for cover and interior artwork
- Managing schedules for direct reports and illustrators/artists
Hachette Children's Books
Jan, 2015 —
Jan, 2016
(about 1 year)
- Concept, design and art direction for Middle Grade through to Young Adult Fiction.
- Book interior design including art direction of illustrated fiction
- Managing in-house and out-of-house designers
- Presenting and pitching cover concepts internally and externally
to authors/illustrators/agents
- Managing art budgets
- Commissioning illustrators and photographers for cover and interior artwork
- Managing schedules for direct reports and illustrators/artists
Orchard Books
Aug, 2009 —
Dec, 2014
(over 5 years)
- Concept development and design for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
- Commissioning illustrators and photographers for book covers and interiors
Portfolio
Jobless. Clueless. Topless on Facebook. Welcome to New York City. Pia Keller is not living the dream. Unemployed, unemployable and broke, post-Uni life in a Brooklyn townhouse with her four best friends suddenly isn't so easy. And that's before heartbreaks, hi... read more
Hit
They are trapped, frozen. Waiting. Straining against the wood that holds them. The unwary catch a glimpse now and then - feel their desperate hunger, see a glint of red eyes - and scurry out of the shadows of the wood, back to the light. She's coming; it will ... read more
Dead Silent
The night that Heaven lost her heart was cold and moonless. But the blade that sliced it out was warm with her dark blood. David Pettyfer is taking a shortcut over the dark rooftops of London's brooding houses, when he literally stumbles across Heaven: a stran... read more
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