Independent art director and designer of book jackets and interiors, brochures, catalogs, packaging, ads and marketing materials for a number of different clients, including publishers, toy companies, and a gallery. I have collaborated on design projects with: Apples and Honey Press, Begin Smart Books, Behrman House, Bhuddapus Ink, Blue Apple Books, Bookbinders Guild of New York, Briarpatch, Clarion Books, Dutton, Enchanted Lion Books, FAO Schwartz, Feiwel and Friends, Grosset and Dunlap… Show more Independent art director and designer of book jackets and interiors, brochures, catalogs, packaging, ads and marketing materials for a number of different clients, including publishers, toy companies, and a gallery. I have collaborated on design projects with: Apples and Honey Press, Begin Smart Books, Behrman House, Bhuddapus Ink, Blue Apple Books, Bookbinders Guild of New York, Briarpatch, Clarion Books, Dutton, Enchanted Lion Books, FAO Schwartz, Feiwel and Friends, Grosset and Dunlap, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Holiday House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hyperion, Imprint, Intergalactic Afikomen, Luminus Publishing, Macmillan Kids, Marshall Cavendish, Modern Publishing, National Geographic/Cengage, NorthSouth Books, Penguin Random House, QBS Learning, The Pete Seeger Project, The Pierro Gallery, Puffin Books (a division of Penguin), Roaring Brook Press, Scholastic, Sideshow Media, SmartInk, Square Fish, Sterling Publishing and St. Martin's Press.• Freelance designer working in house for Penguin Books, Puffin Imprint, from October 2011-June 2012. Worked on nonfiction, paperback picture books, middle grade fiction and novels.• Freelance designer working in house for Macmillan Kids from October 2014-May 2015. Covered maternity leave for Associate Art Director of Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. Worked on novels, picture books, non-fiction and middle grade fiction.• Freelance designer working in house for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt from August -October 2013, June-September 2014 and September 2015-October 2016. Worked on novels, middle grade fiction and picture books.• Freelance designer working in house for Imprint at Macmillan. April 2018-December 2020.• Freelance designer working for Macmillan Kids. January 2021-Present Show less

• Project management of marketing materials, generating marketing plans and schedules to meet deadlines. • Responsible for designing marketing materials including animated gifs, Facebook ads, online banner ads, flyers, postcards, brochures, and print ads, working in both digital and print formats.• Responsible for website updates, creating new web pages, managing and writing social media posts for Facebook and LinkedIn, creating, designing, writing and sending HTML emails and… Show more • Project management of marketing materials, generating marketing plans and schedules to meet deadlines. • Responsible for designing marketing materials including animated gifs, Facebook ads, online banner ads, flyers, postcards, brochures, and print ads, working in both digital and print formats.• Responsible for website updates, creating new web pages, managing and writing social media posts for Facebook and LinkedIn, creating, designing, writing and sending HTML emails and e-communications regarding educational offerings. Management of mailing lists for HTML emails.• Managed photo research and maintenance of photo archives for appropriate illustration of materials. Show less

Book jacket and interior design of children's books ranging from board books, picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction for Henry Holt Books for Young Readers and Christy Ottaviano Books.

Design manager for Begin Smart Books, a series of novelty books geared towards babies 0-3 years old.Designed and helped art direct an 18 book reading program packaged for Scholastic for the preschool library market.Assisted with design for the Blue Apple Books list.

Design of jackets and interiors for frontlist hardcover books in the children's design department. Involved in all stages of bookmaking from jacket and cover design, creating layouts, choosing type, discussing illustrator choices and artwork styles, and getting materials ready to be printed. Advanced proficiency in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Extensive color correcting experience. Worked closely with editors, artists and creative directors. Supervision of freelancers and design… Show more Design of jackets and interiors for frontlist hardcover books in the children's design department. Involved in all stages of bookmaking from jacket and cover design, creating layouts, choosing type, discussing illustrator choices and artwork styles, and getting materials ready to be printed. Advanced proficiency in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Extensive color correcting experience. Worked closely with editors, artists and creative directors. Supervision of freelancers and design assistants. Show less