Best-selling book designer and art director working remotely from Florida. A former Penguin senior designer, I'm a typography expert and creative force who has designed covers, jackets and interiors in a variety of genres that have together sold more than 6 million copies. A former journalist, copy editor, and copywriter, I'm a publishing veteran who is easy to work with and adept at collaborating well with publishers, small presses and solo authors. --- **Designer and Art Director** Self-employed _2002 – present_ • 5-star rated designer with Reedsy creating exceptional book covers, eBooks and interiors, and marketing graphics for an international clientele • Remotely collaborates to art direct and design best-sellers and award-winners in multitude of genres, including YA, mystery/thrillers, sci-fi, literary fiction and academic nonfiction • Clients include Penguin Random House, Amazon Publishing, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Macmillan, FSG, Disney-Hyperion, Bloomsbury, Soho, Sourcebooks, Milkweed Editions, Poisoned Pen Press, Oceanview Publishing, Stanford University Press, New York University Press **Visual / UX Designer** Clearlink Media _Aug 2022 - Aug 2023_ • Revitalized brand of personal finance website to draw younger audience • Initiated 0-to-1 product redesign of website serving 1.1M readers, and creation of new mobile app to reverse business decline, doubling user satisfaction •Drove content strategy and refresh of personal finance newsletters serving 450K readers, creating 3x conversion opportunities **Art Director** Oceanview Publishing _January 2017 - March 2017_ • Shaped visual strategy for press and designed everything, print or digital • Increased sales by 31% through spearheading A/B testing of book covers • Reduced search time by 384% for key buyers, simplified staff work, and increased book sales by more than 50% by redesigning brand and website **Senior Designer** Penguin _Aug 2005 – July 2010_ • Designed international best-seller — Thirteen Reasons Why — that sold more than 3 million copies, spent 2 years atop the New York Times Bestseller list, was translated into 31 languages and turned into a Netflix series • Created multiple other NYT best sellers later turned into movies • Art-directed award-winners and built a multi-series brand success **Lead Designer** Milkweed Editions _May 2002 – Oct 2004_ • Designed the most successful book — Perfect by Natasha Friend — in the presses' 20-year history to that point with more than 250K copies sold • Created cover and interior designs for variety of genres, including literary fiction, poetry, nonfiction and YA fiction…Best-selling book designer and art director working remotely from Florida. A former Penguin senior designer, I'm a typography expert and creative force who has designed covers, jackets and interiors in a variety of genres that have together sold more than 6 million copies. A former journalist, copy editor, and copywriter, I'm a publishing veteran who is easy to work with and adept at collaborating well with publishers, small presses and solo authors. --- **Designer and Art Director** Self-employed _2002 – present_ • 5-star rated designer with Reedsy creating exceptional book covers, eBooks and interiors, and marketing graphics for an international clientele • Remotely collaborates to art direct and design best-sellers and award-winners in multitude of genres, including YA, mystery/thrillers, sci-fi, literary fiction and academic nonfiction • Clients include Penguin Random House, Amazon Publishing, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Macmillan, FSG, Disney-Hyperion, Bloomsbury, Soho, Sourcebooks, Milkweed Editions, Poisoned Pen Press, Oceanview Publishing, Stanford University Press, New York University Press **Visual / UX Designer** Clearlink Media _Aug 2022 - Aug 2023_ • Revitalized brand of personal finance website to draw younger audience • Initiated 0-to-1 product redesign of website serving 1.1M readers, and creation of new mobile app to reverse business decline, doubling user satisfaction •Drove content strategy and refresh of personal finance newsletters serving 450K readers, creating 3x conversion opportunities **Art Director** Oceanview Publishing _January 2017 - March 2017_ • Shaped visual strategy for press and designed everything, print or digital • Increased sales by 31% through spearheading A/B testing of book covers • Reduced search time by 384% for key buyers, simplified staff work, and increased book sales by more than 50% by redesigning brand and website **Senior Designer** Penguin _Aug 2005 – July 2010_ • Designed international best-seller — Thirteen Reasons Why — that sold more than 3 million copies, spent 2 years atop the New York Times Bestseller list, was translated into 31 languages and turned into a Netflix series • Created multiple other NYT best sellers later turned into movies • Art-directed award-winners and built a multi-series brand success **Lead Designer** Milkweed Editions _May 2002 – Oct 2004_ • Designed the most successful book — Perfect by Natasha Friend — in the presses' 20-year history to that point with more than 250K copies sold • Created cover and interior designs for variety of genres, including literary fiction, poetry, nonfiction and YA fictionWWWW…