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Hi, I’m Rajiv Kumar. I am a passionate children’s book illustrator with over 15 years of experience turning manuscripts into vibrant, kid-friendly visuals. I love collaborating with authors, editors, and art directors to create expressive characters, colorful environments, and engaging visual storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires young readers. I’m comfortable across traditional publishing and digital workflows, including production considerations, typography, and layout, and I’m always excited to morph ideas into polished, publication-ready artwork. Beyond illustration, I bring strong production know-how to end-to-end publishing, including manuscript preparation, editing coordination, formatting, cover development, and multi-platform publishing. I’ve delivered hundreds of print and digital projects for international publishers and self-publishing authors, balancing creativity with technical requirements to ensure high-quality results across formats.…Hi, I’m Rajiv Kumar. I am a passionate children’s book illustrator with over 15 years of experience turning manuscripts into vibrant, kid-friendly visuals. I love collaborating with authors, editors, and art directors to create expressive characters, colorful environments, and engaging visual storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires young readers. I’m comfortable across traditional publishing and digital workflows, including production considerations, typography, and layout, and I’m always excited to morph ideas into polished, publication-ready artwork. Beyond illustration, I bring strong production know-how to end-to-end publishing, including manuscript preparation, editing coordination, formatting, cover development, and multi-platform publishing. I’ve delivered hundreds of print and digital projects for international publishers and self-publishing authors, balancing creativity with technical requirements to ensure high-quality results across formats.

Rajiv Kumar

Children’s Book Illustrator, Book Illustrator, Illustrator, +2

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Hi, I’m Rajiv Kumar. I am a passionate children’s book illustrator with over 15 years of experience turning manuscripts into vibrant, kid-friendly visuals. I love collaborating with authors, editors, and art directors to create expressive characters, colorful environments, and engaging visual storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires young readers. I’m comfortable across traditional publishing and digital workflows, including production considerations, typography, and layout, and I’m always excited to morph ideas into polished, publication-ready artwork. Beyond illustration, I bring strong production know-how to end-to-end publishing, including manuscript preparation, editing coordination, formatting, cover development, and multi-platform publishing. I’ve delivered hundreds of print and digital projects for international publishers and self-publishing authors, balancing creativity with technical requirements to ensure high-quality results across formats.…Hi, I’m Rajiv Kumar. I am a passionate children’s book illustrator with over 15 years of experience turning manuscripts into vibrant, kid-friendly visuals. I love collaborating with authors, editors, and art directors to create expressive characters, colorful environments, and engaging visual storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires young readers. I’m comfortable across traditional publishing and digital workflows, including production considerations, typography, and layout, and I’m always excited to morph ideas into polished, publication-ready artwork. Beyond illustration, I bring strong production know-how to end-to-end publishing, including manuscript preparation, editing coordination, formatting, cover development, and multi-platform publishing. I’ve delivered hundreds of print and digital projects for international publishers and self-publishing authors, balancing creativity with technical requirements to ensure high-quality results across formats.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Rajiv Kumar. I am a passionate children’s book illustrator with over 15 years of experience turning manuscripts into vibrant, kid-friendly visuals. I love collaborating with authors, editors, and art directors to create expressive characters, colorful environments, and engaging visual storytelling that entertains, educates, and inspires young readers. I’m comfortable across traditional publishing and digital workflows, including production considerations, typography, and layout, and I’m always excited to morph ideas into polished, publication-ready artwork.

Beyond illustration, I bring strong production know-how to end-to-end publishing, including manuscript preparation, editing coordination, formatting, cover development, and multi-platform publishing. I’ve delivered hundreds of print and digital projects for international publishers and self-publishing authors, balancing creativity with technical requirements to ensure high-quality results across formats.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Editorial Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Intermediate

Hindi

Fluent

French

Beginner

Work Experience

Graphic Designer/Illustrator at Gatekeeper Press

November 1, 2024 - Present

Create original illustrations for children’s picture books, storybooks, educational books, activity books, and learning resources. Design memorable, age-appropriate characters with expressive personalities and develop compelling visual concepts based on manuscripts, storyboards, and briefs. Produce full-page illustrations, spot illustrations, cover artwork, and decorative page elements that enhance visual storytelling and reader engagement. Collaborate closely with authors, editors, and art directors to ensure illustrations align with the story, creative vision, and target audience while maintaining consistency in character design, color palettes, and artistic style throughout each project. Prepare production-ready artwork for both offset and digital printing, ensuring technical accuracy and compliance with publishing standards. Deliver high-quality illustrations within project timelines while maintaining exceptional artistic quality and production excellence.

Sr. Graphic Designer at Creative Concepts

March 1, 2023 - November 1, 2024

Illustrated captivating artwork for children’s books by creating memorable characters, expressive emotions, and imaginative worlds; designed visually engaging full-page illustrations, spot illustrations, cover artwork, and educational graphics. Collaborated with authors, editors, and creative teams to align with story, creative vision, and target audience while maintaining consistency in character design and color palettes across projects.

Desktop Publisher at Vaco Binary Semantic

September 1, 2020 - March 1, 2023

Conceptualized and illustrated original artwork, character designs, environment sketches, and visual concepts for publishing and commercial projects. Produced detailed line drawings and transformed them into polished digital illustrations through coloring, shading, lighting, and texture rendering techniques. Collaborated with designers, editors, and creative teams to develop visually compelling artwork aligned with project objectives while delivering publication-ready assets for print and digital platforms.

Desktop Publisher at Mammoth Studios

December 1, 2016 - September 1, 2020

Designed vector illustrations, icons, charts, diagrams, infographics, and educational graphics for academic books, book covers, and publishing materials. Translated complex information into visually engaging graphics that improved reader comprehension. Coordinated with in-house editorial, creative, and development teams to streamline production workflows and deliver publication-ready graphics for global markets (US/UK/Europe).

Adobe InDesign Executive at Thomson Digital

December 1, 2011 - December 1, 2016

Created vibrant digital illustrations and detailed medical illustrations, and designed book covers using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Applied composition, color theory, lighting, and anatomical accuracy to deliver publication-ready artwork for educational, medical, and commercial publishing projects. Managed production workflows and ensured accuracy and consistency across multiple formats.

Children’s Book Designer at PEN2PRINT MEDIA

March 1, 2010 - December 1, 2011

Designed children’s books, prepared files for publication, and collaborated with editors to ensure alignment with editorial direction and publication standards.

InDesign Document Specialist at CREST PREMEDIA

July 1, 2009 - February 1, 2010

Optimized and preflighted InDesign documents, ensuring assets met technical and production standards and facilitated smooth workflow across multi-channel publishing.

InDesign Executive at TECHBOOK INTERNATIONAL

September 1, 2005 - July 1, 2009

Managed InDesign-based layouts and production tasks for publishing projects, coordinating with editors and designers to deliver print-ready materials.

Book Designer at DREAMTECH PUBLICATION

June 1, 2004 - September 1, 2005

Book design, DTP, and layout work for publishing projects, ensuring visual clarity and production-ready files.

DTP Operator at CHRONICLE PUBLICATION

December 1, 2002 - May 1, 2004

DTP operations, layout, and production support for publishing projects, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery.