Anna Goldfinch

Anna Goldfinch

Book Cover Designer at Hachette UK (Headline Division)London, United Kingdom
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Anna Goldfinch

Anna Goldfinch

Book Cover Designer at Hachette UK (Headline Division)London, United Kingdom
About me
I am a career-changing book cover designer - after working very hard to learn new graphic design skills, undertaking lots of passion projects, a couple of freelance professional projects, honing my portfolio and working very hard on my self-development, I am now a full time book cover designer at Headline Art Department at Hachette UK - the UK’s second biggest publisher (after Penguin Random House). I am at junior level and am probably the oldest ‘junior’ they’ve ever had! (😂) But I love my job and am learning so much each day. I juggle work with family commitments (I have a husband and a little girl) so I have a lot on my plate, especially having to commute to Londoners from West Sussex three times a week. But it’s so wonderful to be paid to do the thing you love! It really is the best job!
Projects
  • The Handmaid's Tale cover redesign
    The Handmaid's Tale cover redesignA little redesign of one of my favourite dystopian novels, The Handmaid's Tale by the amazing Margaret Atwood. This book really affected me the first time I read it as a teenager and it's one I have re-read many times.
  • Self-help book cover series
    Self-help book cover series
  • It's International Women's Day!
    It's International Women's Day!Being a day to celebrate women and their achievements, I thought I'd post a couple of cover redesigns I did a while back of two AMAZING novels with strong women protagonists, written by talented women writers. I'd highly recommend reading these whether you are a woman or not, because they're just so good! One of them has been made into a great TV series but in my opinion you can't beat the original source!
  • Cook book design
    Cook book designDust jacket design for a cook book (fictional).
  • Book Cover
    Book CoverBook cover redesign for Emily Bronté's gothic classic Wuthering Heights.
  • Book Cover Redesign
    Book Cover RedesignStudent project. The brief was to redesign a book dust jacket (any genre) which must include a drop cap design - this had to be the initial letter of the writer's surname or a key word in the title. For me, and in both cases, this was the letter G! Can you spot it? It also needed to illustrate elements of the story. I designed the G as a bit of an optical illusion - formed from two shapes within the image: the parasol and the hanging decorative lantern in front of it. Together forming the let
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  • Top 10: career advice tips for 2023
    Top 10: career advice tips for 2023Job hunting? Thinking of pivoting your career? Struggling with motivation? Working with a tricky client? We’ve got you! We’ve put together our top 10 career-related questions for 2023 to help you navigate through the year ahead, no matter if you’re just starting out, or already have experience in the industry. Click through to see insights, advice and top tips from industry mentors and our brilliant Dots community. Got some thoughts of your own? Please add your own wisdom if you have anything
Work history
    Book cover designer
    Horsham, United KingdomFreelance
    Current project: Currently in the planning stages, I am helping to organise and design the cover and internal design of a photo book featuring women working in STEM and space science careers. It has already had contributions from NASA employees, astronauts, astrophotographers and scientists. This is a volunteer project, and is due to be published next year (2024).
    Catsnake: The Story Agency Ltd. logo
    Catsnake: The Story Agency Ltd. logo
    Scamp/storyboard illustratorCatsnake: The Story Agency Ltd.
     - London, United KingdomFreelance
    Creating illustrated scamps and storyboards for three TV ad concepts, as part of a pitch materials aimed at a homelessness charity.
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Skills
  • Graphic Design
  • Film Advertising
  • Advertising Concepts
  • Branding Design
  • Branding Ideas
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Abobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Indesign
Education
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    Graphic DesignStrohacker Design School
    Chichester, United Kingdom
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    Foundation Degree Photography & Digital ImagingNorth East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT)
     - Epsom, United Kingdom
    Foundation Degree in Digital Imaging A mix of digital photography and design projects.
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