About me

Hello. I’m Assistant Art Director at Bloomsbury Publishing, where I design and illustrate literary fiction and non-fiction book covers. I studied at Camberwell College of Art, Goldsmiths College, Central Saint Martins, and began my cover design career at Vintage (Penguin Random House). Awards D&AD award win for Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race Three-time finalist at the British Book Design and Production Awards Twice shortlisted at the A.B.C.D awards Designed covers that have won the Man Booker Prize (with four shortlisted over the years), the Golden Man Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, Folio Prize, and National Book Award Press Interviews about my work to The Independent, Creative Review here and here, Design Week, Computer Arts Magazine, Eye Magazine, and The Bookseller. Work featured in The Times, Eye Magazine, Phoenix magazine, Spine magazine, Casual Optimist's 'Covers of Note', the Independent Book Design blog Thanks for stopping by.

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Projects

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  Bloomsbury Modern Classics seriesA set of ten in the first of Bloomsbury Modern Classics series
• 2

  The Bricks That Built The HousesCover design for Kate Tempest bestselling debut novel
• Lincoln In The BardoCover design and illustration for George Saunders' Man Booker Prize winning masterpiece

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Projects credited in

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  Bloomsbury Modern ClassicsKerry Hyndman, Matt Taylor and Dan Mumford were invited to illustrate covers for 3 iconic titles as part of a Bloomsbury Modern Classics re-design. Kerry Hyndman created a dreamy atmospheric scene for Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, Matt Taylor for Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient and Dan Mumford for Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. The series of 10 titles forms a seminal collection of must-read modern classic novels in limited edition paperback format. Bloomsbury also

Work history

Assistant Art DirectorBloomsbury Publishing PLC
Jun 2010Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London, UKFull Time
I started as a designer a Bloomsbury Publishing in 2010, working successfully across a variety of genres and imprints. During my time at Bloomsbury, I have art directed entire series of books, and produced hundreds of very high quality book jackets. Over the years, my work has produced: a 2018 D&AD award win for Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race Three-time finalist at the British Book Design and Production Awards Twice shortlisted at the A.B.C.D awards Designed covers that have won the Man Booker Prize (with four shortlisted over the years), the Golden Man Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, Folio Prize, and National Book Award I have given interviews about my work to The Independent, Creative Review here and here, Design Week, Computer Arts Magazine, Eye Magazine, and The Bookseller. My work has also been featured in The Times, Eye Magazine, Phoenix magazine, Spine magazine, Casual Optimist's 'Covers of Note', the Independent Book Design blog
DesignerPenguin Random House UK
Mar 2008Vauxhall Bridge Rd, Westminster, London, UKFull Time
I started my cover design career at Vintage, designing book covers across a huge range of genres and various publishing imprints that fell under the Vintage banner of PRH. I worked from brief to concept to completion, managed photoshoots, liased with authors, agents and editors to produce stunning covers.

Skills

• Photo Editing
• Graphic Art
• Illustration
• Photoshop
• Adobe Indesign
• Model Making
• Art Direction
• Hand Lettering
• Creative Direction

Education

Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignCamberwell College of Arts (UAL)
Jan 1995London, United Kingdom
BA (Hons) DesignGoldsmiths, University of London
Jan 1996 - Jan 2001London, United Kingdom

Awards

D&AD Pencil WinnerBloomsbury Publishing PLC