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Freelance Art Director and Designer with a primary focus in publishing, concepting Adult, Young Adult and Middle Grade packaging, as well as author and series branding. With over twenty years of experience and an executive position at a worldwide Publishing Company, I have a unique ability to cultivate, nurture and integrate talent into a marketable aesthetic. I have successfully led the collaborative process of branding high profile authors like Marie Lu, Sarah Dessen and Ally Condi. Whether I’m directing or designing, all of my products are thoughtfully executed to reach their intended audience, with an awareness of whats trending, to offer and extend broader appeal.

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The Young Elites Series

The Young Elites Series

Design
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel

Design
Beneath a Meth Moon

Beneath a Meth Moon

Art Direction
Feathers

Feathers

Art Direction, Design
Sparrow Road

Sparrow Road

Art Direction
Virals Series

Virals Series

Art Direction
Pretending to be Erica

Pretending to be Erica

Design
Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska

Design
Mary Wesley Series

Mary Wesley Series

Design
Matched Series

Matched Series

Art Direction
If You’re Lucky

If You’re Lucky

Design
Shattered Souls

Shattered Souls

Art Direction
Black City

Black City

Design
This Lullaby

This Lullaby

Design
Legend Series

Legend Series

Art Direction
So Much Closer

So Much Closer

Art Direction
Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen

Art Direction
Keeping Safe the Stars

Keeping Safe the Stars

Art Direction
Scrambled Eggs at Midnight

Scrambled Eggs at Midnight

Design
Sweep Series

Sweep Series

Art Direction
Stephanie Perkins Series

Stephanie Perkins Series

Art Direction
Jackaby Series

Jackaby Series

Art Direction
Death by Bikini Series

Death by Bikini Series

Art Direction
Jars of Glass

Jars of Glass

Design
Classics Series

Classics Series

Art Direction
Elemental

Elemental

Art Direction
The Grimm Legacy

The Grimm Legacy

Art Direction
Nightshade Series

Nightshade Series

Art Direction
Cashelmara Series

Cashelmara Series

Design
Safe

Safe

Art Direction
Wintergirls

Wintergirls

Art Direction
My Family for the War

My Family for the War

Art Direction
Between Shades of Gray

Between Shades of Gray

Art Direction
Between Shades of Gray

Between Shades of Gray

Art Direction
The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere

Art Direction
The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere

Art Direction
Twisted

Twisted

Design
Twisted

Twisted

Art Direction
Displacement

Displacement

Art Direction
Imaginary Girls

Imaginary Girls

Art Direction
Imaginary Girls

Imaginary Girls

Design

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  • About My Featured Work

    This is a collection of my work as Executive Art Director at Penguin Group U.S.A., and my freelance work with various Publishing companies. Clients include: Algonquin Books, Park Literary Agency, Disney/Hyperion, Houghton Mifflin, Workman, Bloomsbury, Milkweed Publishing + Open Road Media. Please view my résumé: here.