Senior Art Director and Designer on large-scale publishing brands and product ecosystems.

At Penguin Random House, I led visual systems across covers, interiors, special editions, and packaging for 300+ titles, including Newbery Medal and Honor winners.

The work required balancing narrative clarity, brand consistency, and market realities at national scale.

Children’s Publishing

Book cover for "Joke of the Fake: Keeps It Real" by Craig Robinson, Adam Mansbach, with art by Keith Knight, featuring an animated character lounging with a pencil in his hair and a book.
Book cover for 'Jake the Fake Goes for Laughs' with a cartoon character of Jake, a young man with black curly hair, holding a pencil and a notebook, wearing a red shirt with a large yellow 'O', blue pants, and yellow sneakers. The title is in bold re
Book cover of 'Kate the Great' by Suzy Becker, with illustrations of a girl with long hair wearing a yellow shirt with a peace sign, surrounded by small doodles of characters, a trophy, a dog, and other whimsical sketches, on a red background.
Book cover for 'The Relic of Perilous Falls' by Raymond Arroyo, depicting a young explorer with a hat and flashlight standing on a rock surrounded by tentacles of a giant sea creature, with a castle on a cliff in the background.
Cover of the book 'Will Wilder: The Lost Staff of Wonders' showing a young boy wielding a glowing staff, battling a large dragon with fiery breath against a backdrop of fire and ruins.
Book cover of 'Willy Wilder: The Amulet of Power, Book III' showing a young person holding a shiny object and wielding a sword, facing a large, menacing lion with glowing red eyes and an open mouth, set against a cityscape with broken glass and debri
Children sitting with a dragon in a cozy, warmly lit room. The dragon is wearing a crown and serving tea, and the children are enjoying a tea party. The scene is whimsical and colorful, with a fireplace in the background and a large chair that the dr
Book cover titled "A Dragon's Guide to Making Your Human Smarter" by Laurence Yep and Joanne Ryder, illustrated by Mary Grandpré. Features a boy riding a red and orange dragon against a starry night sky with a bridge in the background.
Cover of the book "Dead Boy" by Laurel Gale featuring a zombie boy in a park at night, with dark trees and a playground in the background, and a tagline that says "He's dead. He stinks. All he wants is a friend."
Book cover for 'Thrones & Bones: Frostborn' by Lou Anders. The illustration shows two young adventurers, a girl and a boy, with swords, standing on a stone staircase inside a dark, ancient building. They face a large, menacing creature with a wolf-li
Book cover for 'Thrones & Bones: Nightborn' by Lou Anders. The cover features a fantasy scene with warriors riding on fierce, fiery lion-like creatures, set against a dramatic background of a palace or arena with warm, fiery colors.
Cover art of the fantasy book 'Thrones & Bones: Skyborn' by Lou Anders. It shows a muscular satyr warrior wielding a axe in one hand and having a fierce expression, alongside two young girls with swords in a dynamic pose, against a green forest backg
Illustration of a group of children and a historical figure dressed as a Revolutionary War soldier on a boat, with a prominent American flag and a quote about George Washington, along with the title 'The Left Behind' and the subtitle 'The iPhone That
Book cover titled 'The Left Behinds' by David Potter, depicting Abraham Lincoln surrounded by children taking selfies in front of the White House.
Book cover titled 'The Galaxy Pirates: Hunt for the Pyxis' by Zoë Ferraris, featuring a space scene seen from a ship's deck. There are two children looking at an approaching pirate ship with sails, clouds of smoke, and stars in the background, along
Cover of the book titled 'My Near-Death Adventures' by Alison DeCamp. The cover features a cartoon boy in a plaid shirt holding an axe, with a confident expression. The background includes various vintage and cartoon images of people, animals, and ch
Book cover for 'My Near-Death Adventures' by Alison Decamp, featuring an illustration of a person with a hat holding their ears, surrounded by caricatures and scenes of various characters and adventures.
Book cover for "Mad Scientist Academy: The Dinosaur Disaster" by Matthew McLellogg, featuring cartoon characters, a large T-Rex, and a city background with a dinosaur and cartoon scientists.
Book cover titled 'Mad Scientist Academy: The Weather Disaster' by Matthew McElligott, featuring cartoon characters caught in a storm with lightning, tornado, and flying debris.
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