The best typographers for hire in the United Kingdom

Gary

United Kingdom

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Graphic designer with first rate image editing skills. Experienced in book design for both print and Kindle KDP.

Genres: Computers & Internet, Non-Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Engineering, Math & Science, Physics & Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

• Freelance

Catherine

Knebworth, United Kingdom

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Making books beautifully easy to read. Design + production services from edited script to print-ready + digital files for indie authors.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Parenting & Families, Thriller & Suspense, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

• Able Publishing
• Robert Hale Ltd
• DK
• Self-employed

Emma

London, United Kingdom

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A freelance book cover designer with over 10 years of experience working across a wide variety of imprints at HarperCollins and LittleBrown.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Classics, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Little Brown
• HarperCollins

Vince

Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Book cover design for fiction, short stories and other made up things. Photograph and text-wrangling, some illustration.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Anthologies, Short Story, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, and Dystopian.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Undertow Publications

Alison

London, United Kingdom

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A Designer and Art Director with over 30 years experience in Music and Publishing.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, Music, Entertainment, Middle Grade, Design, Photography, and Architecture.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Carlton Publishing Group

Peter

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Publishing professional with over ten years' experience, specialising in cover design and layout for non-fiction and sport.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

• Birlinn Ltd, Arena Sport, Polygon
• Self-employed

Edward

Brighton, United Kingdom

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Graphic Design professional with over 20 years experience specialising in cover design and illustration.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Nature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Warner Music
• Penguin Books UK
• Self-employed

Paul

London, UK

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I am an experienced, professional book designer, delivering simple but significant solutions designed to give your book maximum impact.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Action & Adventure, Contemporary Fiction, Technothriller, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

• Grade Design
• Self-employed

Alice

Bristol, UK

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Let's collaborate! I work with typography, illustrations and photographs for children’s books, fiction and art and photography titles.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Education & Reference, Photography, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• The Curved House / Curved House Kids
• The Hoxby Collective

Tom

Derby, UK

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I’m a seasoned cover illustrator with more than a decade of experience, collaborating with some of the leading figures in science fiction!

Genres: Military Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction, Space Opera, Epic Fantasy, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Ogden Media Ltd
• Daniel Arenson
• Chris Fox Writes
• Not Yet Studios

Andy

Oxford, UK

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Experienced, creative and versatile book designer, I provide cover and text designs. Clients include Macmillan, Pearson, OUP and Scholastic

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• Macmillan
• Self-employed

Elizabeth

London, UK

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Experienced Art Director and Designer, available to take on projects from initial concepts through to print ready files.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Bloomsbury Publishing
• Pearson
• Self-employed

Josse

London, UK

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Book designer, typographer and type designer with 12 years experience, specialising in coffee-table art/design/lifestyle books.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Entertainment, Fashion & Textiles, Home & Garden, and Photography.

Work experience:

• Quarto Publishing
• Self-employed

Jenny

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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I'm an experienced book designer and illustrator. I specialise in all fiction and non-fiction genres from kids books to cook books and more!

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Art, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Penguin Random House New Zealand
• Penguin Books New Zealand
• Book Design Ltd (now Smartwork Creative)
• Pearson Education New Zealand
• Self-employed

Geoff

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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I have over 20 years experience designing a wide range of book covers and page layouts for some of the UK's top non-fiction book publishers

Genres: Home & Garden, Non-Fiction, Architecture, DIY & Crafts, Health & Wellbeing, New Age, Nature, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• Mitchell Beazley
• AGA Creative LLC
• Hamlyn
• Self-employed

Peter

Abingdon, UK

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Experienced text and cover designer with clients including Oxford Dictionaries, The BNF, Thames & Hudson and many fine art and trade books.

Genres: Anthologies, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Architecture, ELT, Education & Reference, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, and Design.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Oxford University Press
• Motivate Publishing
• Goodfellow & Egan, Cambridge

Helen

London, UK

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15 years' experience working for some of the biggest publishers. From best-selling picture books, beautiful non fiction & fiction titles

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• N/A
• Little Tiger
• Bloomsbury
• SPCK
• Templar & Big Picture Press (Bonnier)
• Penguin Random House