– Design and art direct the covers and interiors for chapter books for Random House Children's Books
– Design branding for chapter book series
– Negotiate/hire illustrators for chapter book projects
– Create contracts within SAP/FMP for hired illustrators
– Set up text galleys to send to Illustrators
– Silo/clean up art
– Route and release clean files to printer
– Meet and work with Editors for concepts for covers/interiors

– Designing covers and interiors, primarily for the Picture Book Team (board/novelty, picture books, and chapter book series)
– Art directing covers and interiors
– Creating contracts within SAP for hired illustrators on behalf of the Picture Book Team
– Submitting payment requests to Accounts Payable on behalf of the Picture Book Team
– Creating book dummies
– Conducting photo research for upcoming projects
– Setting up text galleys to send to Illustrators
– Checking in and logging art received from Illustrators
– Contacting Illustrators on behalf of the Design Director/myself
– Scanning Art for placement
– Siloing Art
– Routing and Releasing files to printer
– Meet and work with Design Director and Editors for concepts for covers/interiors
– Gather materials and set up the Picture Book Reading Room for each seasonal Launch
– Upkeep and maintenance of Picture Book Reading Room/Art Rooms

Assist the Design Director of Random House Children's Books with day to day tasks:
– Designing covers and interiors mainly for the Picture Book Group (board/novelty, picture books, and Step Into Reading)
– Slicing and taping together layouts and covers for review
– Creating book dummies
– Setting up text galleys to send to Illustrators
– Placing art to scale into layouts
– Checking in and logging art received from Illustrators
– Contacting Illustrators on behalf of the Design Director
– Scanning Art for placement
– Siloing Art
– Routing and Releasing files to printer
– Meet and work with Design Director and Editors for concepts for covers/interiors
– Send packages/mail on behalf of the Design Director
– Gather materials and set up the Picture Book Reading Room for each seasonal Launch
– Upkeep and maintenance of Picture Book Reading Room
– Conducting photo research for upcoming projects

Worked with the Design Director on various projects including but not limited to resizing imagery, placing text in various mediums (Facebook apps, video ads, etc.), conducting image searches, aiding in presentation design, creating static imagery for animated advertisements, silhouetting images for production, designing concepts for logos and patterns, and help creating web imagery and banners.

Worked in the Promotions Art Department alongside the Sales and Marketing Department to create advertising and promotional materials for the magazine. Duties included image searches, designing, cutting and mounting in-book comps for advertisers, updating the "In The Know" and "Selections" advertorial pages, designing PowerPoint presentations, updating the Media Kit reports, creating mailers and email blasts, assisting at video shoots and sales meetings, and designing various collateral material representing the brand.

Duties included cutting and mounting various objects (posters, museum tags, vinyl, etc.), painting, and assisting the team with ideas for a traveling exhibit, "Broken, Fix It!" and an in-house re-installment, "Music 2.0." Aided with logo design, color choices, wall-text placement and research of museum objects.