Accepting Freelance – Page 2 – ABDA – Australian Book Designers Association

Allison Colpoys

Allison Colpoys is an award-winning designer and illustrator based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Allison is represented by the Jacky Winter Group for illustration.

Jenny Grigg

Jenny Grigg is an award winning Australian graphic designer who has worked in Sydney, London, Copenhagen and Melbourne. She has a PhD from RMIT University.

After designing more than 500 book covers, Louisa joined the team at Penguin Random House in 2016 in the Adult Publishing Department as an In-House designer, where she is working on an array of fiction and non-fiction titles.

Sandra Nipperess

Since 1996, Sandra has worked with the Self Publishing community offering a concept to completion service incl. design, illustration, layout, editing, proofreading and print broking. Managing the publishing process of: poetry books to historical diaries; memoirs of WWI and WWII veterans; research volumes; short stories; tourism publications; college year books and children’s books, to name […]

Vanessa Masci

Vanessa is a Melbourne-based book designer for non-fiction titles that marry with her own interests; wellness, design, food and travel. In recent years, she has worked in-house for Hardie Grant Books and their London subsidiary, Quadrille.

Megan Ellis

Megan is a typesetter and pre-press operator based in Melbourne. She’s an InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator pro and wears many hats along the publishing process, including image work and preparing and outputting files for print, and has an extensive knowledge of pre-press. Megan works on illustrated and non-illustrated titles.

Claire Smith

With a background in branding and packaging, Claire has been a professional in graphic design for over 20 years. In addition to her branding career, she works with self-publishing authors and publishing houses across a wide range of genres to create bespoke concept driven book covers. When not infront of her screen you’ll usually find […]

Bradley Graham

Brad is a multidisciplinary designer with 20 years of creative industry experience. While at Simon & Schuster (2021-2024) he designed / advised book covers across every genre (from Children’s to Y.A.; from Romance to Memoir; from Literary fiction to Cookbooks). Brad delights in collaborating with book publishers and authors and is well versed in the […]

Nada Backovic

Nada Backovic is an award-winning Sydney based book designer and illustrator with more than 25 years’ experience working within publishing. Nada works across a broad range of genres, including, fiction, non-fiction, illustrated books and textbooks. Nada, who is originally from London, worked in house at Random House UK and was the Design Manager at Allen […]

Ozan Tortop

I design and art direct picture books, often working with authors and illustrators from early concept through to publication. I also work on selected branding and visual identity projects.

Debra Billson

Debra has been designing books since Roxette had ‘The Look’. She spent her early career as a studio manager, creating products for children, before landing her dream job at Penguin Books. This saw her working in-house with high-profile authors for almost a decade, before starting her own business from her Melbourne home studio in 2007. […]

Daniel New

Daniel works closely with publishers and authors to capture unique stories and bring their visions to life. He was previously art director and designer at Lantern, Penguin Books, where he worked for a decade with experts in food, lifestyle and design. He is an award-winning designer with over 20 years’ experience. Daniel was a founding […]