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Editorial Layout Designer

LinkedIn • Self-employed

May 2022 - Present • 4 yrs

In this role, I served as a dedicated specialist for interior aesthetics for non-fiction and memoirs. I led a personal initiative to modernize digital output for my clients, transitioning their catalogs to modern EPUB 3.0 standards. My standout achievement was the development of a proprietary suite of "Smart Templates" in InDesign, which reduced manuscript-to-publish turnaround time by 30%. This allowed me to scale my project output while simultaneously improving the reader experience through better typography and layout control.

Senior Book Formatting Specialist

Upwork • Freelance

Mar 2022 - Present • 4 yrs 2 mos

Operating as a high-level consultant for independent authors and boutique publishing houses worldwide. I manage the entire technical lifecycle of a book, from raw manuscript ingestion to final distribution on Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, and Lulu. I have successfully overseen the publication of 150+ titles across diverse genres, including complex non-fiction with heavy indexing and photography-rich cookbooks. My primary achievement has been maintaining a 100% "First-Time Approval" rate for print-on-demand files, effectively eliminating the common "bleed" and "transparency" errors that typically delay author launches by weeks. By implementing a rigorous 20-point pre-flight checklist, I ensure that every Kindle and Paperback file is technically perfect and visually stunning.