Louisa Mattozzi

(703)473-4491 - lmmattozzi@outlook.com - www.louisamattozzi.com

Experience

Cover Designer, Penguin Random House August 2025-present

  • Conceptualizes and designs front covers for hardcover and paperback titles using the Adobe Creative Suite.

  • Designs and typesets hardcover jacket and paperback cover mechanicals (spine, flaps, back ads).

  • Tracks and maintains mechanicals through all stages (e.g., initial build, text corrections and color corrections, preflight, final preparation and delivery of press-ready files).

  • Ensures front cover assets are uploaded in a timely manner.

  • Prepares presentations of front cover comps.

  • Creates and revises designs under tight deadlines.

  • Researches and licenses art, illustration, photography, and fonts.

  • Organizes, maintains, and archives digital files.

Cover Designer, Louisa Mattozzi Design July 2024-present

  • Conceptualizes and designs front covers for hardcover and paperback titles using the Adobe Creative Suite.

  • Creates and revises designs under tight deadlines.

  • Researches and licenses art, illustration, photography, and fonts.

  • Organizes, maintains, and archives digital files.

Bookseller, Reston’s Used Book Shop                                                            September 2024-August 2025

  • Monitored national and international publishing trends.

Education

James Madison University (JMU), Harrisonburg, VA                                                                      May 2024

Bachelor of Arts in Media Art and Design and Italian

School of Visual Arts, Typography Course with Kevin Brainard June 2025-August 2025

Prepares students to expand their typographic expertise through designing book jackets, theater posters, and typographic Op-Eds.

Letterform Archive, Contemporary Book Design Workshop                                     13-29 February 2024

Prepares students to design book interiors, jackets, and covers.

Skills

Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat) and Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) with the Apple Macintosh operating system. Proficiency in Book Jacket and Cover Mechanicals, Print design, Lettering, Typography, Illustration, and Image research. Fluent in Italian.

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