Louisa Mattozzi

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

Experience

Bookseller, Reston’s Used Book Shop                                                                                                                    September 2024-present

  • Monitors national and international publishing trends.

  • Employs strong communication and organizational skills and attention to detail to perform administrative duties and sell books.

Cover, Jacket, and Interior Designer, Louisa Mattozzi Design July 2024-present

  • Designs jackets, paperback covers, and interiors for fiction and nonfiction books using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

  • Sets-up mechanicals for jackets and covers including pre-flight.

  • Secures rights for imagery and fonts resources.

  • Researches art for covers.

  • Creates jpgs of covers.

Language Librarian, JMU Foreign Languages Department                                                                          August 2022-May 2024

  • Managed university and department priorities while simultaneously maintaining a high level of quality, in a fast paced environment.

Writer and Photographer, The Urbino Project                                                                                                                     summer 2023

  • Conceived, wrote, and photographed article on digitization of Renaissance Roman typography for the Urbino Project, Urbino, Italy.

Writer and Cover Designer, 19-20                                                                                                                                            spring 2023

  • Wrote and designed modernist poetry book in Swiss International Style with InDesign.

Media Intern, Shenandoah Valley Music Festival                                                                                                summer 2021

  • Wrote and designed social media assets.

  • Liasoned between departments fulfilling art and media requests from Production and Marketing in a timely manner.

  • Photographed concerts and built social media strategy.

Media Director, JMU Public Relations Student Society of America                                                                spring 2021

  • Coordinated with 30+ freelancers to produce six months of social media content.

  • Created and implemented design brand guidelines.

  • Maintained database of freelance contacts with up-to-date information.

  • Checked files from freelancers to confirm dimensions and specs.

Education

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

Bachelor of Arts in Media Art and Design and Italian

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

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

Skills

Cover and jacket design, Interior Layout, Mechanicals, Editorial Design, Typography, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Fluent in Italian