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graphic design &
art direction by
Jennifer K. Beal Davis

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About

welcome!

My name is Jenny and I design mostly four color books, from the front to the back and everything in between. Noted projects include five of Rachael Ray’s bestsellers, two of Trisha Yearwood’s bestsellers, BADASS by Shannen Doherty, APARTMENT THERAPY’S BIG BOOK OF SMALL, COOL SPACES, and many, many more.

I also design stationery and gift products including journals, boxed note cards, decks, gift tags, and wedding invitations.

Please take the time to browse my work, and don’t hesitate to contact me for a quote. I have over 10 years of experience in the book publishing industry designing and managing illustrated book interiors, jackets, and stationery products (see below). I would be happy to discuss your project with you!

Biography

I was born and raised in coastal Massachusetts and was lucky to have parents who always supported my artistic endeavors. I received my BFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design, and my first job out of college was as a Photo Editor for a small company called Packaged Goods. When that company went under a year later, I was hired by its parent company and became the Photo Shoot Coordinator/Junior Designer for Rockport Publishers, Fairwinds Press, and Quarry Books. A year after that I took a position as a Designer at Clarkson Potter/Publishers (a division of Crown/Random House) and packed up and moved to New York City. I was promoted to Senior Designer and spent a total of almost seven wonderful years designing and managing projects on the Potter and Potter Style lists. I left my position in the summer of 2010 (after having a baby!) to set up my design studio in Philadelphia, PA. In April 2012 I signed on as the Design Manager of Slice Magazine in addition to my freelance work.

When I’m not designing books, I dote on my husband and my son, take photographs with my Hasselblad (and my Canon, and my Olympus, and my iPhone), sew, knit, fantasize that I still ride horses, and mildly obsess about interior design and troll design blogs. I have about a zillion things I’d like to make. I love to create, and most of all I love to create books!

Selected Clients
  • Random House
  • Rodale
  • Sourcebooks
  • Taunton Press
  • Watson-Guptill