Houghton-Mifflin – Leveled Readers
- Cover Design
- Page Design
- Create Art Specs
- Supervise Production
- Supervise Quality Control
- Final File Prep
In 2005 I was brought in to both work on cover/page designs and resolve some production issues on Houghton-Mifflin’s Leveled Readers Program. This was a very large project that included hundreds of little book readers that spanned a range of topics including reading, science, social studies, and mathematics across grades K-6. Production issues developed due to the product using both Spanish and English text layers within the same files. Procedures were developed to insure proper alignment of both text layers in respect to the page art. The art had to remain fixed on the page without crashing either text layer. Printing issues were resolved by assigning each text layer a spot color of black to allow for the printer to strip the unwanted text from the printing plates. I developed and oversaw a comprehensive quality control process to insure that each book would print properly on press. Below is a small sampling of cover and interior designs I created for this project.
