I'm a Typographer/ Graphic Designer specialised in layout and editorial design with over 10 years of experience working across print and digital platforms with a focus on complex typography. I deeply enjoy creating book covers and interior text layouts but have also been known to whip up some logos, branding identities, powerpoint templates and do project management. I've also done the odd writing contribution for books about design and fonts and would love to do more but at the moment I'm only writing short, fictional stories about techno‑humanism.

Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite programs, Microsoft Office applications, and learning more.

If you have a wedding and like to dance, I can be your DJ. Otherwise, feel free to invite me to karaoke. Former Londoner, currently Berliner.

Experience

Creative Freelancer, ‘08-‘19
Book Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Branding, eBooks, Author, Admin & Management
Art Director, ‘16-‘19
Ikygai Editorial
Design Manager, ‘17-‘18
Oxford University Press
Text Designer, ‘14-‘16
Pan Macmillan Publishers
Graphic Co-Editor, ‘08-‘12
Grupo Editorial Expansion

Clients

Pan Macmillan Publishers

Oxford University Press

Advanced Workplace Associates

Ikygai Editorial

Smart Impact

Flame Tree Publishing

Grupo Expansion

Editorial Planeta

Mexican Embassy London

Education

MA Book Design
University of Reading, UK, ‘13
BA Graphic Design
UIC, Mexico City, ‘08

Contact

For more work samples or inquiries:
galan.ambar@gmail.com
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