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I’m a professional book and magazine designer with over 30 years of experience in publishing, layout design, and print production, specializing in book formatting, magazine design, and typesetting for both print and digital platforms. For much of my career, I worked in legal and financial publishing, including as Head of Design and Production for Euromoney’s Legal Media Group, where I managed over 100 titles per year. I also served as Production Editor for the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), collaborating with some of the world’s top law firms to deliver precise, polished publications under tight deadlines. Since becoming a freelancer, I’ve applied that same high standard of design and accuracy to projects across travel, lifestyle, cookery, poetry, fiction, and children’s publishing. I currently design a bilingual Canadian wine club magazine and a digital magazine for in-house counsel in Hong Kong. 🧩 Services Book layout design (print and eBook) Magazine and brochure design Cover design & typesetting Print-ready file preparation (PDF/X-1a, bleed, crop marks, etc.) Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, and Blurb formatting Prepress & production management Editorial and proofreading support 🖥️ Software Expertise Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator QuarkXPress, MS Office Deep understanding of prepress workflows, color management, and typography Experience with bilingual and multilingual publishing (English/French) 💬 Client Feedback “Richard is the best of the best. Great communicator who follows up frequently to ensure everything runs smoothly.” — ★★★★★ “Amazing designer — fast, professional, and an absolute pleasure to work with.” — ★★★★★ Whether you need a book layout designer to prepare files for Amazon KDP, a magazine design specialist to handle regular issues, or a print production expert to manage your full publishing process, I bring decades of experience and a meticulous eye for detail to every project. Let’s make your publication look exceptional — in print and online. 📘 Richard Oliver Book & Magazine Designer | Former Head of Design, Euromoney Legal Media Group

I am a talented book cover designer with a passion for reading books and creating their covers. I've been designing book covers for fantasy, romance, and mystery fiction for over seven years. My advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator allow me to create captivating covers for my clients and their readers. My knowledge is extensive and includes digital illustration, photography, printing, typography, and color theory. I am the right designer for your project.

I’m a passionate graphic and UI designer based in Porto, Portugal, with a Master’s degree in Communication and a Master’s in Graphic and Editorial Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. My work combines creativity and strategy to craft designs that are not only visually engaging but also communicate clearly and effectively. I’m proficient in Figma, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop, and I specialize in designing e-commerce experiences that are both beautiful and functional. Over the past decade, I’ve worked with a variety of brands and industries, helping them translate their identity into strong, cohesive visual systems across digital and print. Beyond design, I find inspiration in tea, travel, books, pottery, and cats, the little things that keep my creativity alive. I’m always excited to collaborate on projects that challenge me, tell meaningful stories, and create lasting impact. Let’s bring your vision to life together.

Your content is too important to sound translated. I'm a PhD-qualified translator and localisation specialist working across English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French — helping businesses launch in new markets with content that reads as if it were written there from day one. With nearly 3,000 hours on Upwork and a background in specialised translation, I bring academic rigour to real-world results: product pages that convert, SaaS interfaces that feel native, marketing copy that resonates, and medical or legal content that's precise and compliant. What I deliver: ◆ Website & e-commerce localisation (EN/PT/ES/FR) ◆ SaaS UI and software localisation ◆ Marketing copy adaptation — not just translation ◆ Medical, legal & technical document translation ◆ Proofreading & post-editing for tone, clarity and accuracy I work directly with brands and companies that need a reliable language partner — not just a freelancer. Clear communication, consistent quality, and zero guesswork. If your content needs to work in another language, let's talk.

As a native Portuguese translator, proofreader and copywriter, I bring over 9 years of editorial experience to the table. My main fields of expertise include the following options: - Translations (Portuguese/English – English/Portuguese): I translate all types of contents, from online articles to academic and technical writing. I always ensure that the translation accurately conveys the original meaning, rather than relying on a word-for-word approach. - Proofreading: I conduct a thorough review, correcting any grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors I find. I also provide suggestions for improvement, when necessary, but the client always has the final say. - Copywriting: as a writer, I can easily adapt the tone and language of the text for any target-audience, while seamlessly including all the required keywords and SEO requirements. I am also familiar with creative writing. - Text editor: I refine existing texts, making the necessary adjustments to improve clarity, coherence, and readability. Whether it requires stylistic changes, structural improvements, or significant rewrites, the final version will always be aligned with the client's expectations. If you're looking for someone reliable to assist you with an editorial project, create quality content or improve existing materials, I'm ready to put my skills to use.

Welcome to my Upwork profile. How can I help you? For these 9 years of professional experience in content writing and digital marketing, I´ve gained chiefly the skill of translating from English and Spanish to Portuguese and vice versa, and writing eye-catching content in Portuguese and English. With this skill in writing content for the web, I can now balance attractive content with perfect localization or translation, all balanced with a good (white hat) SEO strategy and proper keywords, in Portuguese or English. I'm a Native Portuguese with graduation in Journalism (2008), and a post-degree in Digital Marketing (2014). If you hire me I will help you capture, traffic, leads, clients and sales. In addition, I have good contacts for link-building in the Brazilian and Portuguese markets. I have 7 years of experience in customer service, as well, to read clients effectively and find the right solution to maintain them and make them love brands, services and products. Please reach out if you are looking for results.