Damian Gibbs, Publishing

Hi, I'm Damian Gibbs. Welcome to my profile!

Damian Gibbs's Bio:

Damian Gibbs is an experienced publication production coordinator with 20 years' experience in domestic and international digital and print publications. I am also a skilled publication designer, page layout artist, typesetter, and coder for epub. The rapid adoption of digital technology for education has created an exciting opportunity for me to work with publishers to develop digital educational services and products with a clear and inspiring user experience. I have typeset print and ebooks in 13 different languages, books with no words, readers for tiny tots, law books for university graduates, 500 page gardening manuals with over 5 000 images, catalogues, database driven publications and everything in between!

Damian Gibbs's Experience:

Typesetting services at Juta & Company Ltd.
2010 - 2012
Design and typesetting
Design and typesetting at Heinemann Publishers
2009 - 2012
Typesetting
Typesetting and multimedia at Pearson Education South Africa
2002 - 2012
Typesetting of printed books. Design and development of CD based reference material with web interface using html and css.
Design and typesetting at Kairon Press
2002 - 2012
Concept design of books, website creation, ebook conversion and coding
Design and typesetting at Ampersand Press
2001 - 2012
Concept design and typesetting
Design and typesetting at Aardvark Press
2005 - 2010
Design and typesetting of printed books.
Designer at Global Africa Network Pty(Ltd)
2002 - 2007
Layout and design of monthly business magazines.
Design team leader at Maskew Miller Longman
August 1995 - August 1997
Overseeing a team designers and typesetters, and assist with concept cover and body designs for new titles.
Designer at Struik Publishing
June 1993 - August 1995
Design and makeup of coffee table books and marketing material
Typesetter at Maskew Miller Longman
May 1991 - June 1993
Typesetting of school and tertiary educational books and marketing material
Typesetting and multimedia at Cambridge University Press
2008
Typesetting and creation of CD based reference material with web interface using html and css.
Typesetting and epub conversion at Oxford University Press South Africa
2006
Design and typesetting of print books. Conversion of print books from InDesign to epub.
Design and typesetting at Macmillan Education
January 2006
Owner at Orchard Publishing
October 1998
Professional production service backed by 20 years of print and digital experience. Strategic consulting on epublishing strategies for small, independent and corporate publishers.

Damian Gibbs's Education:

Foundation School of Art
1968 – 2012
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
1988 – 1989
Wynberg Boys High
1980 – 1985
Matric

Damian Gibbs's Interests & Activities:

Digital media and books, sailing

Damian Gibbs

Publishing

Hi, I'm Damian Gibbs. Welcome to my profile!

Damian Gibbs's Bio:

Damian Gibbs's Experience:

Typesetting services at Juta & Company Ltd.

Design and typesetting at Heinemann Publishers

Typesetting and multimedia at Pearson Education South Africa

Design and typesetting at Kairon Press

Design and typesetting at Ampersand Press

Design and typesetting at Aardvark Press

Designer at Global Africa Network Pty(Ltd)

Design team leader at Maskew Miller Longman

Designer at Struik Publishing

Typesetter at Maskew Miller Longman

Typesetting and multimedia at Cambridge University Press

Typesetting and epub conversion at Oxford University Press South Africa

Design and typesetting at Macmillan Education

Owner at Orchard Publishing

Damian Gibbs's Education:

Foundation School of Art

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Wynberg Boys High

Damian Gibbs's Interests & Activities: