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Oliver Munday

Designer, Art Director

Oliver Munday is a graphic designer living and working in New York City. Munday once designed covers in-house for Alfred A. Knopf and Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He is currently a design director at The Atlantic.

He was hired by Apple Books to create a universal series look for hundreds of books, in multiple languages, released exclusively in their library. The collection can be viewed here.

Munday is the author of Don’t Sleep: The Urgent Messages of Oliver Munday. You can read an in-depth piece on Munday and his book from The Paris Review.

He co-founded “Piece,” a socially based design collaborative, with Bernard Canniffe and Mike Weikert. Piece believes that designers can play a significant role in positive change and social justice. Munday studied design at MICA under Bernard Canniffe, “a proponent of Blue Collar Design Theory, which encourages designers to partner with local institutions” (-The Paris Review).

Munday’s work has been recognized by many major design publications including PRINTCMYK, The Type Director’s Club, Communication ArtsSTEP magazine’s 25 freshest minds in design, and Young Guns 7. In 2010, he was named as one of PRINT magazine’s “20 under 30,” in the new visual artists issue.

Read this Q&A via PRINT Mag

Read this article he wrote for LitHub: “Sometimes I Don’t Read the Whole Book”

Articles that he has contributed to The Atlantic can be found here.

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Oliver Munday

Designer, Art Director

Oliver Munday is a graphic designer living and working in New York City. Munday once designed covers in-house for Alfred A. Knopf and Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He is currently a design director at The Atlantic.

He was hired by Apple Books to create a universal series look for hundreds of books, in multiple languages, released exclusively in their library. The collection can be viewed here.

Munday is the author of Don’t Sleep: The Urgent Messages of Oliver Munday. You can read an in-depth piece on Munday and his book from The Paris Review.

He co-founded “Piece,” a socially based design collaborative, with Bernard Canniffe and Mike Weikert. Piece believes that designers can play a significant role in positive change and social justice. Munday studied design at MICA under Bernard Canniffe, “a proponent of Blue Collar Design Theory, which encourages designers to partner with local institutions” (-The Paris Review).

Munday’s work has been recognized by many major design publications including PRINTCMYK, The Type Director’s Club, Communication ArtsSTEP magazine’s 25 freshest minds in design, and Young Guns 7. In 2010, he was named as one of PRINT magazine’s “20 under 30,” in the new visual artists issue.

Read this Q&A via PRINT Mag

Read this article he wrote for LitHub: “Sometimes I Don’t Read the Whole Book”

Articles that he has contributed to The Atlantic can be found here.

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Designer Requirements

Only a carefully curated group of designers are given access to the creative briefs posted on the INABC Jobs Board. This system ensures that clients receive top-notch, focused proposals from professionals whose talents have been vetted

All designers who will be bidding on your cover design have applied to receive job notifications and have been approved by the INABC admin team. Our approved designers:

  • Are professional book cover designers, not simply generalist graphic designers.
  • Have been working in the industry for a minimum of 3 years, usually more.
  • Must demonstrate a contemporary aesthetic, creating work that feels current and relevant to today’s book design market. We seek professionals who stay informed on industry trends while pushing boundaries with innovative, forward-thinking designs. Our designers know that our clients are not looking for designs that feel “dated.”
  • Work on multiple book cover projects in any given month
  • Are committed to delivering high-quality, original designs tailored to each client’s unique vision. 
  • Do NOT sell or offer book cover premades. At INABC, we do not condone the offering of pre-made book covers. We are fans of highly bespoke cover work.
  • Do NOT use AI-generated imagery in their commercial work.
  • Have accessible online portfolios showcasing book cover work that are easy for anyone to review.
  • Have extensive experience working with self-publishing authors AND commercial presses.
  • Are available and excited to receive these weekly briefs.

If you are contacted by a designer that doesn’t align with the requirements described above, we ask that you please contact the INABC admin team at ineedabookcover.assistant@gmail.com.

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