Cassandra Pappas
About Cassandra Pappas
Cassandra Pappas is the Associate Design Director at Penguin Random House in New York, NY, with extensive experience in book design and graphic design.
Company
Cassandra Pappas is currently employed at Penguin Random House, a prominent publishing company based in New York, NY. She serves as the Associate Design Director, focusing on a variety of design responsibilities including art direction and project management within the design department.
Title
As the Associate Design Director at Penguin Random House, Cassandra Pappas oversees design projects, art directs complex e-PUB designs, and hires freelance illustrators and cartographers. Her role demands a comprehensive understanding of both traditional and digital book design.
Previous Experience
Cassandra Pappas has an extensive career in book design and graphic arts. She worked as a Freelance Graphic Designer and Art Director for 11 years (2000-2011). Before that, she contributed her design expertise at Alfred A. Knopf as a Senior Book Designer for 8 years (1991-1999), and at HarperCollins Publishers as both a Book Designer (1988-1991) and a Promotions Design Assistant (7 months in 1987-1988).
Education and Expertise
Cassandra Pappas holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Cornell University. She specializes in the design and typesetting of cookbooks, heavily illustrated books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction titles. Her skill set includes proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and the use of RHML coding for digital text composition.
Design Specializations
Cassandra Pappas excels in designing corporate identities such as letterheads, logos, and business cards, as well as creating brochures, invitations, menus, catalogs, and posters. Additionally, she has experience in directing the design of e-PUB formats for complex titles, enhancing the digital reading experience.