Pauline Hill
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Editorial This selection showcases my editorial work, spanning magazines and books, including cover design and layout. I specialise in crafting visually compelling, print-ready designs that balance aesthetic appeal with technical precision. With expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign and Acrobat, I collaborate closely with creative directors, editors, and photographers to bring each publication to life. Accustomed to fast-paced environments, I manage multiple projects seamlessly, ensuring high-quality outcomes that enhance editorial narratives and engage diverse audiences.
Tank magazine - issue 01
Tank magazine - issue 02
Tank magazine - issue 03
Twist magazine -issue 04
Monster Fashion
Illegible Portraits
ALWFAV 07
Passport
Sherlock Holmes
Tank - Volume 11 - Issue 01I worked as a Graphic Designer for Tank Magazine Summer 2024 issue, where I was responsible for conceptualising and designing layouts for both print and digital editions of the magazine. I also edited and retouched images to meet the artistic and visual standards of Tank Magazine. I ensured all designs aligned with the magazine’s brand identity, maintaining a cohesive visual language.

I collaborated with editors, photographers, stylists, and art directors to develop creative visual concepts that complemented the editorial content.

    Tank - Volume 11 - Issue 02I worked as a Graphic Designer for Tank Magazine Winter 2024 issue, where I was responsible for conceptualising and designing layouts for both print and digital editions of the magazine. I also edited and retouched images to meet the artistic and visual standards of Tank Magazine. I ensured all designs aligned with the magazine’s brand identity, maintaining a cohesive visual language.

    I collaborated with editors, photographers, stylists, and art directors to develop creative visual concepts that complemented the editorial content.

    Tank - Volume 11 - Issue 03As a Graphic Designer for Tank Magazine's Spring 2025 issue, I was responsible for conceptualising and designing layouts for both print and digital editions. I edited and retouched images to align with the magazine’s artistic and visual standards, ensuring a cohesive brand identity throughout. Additionally, I sourced photographers and collaborators, conducting research and development to support the creative vision. Working closely with editors, photographers, stylists, and art directors, I developed visual concepts that enhanced and complemented the editorial content.

    TWIST - Issue 04 
    As a Graphic Designer for Twist Magazine, I collaborated with a fellow designer to develop a cohesive design layout system, ensuring visual consistency and enhancing the reader experience. I created a signature "sticker tag" element, a recurring feature across articles that contributed to the magazine's unified aesthetic.

    My role involved generating bespoke visuals and graphics tailored to individual articles, enhancing the magazine's distinctive style, and designing and refining layouts for specific sections to balance creative design with editorial goals.

    Additionally, I managed prepress processes to ensure the magazine was print-ready, including image conversion and adherence to print specifications to maintain quality and accuracy.


    Monster FashionThis collaborative project visually archives how haute couture fashion houses use “monstrous” or “undesirable” facial features to evoke desire or fascination. Inspired by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's "Monster Culture," particularly the sixth thesis exploring how monsters, while repulsive or frightening, also possess an attracting quality. The book examines how fashion houses use the element of fear to captivate the public.

    The outcome consists of a book which acts as an archive or dictionary of monstrous fashion which viewers can refer to. It is a combination of two books of contrasting sizes, texture, binding style and colour joined together to form one hybrid format.

    Illegible PortraitsThis project uses passport security features as visual tools to explore the complexity of personal identity. These securitisation methods, such as anti-replication patterns, holographic printing and the ID photo are intricately coded, hard to decipher and illegible.  Personal identity is depicted as multifaceted, with layers that evolve depending on context and interactions. The resulting book employs a selection of security measures used in passport design as visual tools to discuss ‘What is personal identity?’, delving into the intricacies and the ever-evolving nature of the self.

    ALWFAV 07A Line Which Forms A Volume 7 is a publication written, edited, designed, and published by MA Graphic Media Design students at London College of Communication. It features student contributions centered around the theme of emotions in design research,blending new writing with reflections on student work (Leslie, 2024). For this collaborative project I contributed to both the Production and Design teams.

    As part of the production team I managed paper and materials selection, communication between suppliers and the design team, maintained the production schedule, and collaborated closely with technicians, gaining hands-on experience operating offset lithography printing machinery.

    As part of the design team my role consisted of assisting with the design and layout of internal pages of book and preparing files to be print-ready

    PassportThis project is acts as a precedent to the book Portraits Illisibles. It is a visual essay exploring the concept of belonging, through the format of the passport and the schengen visa stamp. It uses personal family photos and quotes from personal reflections of moments when I felt my sense of belonging questioned. This project incorporates the act of stamping, introducing irregularity and non-uniformity to the otherwise rigid format, reflecting my personal journey with belonging and identity.

    The outcome consists of a publication mirroring the format of a Passport book as specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization. Yet, each security element is employed to investigate the fluid and transient aspects of identity and belonging.

    Sherlock HolmesThis project is the design of the Sherlock Holmes literature series comprising the three books: "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "The Hound of the Baskerville" and "A Study in Scarlet". It involves the development of a systematic approach to styles and text treatments which can be used to efficently create a cohesive series. This design system is easily applicable to multiple documents

    The outcome consists of three PUR bound books, with a semi-opaque dust jacket. The front cover design is screenprinted with silver metallic ink, giving an element of indecipherability to the novels which mirror the literary content.