Sarah Finan

I am a freelance designer with over 25 years of experience in the design industry. I have worked for a wide range of clients including BBC, Hachette, Walker Books, Harper Collins, HIT Entertainment and SKY.

I am also an award-winning, published author and illustrator of picture books. My debut picture book, 'Erik the Lone Wolf,’ was published by Frances Lincoln First Editions in February 2018 and was long listed for the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration in 2019. My second picture book, ‘What We Wear When We Take Care' was published in June 2024 by Candlewick Press in the US and Walker Books in the UK. I have recently had a range of die-cut board books published with Post Wave Publishing about the joys of eating food! 'Egg, Egg, Egg!', 'Banana, Banana, Banana!', 'Pasta, Pasta, Pasta!', 'Tomato, Tomato, Tomato!' and most recently, 'Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Pumpkin!'. You can visit my illustration portfolio here: sarahfinan.com.

As well as designing books, I have produced brand styleguides for Teletubbies, Brum and Tikkabilla (BBC); Barney (Hit Entertainment) and Rupert Bear (Entertainment Rights). This involves devising strong design guidelines starting with basic elements like fonts and colour palette to then designing logos, patterns and packaging, right through to prescribing the ‘look’ for branded children’s clothing and products. I have also produced packaging styleguides for Pingu (Hit Entertainment) and Lazytown.

I am highly experienced in producing marketing material – from point of sale, web banners and sales sheets to press and outdoor advertising campaigns.