editor & designer
Riley Earle
editor & designer
I was the weird doodling kid who liked books too much, and now I'm making a career out of it. I get second-hand excitement when someone expresses passion for something, and this feeling doubles when it's something creative. I want to work on projects like these. I want to team up with fervent writers with incredible stories to tell and fiery innovators with new ideas to visualize. I want to help bring your vision to life.
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Despite hailing from Cape Cod, MA, I prefer
mountains to the ocean. After receiving my Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing from Champlain College, specializing in editing and publishing, I stuck around Vermont, which conveniently enables my hiking and skiing obsessions.
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My Work
I'm the assistant editor & marketing coordinator at Onion River Press, a small hybrid publisher where I get my hands dirty for just about every part of the book-making process. Need a developmental edit? Send it my way. Don't know how to turn a Word document into a book interior? I'll get designing. Want a ghostwriter to tighten up loose ends? By all means, let me at it.
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With my specialized training in writing, five years of design work, and over two years of hands-on publishing experience, I'm a well-rounded creative professional. Based out of Burlington, Vermont, I'm a hustling bustling freelancer who can't help but make everything about storytelling.
Recent Projects
Ditch the Ditty: Doing What Matters Instead of Doing It All
A January 2025 release from Onion River Press, Ditch the Ditty is a self-help book that empowers women to take control of their time and priorities. I designed the interior of this visually stimulating, graphic-heavy, accessible project.
Marketing for New Authors
Over the past few months, I've been working to expand Onion River Press's promotional services for authors as marketing coordinator. I now conduct one-hour marketing consults to discuss individualized promotional strategies and tactics.
Sunshine, Moonshine
Sunshine, Moonshine is a middle grade historical novel from the late, award-winning author Bonnie Christensen and her daughter Emily Herder. I had the honor of editing this sweet story of young girl in the Prohibition Era who will do anything to save her family's homestead... even risk her own freedom.
Rock n' Roll T-Shirt
I had the pleasure of designing an 80s-inspired rock n' roll T-shirt for a Burlington Music Dojo, a music school in Vermont.
Non-Freelance Experience
January 2023 - present
July 2022 - October 2022
July 2020 - present
September 2021 - January 2022
November 2020 - December 2021
Assistant Editor & Marketing Coordinator | Onion River Press --- Burlington, VT
Proofread, copyedit, and developmentally edit memoirs, history books, novels, etc. using the Chicago Manual of Style; lead marketing strategy consultations with self-publishing authors; design book interiors and covers using Adobe InDesign; communicate with authors via email, telephone, and Zoom; collaborate with a four-person team remotely and in-person; take detailed meeting notes; develop processes and tools for efficient project management; supervise interns; manage and edit online blog; design marketing materials such as ads, logos, posters, and social media content; write press releases and other copy; manage social media; maintain databases; send invoices
Graphic Designer | Green Mountain Book Festival '22 --- Burlington, VT
Designed the event program, flyers, posters, banners, and social media graphics
Bookseller and Graphic Designer | Phoenix Books --- Burlington, VT
Design marketing material (posters, ads, social media, etc.) for events and programs, write shelf-talkers, review ARCs, provide customer assistance, run book launch events, run a popup bookstore at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and give knowledgeable recommendations
Professional Writing Intern | Wordwell Ltd. --- Dublin, Ireland
Wrote articles for Books Ireland, assisted with Annual Archeology Conference preparation, and contributed to Books Ireland’s “From the Archives” article series
Profile Writer | Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund --- Remote
Wrote 100+ profiles of the scholarship recipients for the 2020 donor catalog
