Career Diary of a Publication Design Director : Thirty Days Behind the Scenes with a Professional

This book takes you through 30 days in the professional life of Leon Lawrence III, the design director of one of the USA's largest publications, USA Weekend magazine.

Lawrence chronicles the journey he took to his current position and details the daily challenges of running the art department of a national weekly pub-lication.

He provides the reader with a fly-on-the-wall view of the magazine design process.

From cover concept meetings and photo shoot production discussions to page design and staff management, this diary provides a re-alistic look at the job of a design director and the tools needed to become one.