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The Hasmark Team

Judy O'Beirn, CEO & President

Judy O’Beirn, CEO & President

Judy O’Beirn, President and Founder has spent the last 10 years helping hundreds of authors become bestsellers. She has become an author and Creator of a book series titled ‘Unwavering Strength’. Most recently Judy has established Hearts to be Heard Inc. – who’s mission is for the uniquely gifted individuals with undiscovered brilliance. We crash through the barriers of pre-judgement to bring their creative brilliance to the world.
Contact: judy@hasmarkpublishing.com

Jenn Gibson, Bestseller Campaign Director

Jenn Gibson, Bestseller Campaign Director

Jenn Gibson, Director of our Marketing, Publishing and Bestseller team, has been an important part of the Hasmark Publishing team for the past 10 years also and will be overseeing your Bestseller campaign to ensure the successful launch of your book.
Contact: jenn@hasmarkpublishing.com

Mary-Kate Luke, Marketing Specialist

Mary-Kate Luke, Marketing Specialist

Mary-Kate is our Marketing Specialist.  With a degree in Film & Television Broadcasting, and a post-graduate certificate in Digital Marketing, she has a wide array of experience and a true passion for storytelling and marketing in the digital space. Her background includes creating digital content for business executives across various platforms and providing support to clients with their marketing strategies. She is always ready to tackle any challenge big or small and will be a helping hand throughout the marketing process. In her spare time, Mary-Kate loves to share book reviews online, and visit coffee shops in search of the perfect latte!”
Contact: Mary-kate@hasmarkpublishing.com

 

Mouna Saquaque, Publishing Sales Manager

Mouna Saquaque, Publishing Sales Manager

Mouna is a dedicated and results-driven Publishing Sales Manager with a proven track record of driving revenue growth. Passionate about helping authors achieve their dreams of publishing and promoting their books. Whether you have a completed manuscript or are still in the early writing stages, she can provide valuable insights and strategies to transform your book into a personal success. Mouna has honed her skills in strategic sales planning, client relationship management, and market analysis. Adept at fostering collaborative relationships with authors, distributors, and key stakeholders, she is passionate about connecting readers with compelling content. Mouna’s innovative approach and keen understanding of the evolving publishing landscape make me a valuable asset in achieving your goals.

Contact:  Mouna@hasmarkpublishing.com

 

Kelly Vurinaris, Media Marketing Consultant

Kelly Vurinaris, Media Marketing Consultant

Kelly showcases Authors in all aspects of marketing and media. As an International Bestselling Author and Visual Marketing & PR graduate from the International Academy of Design & Technology, she draws from her experiences to advise the best strategies to get you, and your book noticed and stand out from the crowd.
Contact:
kelly@hasmarkpublishing.com

She is an independent contractor.

 

 

Danielle Martins, Branding Manager

Danielle Martins, Branding Manager

Danielle Martins is a Premium Strategic Mentor, International Speaker and co-author of the international best-seller Rising Up From Mental Slavery – How to Unleash Your Infinite Potential. Her expertise is the strategic intervention mentorship, aimed at changing paradigms, focusing on strengthening the self-image and self-confidence. She’s also a Business Branding Strategist and combining her experience with Hasmark professional team, Danielle is introducing to Portugal and Brazil, an innovative way of publishing books.
Contact: danielle@hasmarkpublishing.com

She is is an independent contractor.

Anne Karklins, Graphic Design

Anne Karklins, Graphic Design

Anne provides dynamic, creative solutions with a focus on client needs. She bring her expertise in design and typography to any project, ranging from branding, editorial, packaging, direct mail and promotional work, both corporate and consumer based.
Contact: Anne@hasmarkpublishing.com.

She is is an independent contractor.

Nino Aptsiauri, Illustrator

Nino Aptsiauri, Illustrator

Nino Aptsiauri is an artist and independent illustrator from the country of Georgia.
She was born and lives in Tbilisi. She’s an illustrator specializing in character and narrative-driven work, using a mix of traditional and digital media.

She love portraits, expressive colors, and intriguing characters.
Her specialties: children’s books, fiction, postcards.

“Books are a very important part of children’s lives and I believe it’s crucial to paint the illustrations beautifully to help children improve their imagination and aesthetic taste.”

She is is an independent contractor.

Colin Miller, Senior Web Designer

Colin Miller, Senior Web Designer

Colin Miller is our Senior Web Designer and is based in Sylva, North Carolina, in the foothills the beautiful Smoky Mountains.  He has built websites for Hasmark for more than 10 years now, but his web design experience started in 1997. Before there was an Internet, Colin was a computer programmer writing programs for a myriad of public and private clients. His experience with website design and passion for coding creates fast loading, professional looking websites. He will turn your website into a creative and informative design that is tailored to match your needs and surpass your expectations.

He is an independent contractor.

Deanna Novak, Ghost Writer/Editor

Deanna Novak, Ghost Writer/Editor

Deanna Novak is an award-winning published author with over twenty years of experience writing about law, policy, business, leadership, genealogy, culture, and traditions. She provides ghostwriting, copywriting, and editing services for businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs, law firms, and novelists. Deanna works with her clients to create the books they’ve only dared dream about, articles, proposals, blogs, and various other content and copy. Her diverse educational and professional experiences have enabled her to connect with her clients and help them tell their stories in more powerful ways.

Contact:Deanna@hasmarkpublishing.com.  

She is an independent contractor.

Vivek Jain, Illustrator

Vivek Jain, Illustrator

Vivek Jain is a talented illustrator who has worked with Hasmark on several children’s books. Vivek is also a Director at Matrix Media Solutions, a professional web, mobile apps development and Graphic design company. Contact: Vivek@hasmarkpublishing.com.  

He is an independent contractor.

Kathryn Young, Ghostwriter, Editor, Script Evaluator

Kathryn Young, Ghostwriter, Editor, Script Evaluator

Kathryn Young has worked as a writer, editor, instructional designer, and e-learning developer for twenty-five years across various industries. She has written, edited, and published a diverse collection of writing projects for her clients.She also writes fiction and nonfiction, so she has a special connection with her fellow writers. She assesses book projects, consults with authors, and edits content with a logical mind and an empathetic heart. If your life experience, your exceptional knowledge, your passion, or your imagined fictional story needs to be shared with the world, Kathryn will be your champion. Contact: kathryn@hasmarkpublishing.com

She is an independent contractor.

Brad Green, Editor

Brad Green, Editor

Brad is an experienced writer, editor, and translator currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Before relocating to Canada and joining the Hasmark family, Brad spent over a decade eating delicious food and cultivating meaningful relationships while living between Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. He has enjoyed a successful career providing English language services to individuals, companies, publications, and government organizations.

Contact: brad@hasmarkpublishing.com
He is an independent contractor.

 

Allison Burney, Editor & Proofreader

Allison Burney, Editor & Proofreader

Allison has always loved reading and writing, and is thrilled to be part of the Hasmark team. Her background in journalism helped solidify a lifelong desire to connect through the written word, and for the past few years, she’s worked as a freelance writer, editor, proofreader, and transcriptionist. She loves all things personal growth, and looks forward to reading your manuscript!
Contact:  Allison@hasmarkpublishing.com  

She is an independent contractor.

Amit Dey, Interior Layout and Kindle eBooks

Amit Dey, Interior Layout and Kindle eBooks

My name is Amit Dey, and I am from Kolkata, India. I have over fifteen years of experience in Book Interior Design, and E-book conversion. More than 15+ years of experience working with self-publishing authors, coaches, speakers, publishers etc. and helping them create great looking books that people really want to buy & that will bring you business!  We have converted more than 21000+ eBooks with over 1600+ Print ready PDFs in Amazon KDP, Ingram etc. in the last few years.
Contact:  amit@hasmarkpublishing.com 

He is an independent contractor.

Murray Lewis, Editor

Murray Lewis, Editor

Murray has worked as a professional editor for more than 40 years and served as Editor-in-Chief of four national Canadian magazines. He has been president of the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors and helped judge the Canadian Magazine Awards. Concurrent with much of his editorial career, he also taught non-fiction writing at Concordia University for almost two decades. He is skilled at helping both established and nonprofessional writers craft texts that readers will read.
He is an independent contractor.
Stephen Buffey, Editor

Stephen Buffey, Editor

Based in Toronto, Stephen works full time in higher education publishing and enjoys freelance copyediting, focusing mostly on non-fiction. As a pantologist, he has worked in many roles including but not limited to a private tutor, scribe, club president, photographer, bookseller, proofreader and copyeditor. Having spent over seven years as a student, Stephen specialized in the humanities focusing on philosophy and history. His hobbies include reading, watching sports, and collecting fountain pens.

Contact: stephen@hasmarkpublishing.com

He is an independent contractor.

Alison Malcolm, Editor

Alison Malcolm, Editor

Alison is a consulting editor, writer, and researcher with several years in the field. She works with publishers, authors, embassies, small businesses, academics, non-profits and more. Before becoming a freelancer, Alison gained experience in the worlds of teaching, academia, and international development. She has also lived and worked all over the globe including in Malawi, Kuwait, South Korea, and Ghana, and most recently lived in Kathmandu, Nepal for 10 years. She is now based in western Canada and when not editing can usually be found reading, hiking, or enjoying “mom” life. She loves working with authors and reading and editing manuscripts of all types.

Contact: alison@hasmarkpublishing.com

She is an independent contractor.

Ramon Lofer, Video Editor

Ramon Lofer, Video Editor

Ramon creates video book trailers for our authors to enhance their story.

He is is an independent contractor.

Jamie Geidel, Editor/Proofreader

Jamie Geidel, Editor/Proofreader

Jamie Geidel is an editor and proofreader for Hasmark.  She helps authors determine what type of editing their manuscripts need, is an expert in the structure of language, and enjoys working with authors to give a polished and professional touch to their work. She has been an avid reader of all types of fiction and nonfiction since childhood and has learned Italian, Greek, Spanish, and Russian languages. Ms. Geidel is also a private teacher of music, Spanish, and creative writing for children and adults and has a background as a researcher, technical writer, and translator.

Contact: jamie@hasmarkpublishing.com

She is an independent contractor.

Radiance Tyler, Enhanced Music Creator/Producer

Radiance Tyler, Enhanced Music Creator/Producer

She is a vibrant co-owner and executive producer of Silverbirch Studios. With 30 years of experience, she has a keen genius for creating heart touching, award winning music.

She is an independent contractor

Tess Cacciatore, Enhanced Music/Book Trailer Production.

Tess Cacciatore, Enhanced Music/Book Trailer Production.

She is a vibrant co-owner and executive producer of Silverbirch Studios. With 30 years of experience, she has a keen genius for creating heart touching, award winning music.

She is an independent contractor