A young woman with short brown hair wearing a black shirt standing outdoors in an urban area with modern buildings, graffiti-covered walls, and fallen autumn leaves. She is leaning against a stone ledge with her arm resting on it, looking upward. There are colorful decorative spheres on the ledge and graffiti on the walls behind her.

Phoebe Haverstick:

Editor and Digital Designer

Editorial Reports

Writing editorial reports that are both fluid and informative is an imperative skill for the publishing industry.

Click below to view my example editorial report created for Yiyun Li’s book Wednesday’s Child. In this project, I challenged myself to design an alternative cover which can be seen to the left as well as embedded in the report.

Sample Editorial Report
Book cover featuring two hands reaching over a watermelon bowl filled with red berries and juice, with the title 'Wednesday's Child' and author's name 'Yiyun Li' on a gradient purple background.
Illustration of a hand with acupuncture needles inserted into a dog's body, with a red target shape behind the dog, related to acupuncture for dogs.

Commission Cover Design

When not writing or editing, I can be found working on commission digital design projects.

To the left is a commission for Lexington, Kentucky, native author Chase Myers. This poetry collection features satirical stories showcasing the human condition.

This project required frequent design meetings, mock-up options, and the use of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Canva.

Sample Editorial Work

Click below to view work from the middle of the editorial process. This document includes red-lining, communication to the author, and suggested changes.

Sample Editing
A person writing in a notebook with a black pen, wearing a dark patterned sleeve, near a silver laptop on a gray surface.

Above is a portion of a personal writing piece. This selection of photos comes from a zine I created called MADMAG. I distributed this zine independently on my campus. This is the Spring 2026 edition, focused on sapphic media.

This edition was fun to write because I collected stories from other LGBTQ+-identifying students and used them to create this collection.

The entire zine was 15 pages, including imagery and design I created to represent the current voices at my university in an interesting and satirical way.

Two women with blonde hair sitting side by side in a dark theater, illuminated by purple-blue lighting.
Text excerpt from a book discussing a 2025 summer, Kentucky's humid heat, a memory of Mulholland Drive, and a scene from a film involving lesbian characters Betty and Rita in a romantic context.
Cover of a magazine or publication titled 'mademag' with a neon pink and green color theme. It features a partially obscured photo of a person with their mouth open and a hand holding a phone or similar device. Text includes 'Spring 2026', 'film collection', and the tagline 'Queering media one op-ed at a time.'

Sample Writing

Sample Writing

A text excerpt from an article titled "There's a Dead Girl in the Pool: Pain, Suffering, and Sapphic Media," discussing themes of media representation, censorship, and LGBTQ+ issues.
An article titled "Carmilla (1872): Desire or the Devil?" featuring a black-and-white illustration from the gothic novella "Carmilla," depicting a woman in dark clothing looking at a reclining woman in a bed, with the title "The Feminine Urge" and the subtitle "To be seduced by a hot lesbian vampire."

Photography

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Artwork Portfolio

Click the link below to see a series of artwork created for commissions, courses, and personal projects.

Art Portfolio
Comic strip depicting a woman DJ on the turntables, a girl with headphones at a nightclub, three motorcyclists riding at night, and a woman watching TV with a melancholy expression.