Yasia Williams

Yasia Williams-Leedham studied Graphic Design and Art Direction at Manchester Metropolitan University, focusing on design for print and typography and has worked in Publishing for 20 years, and as an Art Director for Octopus Publishing Group for 16 of these. Yasia works with a wide and varied range of creatives, photographers, illustrators and designers who collectively develop the look and feel for a variety of illustrated titles with her main focus being on Cookery books. Yasia has been a judge for the past 5 years for the Pink Lady food photographer of the year competition and has also worked through her companies charity channelsto talk to younger students about publishing and design opportunities.