About

Team

Zeytin Press comprises a small team with wide reach, carrying literature across languages, borders, and literary traditions.

Team 04

Aline D. Braun
Aline D. Braun Graphic Designer

Aline D. Braun is a Swiss-born designer with over 20 years of experience in visual communication and brand design. She helps businesses communicate their identity with clarity and consistency across markets, languages, platforms, and touchpoints. Aline began her career in 2004 at Satellites Communication Design before spending nearly seven years as a graphic designer at […]


Aliya Gulamani
Aliya Gulamani Commissioning Editor & Proofreader

Aliya Gulamani is an award-winning commissioning editor with a strong commitment to inclusive publishing. She has served as Commissioning Editor at Unbound, the world’s first crowdfunding publisher, and as an Editorial lead for Unbound Firsts, an imprint dedicated to debut writers of colour. In 2022, she was selected as one of the Bookseller’s Rising Stars […]


João Gado F. Costa
João Gado F. Costa Commissioning Editor

João Gado F. Costa is a London- and Saõ Paulo-based commissioning editor with a passion for discovering well-crafted literature. With previous experience in academic research, higher education, and trade publishing, he seeks to bring innovative titles to Zeytin, particularly from Latin America, the wider Lusophone world, and beyond. João accepts submissions in English, Portuguese, and […]


Julia M. Jakus
Julia M. Jakus Publishing Director

Julia M. Jakus is the founder and director of Zeytin Press, a London-based independent publishing house dedicated to literary fiction and nonfiction in English and translation. With a blended background in photojournalism, analytics, and investigative research, her practical experience extends to Morocco, Tajikistan, Colombia, and Turkey, where she completed her postgraduate studies at Boğaziçi University […]