Experience

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  Genesis Corporate Promotions

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Graphic Designer + Owner

    • Feb 2009 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Genesis Corporate is a promotional clothing and gifting specialising in custom locally made products.As the owner and designer, I work with clients to bring their vision to life.With my extensive background in production co-ordination and quality control, I'm able to ensure client satisfaction at an affordable price.

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  Amava Coffee Company (PTY) Ltd

  • Owner

    • Nov 2021 - Present

    Amava Coffee Company's mission is to create a space the perfectly balances our duel family and work lives.

  • Managing Director

    • Nov 2021 - Mar 2023

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  Khane Future Investments (Pty) Ltd

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Khane Future Investments (Pty) Ltd

    • Jan 2017 - Mar 2023
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    Khane Future Investments is a small and personal Rental management company.We specialise in looking after our tenants like family

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  Powerhouse Clothing Co (Pty) Ltd

  • Sales and Design

    • Feb 2002 - Feb 2009

    SALES RELATED: Acquisition of new business, sourcing of product (both locally and overseas), costings and presentations and client relations.PRODUCTION: Costings (as above), Production monitoring & client updates, Quality checking & overseeing packing & delivery.DESIGN: All design obligations for the corporate divisions nation wide. My accomplishments here included designing a range, which beat 20 international competitors as the uniforms for Caltex world wide.

  • Sales & Designer

    • Feb 2001 - Jan 2002

    On graduating from Natal Technikon, I joined my Powerhouse Clothing as a designer.My initial duties included:The design of garments and prints for mens, ladies, boys and girls sports wear ranges. not only the Powerhouse brand, but a number of other brands owned by their clients, including Mr. Price, (Red, Maxed, core etc.), Ackerman’s, The Hub, Truworths, Edgars, Billabong USA, JC Penny amongst others.The design of corporate and promotional wears for a large number of South Africa’s corporate clientele. Here the edge on our competitors was gained by high fashion ranges using inspiration from my designs on the fashion side for the above brands. Clients here included: Distell, Brandhouse, SAB, Pernod Ricard, JTI, Hollard Insurance and many more great names.Part of the design process included sourcing concepts from overseas, researching fabrics, working with samplists and CMT’s as far as making concepts more practical and cost effective.After three months I was promoted to department head overseeing the two other designers. My responsibilities then increased to include:Client relations. Taking garments through from concept to production. Co-ordinating with the QA department and samplists to make sure all areas of production went smoothly.Monitoring all suppliers to make sure work was progressing as planned.Receiving and issuing briefs from merchandisers and clients to the designers and samplists.All artwork and production related costings and running costs of the department.At the same time I maintained my design obligations. When the question arose of how to make our brand successful overseas I created a cartoon concept, which has been taken up by Fox TV in America. When I decided to move back to Cape Town, the head of the corporate division approached me to start an division for them there.

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  El Bandido

  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Duty Manager

    • May 1997 - Feb 2002
    • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    I started as a waiter and was promoted to duty manager within 6 months.I was also tasked with the additional responsibility of open, closing and cashing up the staff.Here I worked closely with reps from the liquor and cigarette industry and organised and hosted parties sponsored by both industries.I left this position to start my full time job as a Graphic Designer for Powerhouse Clothing International on completing my Graphic Design course.This was my first brush with event planning and hosting.

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  ScOozi

  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Front Of House Manager

    • May 1996 - May 1997
    • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    I started as a waiter and eventually took on the full scope of a front of house manager while studying full time. It was the start of an exceptionally intense, and amazingly invigorating period of my life.This business eventually closed due to the owner deciding to quit the industry.

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  The McGinty's Group

  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Food Server

    • Oct 1995 - May 1996
    • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    A fantastic and high paced work environment. Here I was introduced into working with the liquor Industry to push sales.

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  Pavarotti Italian Restaurant

  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Duty Manager

    • Feb 1995 - Sep 1995
    • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    I started as a waiter and was promoted to duty manager when the existing manager moved on.I was introduced into staff management and client customer relationships.This business eventually closed and I moved on to my next employment.

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  Le Petit Cafe

  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Food Server

    • Aug 1993 - Feb 1995
    • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    This was my first job in the restaurant industry and a fantastic intro into the hard work, high rewards mind set, plus the advantages of upselling