Kari Roberts
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Afrikaans Limited working proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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LinkedInApr, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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AIA NZ
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New Zealand
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Insurance
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300 - 400 Employee
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Designer
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May 2017 - Present
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Freelancer
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North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand
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Freelance Web and Graphic Designer
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Aug 2015 - May 2017
Ad-hoc / contract work for various clients in Auckland • Logos, brochures, corporate stationery, flyers, 3D renders & image editing. • Custom websites, Wordpress, Wix, Joomla, Concrete5 & Business Catalyst. Grateful for some choice web projects given through Image Central (small consultancy company), including Construkt Architects (Ponsonby), TwentyCi (UK), Woods Architects (Grafton), and Shimmerlake Luxury House (Queenstown). Led a website administration ‘How To’ presentation for both Contrukt and Woods. Also frequently secured work from House of Camille in Albany - for their website, and designing promotional marketing material for print and social media.
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VAS Holdings (Pty) Ltd
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Durban Area, South Africa
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Web and Graphic Designer
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Nov 2014 - Jun 2015
Maintenance of 50+ small websites owned by the company, building new websites, designing website PSD’s & creating HTML themes/templates for handover to external developers. Design of logos, brochures, marketing material, and loyalty cards for clients; as well as all the corporate branding & design for the company itself. Also assisted with the internal administration systems and online document/template creation solutions. Worked under the IT Project Manager, and alongside two other in-house Web Developers. Best job i’ve ever had - busy and full of life, never a dull moment. Had to leave due to emigrating.
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Lifetime Media
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South Africa
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Web & Graphic Designer
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Jun 2012 - Oct 2014
Website design and development from start to finish. Gained a lot of marketing insights through research. Also SEO research, & website coding best practices. General Graphics work - Logo Design, design and setup of print and on-screen media using Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign. As Studio Manager gave guidance & support to the junior designers in studio, managed all the smaller jobs and quotations, and met with clients when required. Used Producteev for team task / project management.
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Truth in Advertising
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South Africa
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Advertising Services
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Graphic & Web Designer
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Mar 2010 - Jul 2012
Graphic design and layout of print media, billboards, advertising etc. under a Creative Director and an AE, and alongside a team of 2 other designers. Website design & construction (basic HTML, CSS, JS); HTML stationery / newsletters. Setting up and proofing print jobs. Graphic design and layout of print media, billboards, advertising etc. under a Creative Director and an AE, and alongside a team of 2 other designers. Website design & construction (basic HTML, CSS, JS); HTML stationery / newsletters. Setting up and proofing print jobs.
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Atomic Ant Design
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Durban Area, South Africa
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web & graphic designer, co-owner
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Mar 2007 - Jun 2012
Ran this business with my husband. I did the design and web work, he met with clients, and handled the admin and sales work. We would outsource projects to freelancers when there was too much Ran this business with my husband. I did the design and web work, he met with clients, and handled the admin and sales work. We would outsource projects to freelancers when there was too much
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Self-employed
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Durban
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Graphic & Web Designer
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Oct 1999 - Apr 2007
During & after finishing my diploma, I worked as a freelancer as i wanted to be at home with my young sons. I gained clients through word of mouth and networking, assisting other freelancers and getting overflow work from agencies in the area. I worked on a very wide variety of different projects and picked up a good range of skills. During & after finishing my diploma, I worked as a freelancer as i wanted to be at home with my young sons. I gained clients through word of mouth and networking, assisting other freelancers and getting overflow work from agencies in the area. I worked on a very wide variety of different projects and picked up a good range of skills.
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Code Complete South Africa
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Software Development
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Junior Web Designer
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Mar 2002 - Sep 2003
I worked part-time as a Junior Web Designer working with mainly intranet-based web sites (improving look and feel, applying corporate branding). I worked part-time as a Junior Web Designer working with mainly intranet-based web sites (improving look and feel, applying corporate branding).
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Education
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Durban Institute of Technology
NDip Graphic Design, Graphic Design