Experience

TopInc Printing and Design

• Head Designer & Creative Department Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Responsibilities include: 🔴 Project & Team Management - Overseeing and maintaining the day-to-day operations of the Creative Department, including managing the in-house creative team and freelance contractors - Overseeing all departmental projects from quoting to budget tracking and execution - Meeting with clients & client liaisons to take and discuss design briefs - Development and management of project timelines - Liaising with clients and the print production team in order to manage project timelines 🔴 Graphic Design & UX/UI - Designing and managing of client projects. Usually I focus on the larger editorial projects, but I also assist with the smaller day-to-day tasks if there is an influx (eg. Designing of business cards, flyers, letterheads, etc.) - Brand development/roll out for all businesses under the TopInc umbrella and ensuring brand consistency across platforms - Tracking and improving the customer journey on the TopInc website from order fulfillment to conversion - Creating & formatting of all website images and banners - Creating social media graphics and copy for some of our posts on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn 🔴 Departmental Processes & Business Development - Writing job specs for our in-house creative hires (junior designers, interns, etc) and managing the vetting/hiring process - Writing and developing contracts for our freelancers - Writing guidelines, developing job Ts&Cs and drawing up checklists to assist with implementing best practices within the Creative Department - Analysing and improving job flow by changing processes, developing protocols and improving communication both internally between teams and externally with clients - Writing proposals and researching the viability of new creative income streams from a resource, positioning and financial perspective - Developing marketing and campaign strategies that span across various communication touch points for the purposes of showcasing our services & driving sales Show less



Kris513:creative

• Freelance Graphic Designer / Writer / Proofreader / Editor

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2020

  I have experience in various areas of design, but what I love to design most are: - Books / e-books / photobooks / manuals - Magazines / e-zines - Online / E-commerce templates for printed or digital products - Brochures / Pamphlets - Newsletters / Letterheads - Posters - Flyers - Invitations - Menus - Website/Mobile banners - Social media graphics I also provide the following services: - Print production management - Proofreading and Editing of copy Show less



PayFast

• Pakistan
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• In-house Graphic Designer and Print Production Liaison

  • Apr 2018 - Oct 2019

  Responsible for ensuring that branding and communication is uniform in look & feel, personality and tone throughout the company. I oversee the designing of all digital graphics for social media, emailers, etc., promotional material/collateral such as flyers, banners and manuals as well as expo/event artwork Responsible for ensuring that branding and communication is uniform in look & feel, personality and tone throughout the company. I oversee the designing of all digital graphics for social media, emailers, etc., promotional material/collateral such as flyers, banners and manuals as well as expo/event artwork



Photodeli

• South Africa

• Senior Graphic Designer, Project Manager and Digital Publishing Dept. Manager

  • Nov 2013 - Mar 2018

  Conceptualisation & creation of corporate and personalised coffee table-style photobooks, creation and management of all digital publications, Liaising with print houses and managing the printing of all necessary projects and customer liaison. Conceptualisation & creation of corporate and personalised coffee table-style photobooks, creation and management of all digital publications, Liaising with print houses and managing the printing of all necessary projects and customer liaison.



Seventeen Magazine, South Africa

• Assistant Layout Designer / Marketing Designer

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2013

  Creating magazine layouts, preflighting all pages and assisting the Art Director with Exporting PDFs, image sourcing, image clean up, etc. Creating magazine layouts, preflighting all pages and assisting the Art Director with Exporting PDFs, image sourcing, image clean up, etc.



Hy-sê-Sy-sê.com (hy-se-sy-se.com) - Site has since closed

• Online Content Editor / Head of Design / Site Maintenance

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Editing and preparing copy to be published online, managing and pushing content on social networks, constantly doing site maintenance, sourcing images and illustrations and sometimes creating illustrations Editing and preparing copy to be published online, managing and pushing content on social networks, constantly doing site maintenance, sourcing images and illustrations and sometimes creating illustrations



Varsity College

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Work Intergrated learning Lecturer (Layout Design)

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2012

  Lecturing layout design using the Adobe InDesign programme and coaching students on the practicalities of life in a real media job environment as well as advising them with regarding to finding internships in the media industry Lecturing layout design using the Adobe InDesign programme and coaching students on the practicalities of life in a real media job environment as well as advising them with regarding to finding internships in the media industry



Art South Africa magazine

• Design/Admin Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Mar 2011

  Capturing and archiving information and doing basic layout design Capturing and archiving information and doing basic layout design



TCB Media (Pty) Ltd

• South Africa
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance writer

  • Mar 2010 - Nov 2010

  Feature and reviews writer for various niche and in-flight magazine titles under TCB Media. Feature and reviews writer for various niche and in-flight magazine titles under TCB Media.