Experience

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  Cosmetix

  • Epping, Cape Town

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Jun 2023 - Present
    • Epping, Cape Town

    As part of one of the biggest beauty companies in Germany (Cosnova), Cosmetix has been supplying the South African market with the best, cruelty free and affordable makeup brands for the past 20 years. Working as part of a kick ass marketing team, generating print and digital designs for retailers and company communication and advertising. Being involved in the creative process from new product releases and national retailer promo, photo and video shoots. Responsibilities also include working and building relationships with print suppliers, making sure in-store branding is correct for the different stands.

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  Creative Housewares (Pty) Ltd

  • Parow, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Jul 2021 - May 2023
    • Parow, Western Cape, South Africa

    Crafted my design skills at Creative Housewares as part of a small and amazing marketing team. Working closely with our head office in Spain (Taurus Group), our list of creative skills include designing for social media, company website, emailers to send to buyers/clients, packaging design, printed material and many more creative aspects that is required from the team. A very important aspect of our team is also to keep the work on the server updated on a daily basis for other departments to access when needed. As a young team, we accomplished and executed large projects - including setting up a proper marketing department in just 12 months, clean up the massive company CIS system of product images for websites compared to a period of 12 years from previous departments. We brought out a brand new and revamped company catalogue that is up to international standards. And most importantly, rebranded the local and well known South African favourite appliances brand, Mellerware, in less than a year. This included the logo, icon, new imagery and slogans, brand new packaging and CI brand manual, signed off by head office and currently going into the market and onto supplier shelves.

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  Green Leaf Designs

  • Strand, Western Cape

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Jul 2011 - Aug 2021
    • Strand, Western Cape

    I freelanced successfully for quite a few years, building up a good client base. My responsibilities included building good relationships with clients, taking work from brief to design and printing, delivery of final product and handling of monthly invoices. Quite a lot for one person, but absolutely loved it!

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  Minuteman Press

  • Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Graphic Designer, Digital Printing & Client Relations

    • Nov 2020 - Jul 2021
    • Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

    Graphic design, digital printing and job finishing, as well as general client relations and sales.

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  ICON PROPERTY GROUP SA

  • Strand, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Graphic Designer & Social Media Man

    • Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
    • Strand, Western Cape, South Africa

    Designing of marketing and online material for the company and its agents. Overseeing the social media pages and daily uploads.

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  CWDi

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Graphic Designer

    • Mar 2018 - May 2020
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Responsible for the design of newsletters, adverts for print and online, emailers, posters, flyers, stationary, financial reports, and many more. Also working closely in a team and meeting very tight deadlines on a daily basis, assisting the other designers on design projects and client presentations.

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  Mediator Printers

  • Somerset West Area, South Africa

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Nov 2009 - Jul 2011
    • Somerset West Area, South Africa

    Worked as a senior graphic designer, designing various projects including brochures, business cards, posters, flyers, etc.Also responsible for DTP projects, working closely with clients, making sure artwork is litho and digital print ready, eg. converting any RGB elements to CMYK, adding bleed and crop marks, signing off colour proofs, setting up and making of litho plates, signing off press jobs and making sure jobs are correct from first step to last to final delivery.

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  eg+ worldwide

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Artworker

    • Oct 2008 - Aug 2009
    • London, United Kingdom

    Responsible for adapting various adverts from artwork supplied by international ad agencies, to sizes requested from clients for a wide range of international newspapers and magazines. Worked in a large team of fellow artworkers, reporting to the day and night manager. Also worked closely with the rest of the in house team on various levels.

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  BATTLE MCCARTHY LIMITED

  • London, United Kingdom

  • PA to Director

    • Jul 2008 - Sep 2008
    • London, United Kingdom

    General secretarial duties by preparing and processing documents and reports for review. Answering calls and emails, relaying of messages to the appropriate individual. Attend meetings and taking of minutes.

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  Mediator Printers

  • Somerset West Area, South Africa

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Sep 2002 - Jun 2008
    • Somerset West Area, South Africa

    Worked as a senior graphic designer, designing various projects including brochures, business cards, posters, flyers, etc.Also responsible for DTP projects, working closely with clients, making sure artwork is litho and digital print ready, eg. converting any RGB elements to CMYK, adding bleed and crop marks, signing off colour proofs, setting up and making of litho plates, signing off press jobs and making sure jobs are correct from first step to last to final delivery.

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  Vinlab (Pty) Ltd

  • Stellenbosch

  • Receptionist & Admin

    • Feb 2002 - Aug 2002
    • Stellenbosch

    General administrative duties in the front office, including answering of calls, preparing reports and entering of lab reports into database.

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  Online Marketing & GameTrail

  • Somerset West

  • Junior Graphic Designer & Flash Operator

    • Nov 1998 - Dec 2001
    • Somerset West

    Designing of various design projects including brochures, business cards, posters, flyers, etc. as well as Flash modules for Master Maths.