Experience

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  Apholos Metal Labels & Closures

  • South Africa

  • Sales Representative & Consultant

    • May 2019 - Present
    • South Africa

    Sumi's creative ideas were the reason to connect with Apholos Metal & Closures. Sumi is the first to introduce this company to the Wine Industry in South Africa and therefore became their Sales Representative in South Africa.

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  SUMI CREATIVE | CO Pty (Ltd)

  • South Africa
  • Artists and Writers
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Artist

    • Mar 2019 - Present

    Artist & Designer at Sumi Creative Co & Sumiglyphs

  • Artist, Designer & Owner

    • Nov 2011 - Present

    SUMI CREATIVE|CO is the studio of Sumi Gous, Artist & Designer based in Cape Town. Sumi has built up extensive experience in printing and packaging, specializing in the wine Industry of the Western Cape. Sumi's creative energy flowed not just into packaging design, but also consulting in printing and product design as well as creative products & ideas for exterior and interior areas in tandem with other designers.

  • Managing Director

    • Nov 2011 - Present

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  SUMIGLYPHS

  • Somerset West, South Africa

  • Brand Owner

    • Jan 2018 - Present
    • Somerset West, South Africa

    IN A TIME LONG GONE our pre-historic ancestors used a symbol-based form of writing to record events, convey messages and, notably, tell their stories. At the time they must have dreamt about generations to come reading these stories that were meticulously crafted on silent, age-old rocks. Symbols were either painted onto the rocks in red ochre, black, white or yellow dye as “pictographs” or carved, chiselled, scraped or ground into the rock face with stone tools as “petroglyphs”. SUMIGLYPHS was born as a modern day rock art form by a talented South African artist who carries within her the same ancestral dream of preserving present-day stories in a unique art form that can be read by future generations. The name SUMIGLYPHS was derived from the name of the artist, SUMI, and the words “petroglyphs” and “myths”. As ancient rock art tells old stories of a mythical time gone by, the modern rock art of SUMIGLYPHS tells new stories in a mythical form which will endure for ages to come. Neither language nor culture can obscure the powerful and magical stories told in the unique modern rock art of SUMIGLYPHS.

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  Artist and Illustrator

  • Makhado, Limpopo, South Africa

  • Freelance Designer & Artist

    • Jan 1996 - Dec 1997
    • Makhado, Limpopo, South Africa

    I worked as a free-lance designer and illustrator

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  Leach Printers

  • Makhado District (Louis Trichardt)

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • Aug 1995 - Jul 1997
    • Makhado District (Louis Trichardt)

    Advertising, Design, Signage and Illustration. Page layout & photography editing.

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  SABC

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng

  • Graphic designer

    • Jan 1992 - Jun 1994
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng

    Creating news graphics including 2D animation for TNP (Television News Productions). Designed first animated weather charts for live television weather broadcasts with Liveline 5 software from USA. Worked closely with journalist creating graphics for news events under extreme deadlines. Was also part of the Central Lending Library, the SABC's still imagery database, researching, uploading, filing, editing and organising all stills, covering all topics and information needed for news broadcasts.