Experience

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  Carrol Boyes Functional Art

  • Cape Town, South Africa

  • Graphic Design Lead

    • Jun 2023 - Present
    • Cape Town, South Africa

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  East End Yovth

  • www.eastendyovth.com

  • Senior Graphic Designer/ Lead Web Designer

    • Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
    • www.eastendyovth.com

    • Overseeing daily operations with meticulous attention to detail• Responsible for graphic design, website design and social media content creation• Creating website assets• Supervising, coaching, training, motivating and mentoring personnel, setting clear goals and expectations, providing relevant feedback and discipline as required• Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective systems, processes and controls• Delivering a high standard of marketing support• Customer service and liaison, building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with key stakeholders• Planning and managing team performance, skills development, talent, and culture to improve innovation, achieve efficiencies and increase competencies• Producing various presentations, correspondence and other documentation • Performing as a strong member of a cohesive team with strict adherence to health, safety and statutory regulations, service level agreements, quality standards, governance processes and compliance requirements

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  Carrol Boyes Functional Art

  • www.carrolboyes.com

  • Graphic Design Manager

    • Sep 2020 - Jun 2022
    • www.carrolboyes.com

    • Managing a team of photographer, junior designer and mid weight designer• Liaising with clients and suppliers• Art direction and managing all photoshoots• Creating mood boards• Managing pre- and post-production of photoshoots• Maintaining image library • Designing packaging• Responsible for retail design for point of sale (POS)• Producing website graphics and user interface for new website build• Creating social media content • Designing newsletters• Managing customer database • Creating videos for various platforms• Managing budgets

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  innov8

  • Table View

  • Design Specialist

    • Oct 2016 - Aug 2020
    • Table View

    • Devising concepts for campaigns• Creating mood boards • Designing training materials • Designing posters• Producing PowerPoint presentation packs • Designing corporate identities (CI)• Creating social media content • Designing marketing campaigns and adverts• Producing newsletters • Responsible for front- and back-end website maintenance • Liaising with suppliers • Overseeing lifestyle photoshoots

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  Sportsmans Warehouse

  • www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    • May 2016 - Oct 2016
    • www.sportsmanswarehouse.co.za

    Performing all or some of the following duties in both roles with varying levels of responsibility:• Art direction and client liaison• Designing newsletters, adverts, flyers, catalogues, POS, packaging, websites and marketing collateral• Maintaining website front-end • Developing and implementing marketing concepts • Creating mood boards• Coordinating and managing photoshoots for product and lifestyle • Retouching photographs• Designing store front layouts

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  TFG (The Foschini Group)

  • www.americanswiss.co.za

  • Creative Coordinator/ Graphic Designer

    • Jul 2011 - May 2016
    • www.americanswiss.co.za

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  Creative Housewares (Pty) Ltd

  • www.creativehousewares.co.za

  • Graphic Designer

    • Jul 2009 - Jul 2011
    • www.creativehousewares.co.za

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  Drexler Kyzer Design Studio

  • South Africa

  • Junior Graphic Designer

    • Jan 2007 - Jun 2009
    • South Africa