Christopher Pretorius Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

-CAD designerWorking directly with the head of design, giving technical direction and visualising designs through 3D renderings and animation. My time is primarily focused on new collections for the brand and presenting the final designs to the head of design and director of the company.-Asiga 3D printer operatorUsing our in-house 3D printer to practically.

South Africa

A small start-up jewellery brand focussed on custom engagement rings for private clients. -During these years I worked with individual clients creating their dream jewellery pieces from the initial sketch, 3D design to rendering.-I was solely responsible for running the brand which required me to maintain all social media and online presences as well as.

South Africa

-Providing high quality designs to various small jewellery brand.-I pride myself in being the go to person for designs that need to be done under a tight time frame or of a high skill level.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

-Alongside building my own brand I was working part time at a small studio that specializes in casting and manufacturing jewellery.-I was the lead designer and in charge of working with the external 3D printing company.-I was useful on the bench working off castings and the occasional hand manufacturing jobs.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

-I started at the company as a junior intern designer and worked myself up to the leading senior designer within 2 years.-I had the pleasure of being part of the design team that created the company's signature Protea flower collection that was showcased all across shopping centers in South Africa.-I was allocated to manage a CAD department of 10 people.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

-I was responsible for managing and creating CAD designs of all pieces which came from the marketing team.-I was very hands on with bench work and this gave me a great sense of attention to detail. I was also involved in preparing waxes that would then be cast.