As the sole designer here, I am the brand guardian, I multi-task jobs across the whole business and follow to strict time management. I am proficient over multiple design platforms from print to digital and work out my own plans and strategies if obstacles arise. Its up to me to find and facilitate all correspondence with print companies and build up a portfolio of printers we can rely on for different print jobs. Classic Fine Foods sells premium culinary ingredients to restaurants, hotels and chefs. They have sub brands, all with their own identity that I also do designs for. These brands are: Classic Deli (BtoC side), Classic Butcher (meat), Classic Harvest (vegetables) and Thetastelab (learning kitchen).• Implement whole campaigns across all brands. Our largest being Christmas which includes a lockup and overall feel, research into trends, facilitate and style the photography shoot and props. Social media design across all our social channels, emails, client hamper box designs and greetings cards, fun Christmas greetings animation to all clients, email signatures, stop motion and other social media animations. Finding retouchers and printers to finish the process• Design catalogues of various food categories of product, including our extensive catalogue of all our products• Vinyl vehicle design• All internal designs from editable fil-in-forms, office stationery, decoration and promotional items• Social media designs, gifs & banners• Event designs including, but not limited to; flyers, print and digital invites, social media advertising, roller banners, photo-booth items and backdrops, menus etc• Edit and resize photos for our website• Create emails via Mailchimp for all brands

Jobs here were very creative and varied. Jobs ranged from in-store point of sale, digital media, magazine adverts, external environment pieces and event media.Our team of two was small for this international company so a fast turnaround with excellent time management was essential. I achieved this by arranging my own work schedule and made sure I was in constant contact with the relevant teams/individuals.In my own time, I taught myself how to use Adobe After Effects to assist the Social Media Team in creating fun and engaging content. I also taught myself to create editable fill-in forms with Adobe PDF.• Tasked to do all instore planograms• Designed brand book and analysed overseas partners’ advertising• POS: strut cards, signage, posters, swing tickets, lightboxes• Assisted VM Team in creating window graphic elements• Environmental design: Hoarding, internal and external signage• Promotional content for launches and special events: print and online media, car wraps, photo-booths...• Social media content, gifs, online banners and designing emailers• Large presentation documents for out overseas investors

Clients Include:• Church Revitalisation Trust• Cath Kidston• Ferrier Pearce - Royal Albert Wharf, Crest Nicholson, Santander, HSBC• Invicomm - Kiwipower• Awesome Walks• PatchUp• Johannes du Plessis (artist)• Cape Town TV• Liquid Crystal - Hertzlia, Constantia & Highlands Primary School

This appointment equipped me with more technical abilities to date in my career. It was an artwork heavy role.I was entrusted to artwork designs to a large and very in-depth scale. Artwork here had to remain of upmost quality while maintaining tight deadlines. Our clients were from the premium building development sector so jobs such as brochures, property plans, hoarding and adverts were our bread and butter. It was fundamental in this role to be in close communication with everyone within the team. The artwork, the right information, time deadlines, careful planning and documenting were crucial to ensure projects ran out in clockwork proficiency.• Advert design. Print and digital• External signage• Technical drawings (house and development plans)• Work according to multiple brand guidelines over each development• Photo editing and clean-up• Large scale Hoarding• Large client presentation documents

Involved with this corporate company during a merger period of Hay Group (who had recently merged with Talent Q), becoming Korn Ferry. My task is to work on the three brands and handle the transition design phase.• Communicate with partner company, Talent Q, based in Thame• Updating and improving existing Word & InDesign documents• Creating web buttons and banners on social media platforms• Taking text heavy documents and creating easy-to-read, aesthetically pleasing documents based on brand guidelines• Creating infographics and images for web

I worked from concept through to design and the print process. I did designs for multiple departments in this fashion department store. I designed in a variety of programmes including a 3D rendering programme which gives the artwork life within a space. This I taught myself to better assist my clients in their pitches. I had to be aware of each department looks to keep consistency and be alert to any global changes in design and trends in this fast-paced environment.• Manage my time under strict deadlines and sudden changes• Strut cards, ticketing, banners, lightboxes and area specific signage• Research and compile mood boards for current trends in a variety of design spectrum’s (textiles, clothing, interior and decor) that will appeal to target audiences• Work according to specific brand rules for each department• Budget conscience• Presentation documents and planograms

I worked closely with my clients and produced work from concept through to print and I was permitted a lot of creative freedom and opinion. I was taught at DTPR to take photos with a 5D EOS Canon camera to then be used in the clients Visual Merchandising Book.• Assist and supervise junior designer• Photographer for Visual Merchandising Book• Window display design. Concept to print• Managed my work from concept, design, artworking to print• Photoshopping when required• Budget considerations• Worked on seasonal campaigns• 3D designs for presentations• Large scale store prints and lightboxes• POS, website design, displays, environmental design

• Art directed photoshoots. Required to Photoshop results• Variety of clients from premium fashion, alcohol, Colleges, yacht clubs and boutique hotels• Website design, digital media packaging, corporate ID, annual reports, brochures, POS, calendars, clothing labels, clothing tags, event media and outdoor environmental graphics• Followed through whole campaigns from conception, artwork and advertising