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Leeston, Canterbury, Nz

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

✓ Lead and mentor a team of graphic and UI designers✓ Facilitate workshops, sprint reviews and retrospectives✓ Create clean and simple user-centric designs✓ Work with Product and Engineering teams to build user-friendly interfaces✓ Work with GTM and Marketing teams✓ Maintain the design system✓ Create design rationale and specifications✓ Understand product specifications and user psychology✓ Develop wireframes and prototypes around customer needs✓ Find creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g. usability, retention)✓ Communicate design ideas and prototypes to the Product Team✓ Keep abreast of competitor products and industry trends✓ Assist stakeholder relationships to create sales and marketing collateral✓ A positive 9Spokes brand ambassador and work in a team to evolve the roadmap✓ Lead UX activities, both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.✓ Collaborate and communicate with internal teams, and external stakeholders as needed✓ Continuous feedback to the product team to improve and evolve our roadmap.9Spokes is a powerful business ecosystem with global scale. It offers modern businesses a management app that brings meaningful data together across a business, its apps and banks. Think of 9Spokes as a virtual advisor, here to motivate and guide businesses so they not only survive, but grow and thrive.

Christchurch Metropolitan Area

✓ UX research, design & UI Design✓ Scrum Moderator and advocate for Agile practices✓ Global brand collateral design and cohesion, plus strategic visual communication design for all stakeholders. Sketch, Wireframe, Mockup and Prototype Apps, Website Apps and Websites.Geekseat is a multinational software development company with offices in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the US and South America. Solutions range from DevOps, System Architecture, Software Development across more than 50 stacks, Quality Assurance, Business Analysis, Technical Documentation and full end-to-end Project Management.

Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand

My key responsibilities were to lead strategic brand design, marketing for SMEs and web development.From corporate collateral design to strategic social media campaigns to focussed digital and print advertising. The mission? To empower Kiwi businesses with strategic processes to help grow their company brands.

Canterbury & West Coast, New Zealand

Within just one year of helping start the company, I expanded the company's services by including web design, corporate collateral design and elevated the company's standard of design output.In my second year with the company, the dream of becoming the creative authority was achieved through local customers' desire to have our company design and manage their branding. The subsequent acquisition of design services from two competing companies within the district grew exponentially in the last months of 2019.

On the Board of Directors.SOC Ed is a Nonprofit Organisation assisting youth with sport scholarships

Pretoria Area, South Africa

As head of the creative department I collaborated with the software- and business development teams. I successfully developed the company's brand architecture still in use today. I am versed in the latest audio and visual design technologies. I used these skills to conceptualise, storyboard, produce videos and create motion graphics.During my last years with the firm, I operated as the Brand manager for all 19 branches. I ensured brand cohesiveness and always went above and beyond the call of duty to push boundries in design processes.

I managed the design and development of visual communications for multiple marketing channels. Continuously shooting from the hip, I produced visual solutions and managed over a dozen brands. Over the years I have developed corporate identity portfolios that are now the visual foundations of all the company’s marketing material.SEESA (Pty) Ltd offers its clients professional legal advice and support in all aspects of their business.

Advising Start-Ups on Branding and website marketing

After the acquisition of my previous employer, I decided to join a young agency and help them expand their web design service delivery. At the end of my one year contract, the agency had acquired a new range of clients. I also facilitated an increase in the agency's annual turnover and profit margin.Scope:+Market Research and UX Design+UI Design+Front-end Web Development+Advertising & Package designNew Media Design and Advertising is a full turnkey solutions agency with both national and international clients across several industries.

I was the creative lead on instructional and interactive media designs. Later, I was promoted to Creative Director and developed and implemented brand and marketing strategies, ensuring objectives were met. Designed and managed online presence and direct programs to improve reputation. I Delivered marketing and communications strategies for the organisation and managed continuous analyses of competitive environments and trends. The company was acquired after one year of operation.Formed in 2009, SIGOC focusses on bring experts together, from all trades. Certified life coaches provide training to these experts to empower this network of specialists to serve communities with professional services.

Centurion, South Africa

I was promoted to Art Director after one year with the agency and took on the fulfilling role of materialising great concepts in a creative team environment. During my time here, I developed a strong inclination for clinical design and thrived designing clear and concise branding.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

As Multimedia Developer, I created, built and maintained websites. It included aspects such as web design, publishing, programming, and database management. I was also responsible for the conceptualisation and implementation of both digital, video, print and branding campaigns.A multimedia agency operating since 1999. The team fuses graphic arts and marketing strategies to tap into a design philosophy greater than the sum of its parts, and to great success across all forms of media.

Pretoria, South Africa

I coordinated photographers and assistants whilst editing copy and images and supervised P.O.S operations and accounting of sales.Since 1971, Gordon Harris Photographic has become one of the largest studios in Africa. It has teams of photographers, co-ordinators and secretaries, who have tertiary qualifications to ensure the highest standards of photography are maintained.

Calgary, Canada Area

I designed instructional videos using motion graphics and animation for an Alberta based Oil and Gas company.

Calgary, Canada Area

As a web developer, I built, created, and maintained websites. It included aspects such as web design, publishing, programming, and database management.Ground Level Design, a talented web development team, had an very impressive roster of clients in the oil and gas, building and land development, training and education verticals. The company has since merged with Rare Method and consequently joined forces with Arcane, one of the fastest growing and most robust marketing agencies in Canada. As part of the Arcane Group of companies, they lead with innovation, creativity, and conscience on their mission to change the perception of the marketing industry.

Calgary, Canada

As a Web Design Consultant, I designed and maintained websites. It included aspects such as publishing and programming.Founded as an IT company in 1996, Impact Blue moved into the advertising scene, purchasing ads on behalf of such blue-chip clients as Enmax Energy, Fairmont Hotels, Talisman and the University of Calgary.

Brussels Area, Belgium

I Successfully collaborated with the Business- and Marketing Departments to visually enhance various online marketing campaigns through the use of digital design.Dimension Data is a company specialising in information technology services. The company maintains operations on every continent and focuses on services including network integration, security and data centers.

Florida, United States

Photography Gallery Manager

Master Of Fine Arts, Graphic Design

Currently working towards an MFA with the following practice-led research focus: The politics of interpassive design in the platform.

Mba - Non-Degree Purposes, Economic Uncertainty And Organisational Agility, B

✓ Economic principles and reasoning in explaining the behaviour of individuals and organizations. ✓ Evaluate how technological.

Bachelor Of Visual Arts (Honours), Digital Media, Graphic Design, Visual Arts & Art Theory

✓ Dissertation: Relational Aesthetics Multimedia Presentations & Exhibitions Professional Art Processes & Practices English for Academic.

National Diploma, Digital Media Design, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Chairmen of President's Club.• UI/UX design • Graphic Design • Audio & Video Editing • Content and data creation.

Higher National Diploma, Commercial Photography, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: PhotographyFilm Development Dark Room Black & White Photography Audio Visual Presentations