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55% Digital – social media, UI design, web, motion graphics45% Traditional/Print – brand development, design, execution, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro• Create engaging and on-brand graphics for a variety of media for global and local initiatives• Conceptualise key visuals based on requirements from marketing department and localise campaign collateral for various global markets• Responsible for setting up a process within Talk360 to handle creative requests from different departments• Serve as Talk360’s creative custodian and manage & maintain the visual identity of the company• Develop brand guidelines and a coherent visual identity to maintain creative consistency across all visual channels• Facilitate scalability and agility, develop on-brand Canva templates for marketing department to self-serve on-the-go creative needs for social media, sales collateral & presentations

45% Digital – social media, TVC, video editing, motion graphics55% Traditional/Print – origination, packaging design, execution, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro• Conceptualise and execute creative solutions based on strategy• Create a range of visual concepts for each project from start to finish• Present concepts and designs to stakeholders and clients• Review work and provide feedback to junior team members• Lead a team of 3 designers to execute visually compelling, on-brand pieces from traditional print and packaging design to social media, digital and TVCs • Direct model and product photo and video shoots to obtain on-brand material for sales collateral, packaging design, marketing and advertising campaigns

100% Digital – social media, e-commerce, HTML mailers and web, motion graphics• Conceptualise and execute creative solutions based on strategy• Collaborate with copywriters to develop and create campaigns• Maintain brand consistency through various channels and platforms by adhering to prescribed brand guidelines• Review work and provide feedback to junior team members

65% Digital – social media, e-commerce, HTML mailers and web, video editing35% Traditional/Print – origination, design, execution, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro• Collaborate with local and international teams to create BTL and ATL campaign assets, across all brand portfolios• Print Design – sales collateral, trade presenters, catalogues, reports, print advertisements• Packaging – retail collateral, value-added packs, label design• Out of Home – point of sale collateral, billboards, digi-boards, window displays• Social Media – always-on campaigns, awareness- and engagement drives• CRM – HTML mailers, microsites, campaign landing pages, journeys• Present design concepts to stakeholders, brand- and marketing managers• Align globally developed material for Sub-Sahara African markets• Corporate communication collateral – PowerPoint presentations, mailers

50% Digital – social media, e-commerce, HTML mailers and web, motion graphics50% Traditional/Print – origination, design, execution, layout, typesetting, DTP, reproClients from various sectors, including but not limited to The Sage Group, Parkrun SA, Joberg2C, Draftworx, Cync, Construction Computer Software (CCS), SYSPRO Software, Intuit QuickBooks, Kelly Frames Biokinetics• Creative design for brand awareness and lead generating campaigns• Localise and trans-create globally developed material following prescribed brand guidelines• Develop visual and corporate identities• Design, style, and format presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint and iWork Keynote)• Liaise with suppliers from first contact through to final production and delivery• Business administration

70% Digital – social media, e-commerce, software interface design, HTML mailers and web30% Traditional/Print – origination, design, execution, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro• Create TTL marketing collateral according to prescribed master brand guidelines and parameters• Design HTML mailers, display banners, campaign landing pages, social media, e-literature • Develop infographics for work- and process flows, data cycles, instructional guides and abstract business concepts• Develop in-product graphics and iconography for software packages and apps• Layout and typeset brochures, annual reports, sales collateral, print advertisements, packaging design• Direct local studio in producing on-brand and regional specific collateral by following prescribed brand guidelines and project specifications, and review all in-house and outsourced work before going to market• Oversee regional photo and video shoots to obtain on-brand material for marketing and advertising campaigns (primarily East Africa and United Arab Emirates advertising regulatory practices)

25% Digital – social media, presentations75% Traditional/Print – design, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro• Design and typeset investment relations material – financial circulars, quarterly and annual reports• Conceptualise and design ad hoc material: print advertisements, digital assets, exhibition stands, promotional material• Liaise with copywriters, translators and suppliers for projection, project scope and budget, ensuring accuracy, sign-off and on-time completion of projects• Prepare project cost estimations to present to clients• Review and approve work created by design assistant• Studio manager (general administration, timesheets and leave requests)

10% Digital – presentations90% Traditional/Print – origination, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro, image editing and retouching• Brand custodian for The SPAR Group account• Manager to twelve DTP operators stationed in five regional distribution centres across South Africa• Create ad hoc collateral, store-specific promotional material, occasional- and seasonal catalogues • Develop project briefs with client, sales department and production• Plan project details, style, photography, graphics and arrangement following prescribed brand guidelines• Liaise with sub-contractors, stock photography agencies, photographers and stylists• Allocate projects to the various regional DTP operators• Review and approve concepts, designs and material created in-region• Ensure design and typesetting work is completed on time and booked for pre-flight, production and finishing• Highlight: Conceptualised and design the Fashion Daily SA 2008 Magazine, the MTN Durban Fashion Week event publication. Responsible for creating daily editions (abridged), during the event

5% Digital – presentations95% Traditional/Print – origination, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro, image editing and retouching• Design, layout and typeset CEO Global monthly, annual and special publications• Repro final artwork according to editor’s pagination• Retouch images and source stock material for editorial segments• Conduct studio and location photo shoots• Highlight: As the only graphic designer employed by CEO Global during my tenure, I completed 24 issues of the publication and two special editions of both Titans of Transformation and Top Business Women, from initial design, layout and typesetting, to pre-press and hand-over.• Highlight: After completing 10 issues of CEO Magazine in a generic style, I developed and implemented a new visual direction for the magazine by following then-trending international design styles. This resulted in a 17.5% higher subscription rate within three months of the re-launch issue (survey conducted by Mr. Valdi Pereira, Editor-in-Chief, CEO Magazine).

80% Digital – hand-coding HTML websites20% Traditional/Print – origination, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro• Develop and design the ATMC corporate and visual identity• Design templates, graphics and iconography for the corporate website• Create marketing and promotional material for trade shows and exhibitions

100% Traditional/Print – origination, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro, image retouching• Design, layout and typeset the monthly publication, Craft Zone Magazine• Ad hoc graphic design• General day-to-day store administration• Restoration of old, faded and damaged photographs• Conduct studio and location photo shoots• Highlight: In 2003, I recommended and implemented photo-restoration as an additional Phototek Graphics service, boosting clientele and consequently, revenue.

100% Traditional/Print – origination, layout, typesetting, DTP, repro• Create corporate identities, catalogues, brochures, promotional material, exhibition stand designs, street-pole advertisements, posters and vehicle signage/wraps• Design, layout and typeset the monthly, Craft Zone Magazine• Highlight: In January 2002, Christa van Rooyen – Editor, Craft Zone Magazine, moved the Craft Zone account to Phototek after I accepted a position there.