WORK HISTORY
Experience
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Senior Graphic Designer at Ink Design and Layout
September 2015 - Present (8 months)
BOOKS, BROCHURES, INFOGRAPHICS
CLOTHING LOGOS, BRANDING, BANNERS, WEBINAARS
MAGAZINE ETC...
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senior freelance designer at Times Media Group
May 2015 - June 2015 (2 months)
Designing BankerSA and Ad checking, african leader
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Freelancer at TIMES MEDIA, PICASSO
February 2015 - May 2015 (4 months)
African Leader, SA Banker, AD Design work and checking.
senior designer RSD magazine freelance at Times Media Group
February 2015 - February 2015 (1 month)
RSD magazine, advert design
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RAMSAYMEDIA
January 2014 current April 2014
Custom Division
MAGAZINE :
RIDE
TOYOTA
COMPLETE GOLFER
GCM
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Topco Media
October 2013-November 2013 freelance
Art directing and conceptualizing TOP WOMAN MAGAZINE
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Topco Media
September 2012-May 2013 retrenched
Art directing and conceptualizing Management SA business magazine, organizing photoshoots.
Designing, evening merchandise for government publications.
Oliver Awards, Mega cities ECT.
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Media nova
May 2012- June 2012 (freelance)
Designing, Sandton magazine from start to finish organizing photoshoots. Picture editing,
Successfully pitching and designing INDWE magazine inflight magazine for SA Express.
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Media 24 custom retrenched
October 2011-February 2012
Sanlam designer, I designed, sourced images, and did repro fro print, these products are designed in both English and Afrikaans except for Insight, and many of the deadline overlap each other.
SANLAM
• AAS AUCTION ROUND UP - 4pg
• INSIGHT - 40pg
• INSPIRE - 4pg
• Master Mind - 6pg
• Methadology - 10pg
• SIM ezine - 3pg
• Sim.sense - 20pg
• SIMibian - 2pg
• SIMphony - 24pg
• SMMI Smart Money - 4pg
• SPI - 6pg
• SMMI_brochure.indd - 4pg
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2008-September 2011
Media 24, pixelinkmedia24
WORKING ON: Khuluma and Horizons magazines the in-flight magazines for British Airways
Designing the Khuluma magazine and picture editing for Khuluma and Horizons magazine.
Conceptualizing and briefing for Shoots.
Organizing photo-shoots including: casting models, stylists, makeup artists and photographers
2009-2011 Freelance work for Discovery health and Sanlam financial magazines, art directing, picture editing the whole magazine.
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2006-2008
Media 24, Golf digest
Designing Golf digest magazine including marketing material i.e.; posters pamphlets, rate cards,
Advertising layouts, as well as art directing photo-shoots for the photo-shoots on the golf courses such as Arabella and Steenburg Golf estates.
Designing The Proshop style guide on my own from start to finish.
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2004-2006
Quantum Publishers,
WORKING ON: Club magazines for the JD Group including Morkels, Joshua Doore, etc.
Designing the magazines along side the art director, picture sourcing as well as organizing photo-shoots, art directing the food shoots with food stylists such as; Sharon Crosby and Justine Drake.
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2003-2004
Picasso Publishing
Working on: advertorial and advertising designs for a number of magazines including; SA Schools, Architectural digest, Elle decor, etc.
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2002-2003
Niche Publishers
WORKING ON: Designing estate agency layouts for British estate agencies such as Fine and Country, brochures and art gallery listings.
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2001-2002
Struik Publishers
WORKING ON: Mapping for Lovell Johns and Phillips Atlas designing maps, using programmes such as illustrator and Photoshop, working extended shifts to make sure deadlines were met.
