TheVisibleMind
thevisiblemind

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Profile

A highly motivated designer, passionate about design and exploring new ideas and technologies in the Internet and Design arena, with more than 12 years experience in the internet & print industries. Skilled in design, conceptualisation, HTML & CSS coding and repro preparation, with a strong knowledge of the relevant software.

Having solid commercial experience on both Mac and PC.

Experience

April 2006 – present

Telkom – Web Development Department
Johannesburg, SA

Senior Web Graphic Designer
  • Responsible for the conceptualisation and design of intranet and internet websites, banner advertising and email campaigns.
  • Initiating and maintaining the latest design and coding standards within the department.
  • Developing and maintaining the online strategy for Telkom’s newest Broadband products; including SEO site optimisation, social media strategies, usability, user experience and information architecture.
  • Meeting and liaising with clients on project requirements and specifications.
  • Introducing internal processes within the department to optimize workflow.
  • Our clients are internal to Telkom.

June 2003 – October 2005

IT-IQ Global Ltd. (t/a CPI London) – creative design, print and internet
London, UK

Senior Graphic Designer
  • Responsible for the conceptualisation and design of Web sites and Print items such as Corporate Identity Systems, Brochures, Invitations and Posters.
  • Managing the studio to ensure efficient workflow and delivery of  design and production work to a consistently high standard.
  • Meeting and liaising with clients throughout the design and  production process.
  • Responsible for projects from concept to repro.
  • Our clients were mainly organisations within the governmental health and education sectors, as well as small-to-medium sized commercial companies with diverse market focus.

July 2001 – February 2003

Dynatomy (Pty)Ltd. – design & visual communications
Johannesburg, SA

Senior Graphic Designer
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining the market strategy, both print and on-line, for Dynatomy’s sister companies; OLAP Solutions(Pty)Ltd. and Administrator Software Limited.
  • Conceptualisation and creation of Graphical User Interfaces for the software applications developed by Administrator Software and OLAP Solutions.
  • Conceptualisation and development of Web sites, PowerPoint presentations, CD-Rom productions and print items, such as Corporate Identity Systems, Brochures and Invitations.
  • Coordinating and managing the developer and design teams to effectively produce work of a consistent standard in line with the given brief.
  • Meeting and liaising with external clients.
  • Our clients were varied, being mainly IT related, but including retail and the service industry.

March 2000 – June 2001

Intekom (Pty)Ltd.
Web Development Department 
Johannesburg, SA

Web Designer
  • Responsible for the conceptualisation and production of web sites.
  • Coordinated with web developer and application developer on back-end and html coding issues regarding projects under my ownership.
  • Conceptualisation and development of Flash web sites and animations.
  • Design and creation of .gif banner advertisements, as well as exploring new methods of banner advertising using the latest technologies available.
  • Emphasis was constantly placed on experimenting with new technologies, including 3D graphic animations and illustration, as well as multimedia CD-Rom presentation and video capture.
  • Responsibilities often involved liaising with clients.
  • Client base ranged from small firms to large corporates.

February 1998 to February 2000

Basement 43 cc
Johannesburg, SA

Graphic Designer
  • Responsible for the conceptualisation and design of print related projects.
  • All projects were undertaken from concept to the preparation of print material.
  • Design projects included magazine advertising, corporate invitations, package design, point-of-sale marketing, leaflets and posters.
  • Responsible for executing any illustration work used in my designs.
  • Client base included companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Oracle.

1993 – 1997 (Part-time during studies)

Advertising and Design Solutions cc
Johannesburg, SA

Junior Designer
  • General studio work, including Layout and Logo design, DTP operation.

Skills

    Experience (Months)
Please Note:
This is an average estimate
Skill Level
Current Adobe Photoshop 132 Expert
QuarkXpress 132 Extensive
Adobe InDesign 64 Extensive
Adobe Acrobat 72 Extensive
Adobe Illustrator 72 Extensive
CSS 72 Extensive
HTML 72 Extensive
Adobe Dreamweaver 72 Extensive
Adobe Flash 72 Extensive
Mac OS 9 – X (Lion) 144 Extensive
Microsoft windows 7 24 Extensive
Microsoft Windows XP 108 Extensive
Microsoft Windows 2000 24 Extensive
Flash Actionscript 72 Solid
Adobe Fireworks 24 Solid
Javascript 72 Limited
Axure RP Pro 3 Limited
OmniGraffle 3 Limited
Silverback 1 Limited
Previous Adobe ImageReady (last used 2009) 132 Expert
Macromedia Freehand (last used 2005) 96 Extensive
Corel Bryce (last used 2003) 60 Solid
Adobe GoLive (last used 2000) 60 Limited
Adobe Premiere (last used 2000) 12 Limited
Macromedia Director (last used 2000) 12 Limited

Achievements

  • One of CPI London’s clients, NHS Hertsmere PCT won the Nexus Awards in category “Best Website Production” for their online flash Annual Report(s) 2 years running.
  • Received Top Performer Award for 2nd Quarter 2000 from Intekom.
  • Received a certificate of achievement for overall second place Graphic Design student in final year of studies.

Education

1995 - 1997

East Rand Campus of the Vaal Triangle Technikon
Kempton Park, SA

National Diploma in Graphic Design

Subjects: History of Graphic Design, Theory of Reproduction Processes, History of Art, Art of Drawing, Art of Drawing – Graphic Design, Form and Colour Studies, Graphic Interpretation, Perceptual Studies, Space and Volume Studies, Photography – Practical, Photographic Business Management, Communication Skills, Marketing.

1990

Norkem Park High School
Kempton Park, SA

Matriculated without exemption

Subjects: Biology, Geography, Science, Maths, English and Afrikaans.

Interests

Photography, Scuba Diving, Reading, Travel, Painting