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MTN South AfricaDesign Manager
Feb. 2022City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Self-Employed ContractorFreelance Product Designer
Sep. 2021 - Feb. 2022
FjordVisual Design Lead
Sep. 2018 - Oct. 2021Johannesburg Area, South AfricaDesign and Innovation from Accenture Interactive.
Accenture InteractiveVisual Designer
Jun. 2015 - Sep. 2018Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Speakers Inc.Webmaster
Dec. 2005 - Aug. 2006In-house website maintenance, design and back-end. Maintaining a JOOMLA platform website
FreelanceDesigner
Sep. 2002 - Nov. 2005Freelance print and web design.
Web IdeasJunior designer
Mar. 2001 - Aug. 2002First industry job, a mixture of print and web design. 80% of the work involved print - posters, newsletters, print ads, publications.
Aqua OnlineDigital Lead
Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2015Johannesburg• To drive digital thinking within the team, help conceptualise campaign ideas for clients that work in all forms of digital media, social, web & mobile.
• Mentoring junior members
• Presenting ideas and campaigns to clients
• Visual design and conceptualising
• Working closely with the development team & reviewing work in progress
Aqua OnlineSenior Designer
Aug. 2006 - Aug. 2010Responsilbe for CI of BMW digital campaigns and electronic communications. Conceptual design, meeting with clients, creating Information Architectures, working closely with flash developers and back-end developers to create digital campaigns. Digital CI Custodian for MTN. Highlights: • BMW flash interactive flash site shortlisted at Loeries in the 'Digital Integrated campaign' category
• Working on MTN's World Cup 2010 Sponsorship which included the the interactive website 'Taxi to World Cup 2010' and the digital assets that supported the campaign.
• Promoted to Senior designer & digital CI custodian on Aqua's largest client - MTN Responsibilities:
• Visual design and conceptualising
• Problem solving & sourcing creative solutions for digital executions
• Meeting & presenting to clients
• Working closely with the development team & reviewing work in progress
Ogilvy InteractiveDigital Team Lead
Aug. 2012 - Sep. 2013Johannesburg Area, South AfricaJoined Ogilvy Interactive as a team lead reporting directly to the ECD. Helped conceptualise and guide creative concepts for leading brands in South Africa. KFC, DStv, BP & SAA. Highlights:
• DStv campaign for Javas which included a 3 day video shoot for an interactive video experience
• Presenting back to the agency on creative both during and after go live dates
• Winning Philips South Africa as a client
• Art directing a week long shoot for Philips in Jhb & Cape Town Responsibilities:
• Overseeing a team of 4 members with specialist skill sets to run with a campaign from concept to completion
• Sitting with ATL peers to help drive digital integration
• Mentoring junior members
• Reviewing work with ECD on work coming out of the agency
• Presenting ideas and campaigns to clients
• Visual design and conceptualising
• Working closely with the development team & reviewing work in progress
QuirkArt Director
Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2012Joined Quirk's small Johannesburg office and helped establish the creative department offering for Jhb specific clients. Worked within a small team to help conceptualise and execute designs for such clients as Nike, DStv, Neotel, SuperSport & Liberty to name a few. Highlights:
• Helped on pitch work to win new business on Nike. Creating interactive iPad apps for Nike such as an interactive running shoe catalogue that appeared in select Sportsmans warehouse stores.
• Running with projects from concept to completion.
• Voted in as Jhb's 'President' - a staff representative that sits in on board meetings and reports back to and informs staff members.
• Voted Quirk Star of the month on 2 separate occasions - recognition for going above and beyond. Responsibilities:
• Visual design and conceptualising
• Problem solving & sourcing creative solutions for digital executions
• Meeting & presenting to clients
• Working closely with the development team & reviewing work in progress
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