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Graphic Designer
Cape Town, South Africa
Aug 2016 - Present (8 years 4 months)
Book design and layout
Magazine design and layout
Annual report design and layout
Brochure design and layout
eBook design and layout
Logo design
Photo retouching
Package design
Marketing material, i.e. flyers, emailers, print adverts
Designing of conference materials
Designing of interactive PDFs
Point of Sale items
Illustration and character development
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Senior Designer
Cape Town, South Africa
Aug 2015 - Jul 2016 (11 months)
Book Cover Design
Page Layout
Photo Retouching
Annual Report
Illustration and Character Development
Design Interactive DVD Material
Website Design & eMailers
Point of Sale, i.e. Pull-up Banners and Tent Cards
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Head of Studio
Struik Christian Madia
Cape Town, South Africa
Aug 2013 - Jul 2015 (1 year 11 months)
Providing graphic design and art direction for book covers and interiors, marketing and point of sale material.
Conceptualising and design of book covers.
Design book interiors to compliment the cover.
Layout of books, keeping to concepts and complying to house rules.
Prepare the assembly of final layouts for printing, review and approve art materials.
Ensuring the quality and complete print-readiness of files.
Research illustrations, photographs and typography to plan presentation of products and services.
Create e-books from print ready files.
Photo and video editing.
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Freelance Graphic Designer
Self employed
Apr 2013 - Aug 2013 (4 months)
Conceptualising and design of book covers.
Design book interiors to compliment the cover.
Layout of books, keeping to concepts and complying to house rules.
Photo editing and retouching.
Prepare the assembly of final layouts for printing, review and approve art materials.
Ensuring the quality and complete print-readiness of files.
Research illustrations, photographs and typography to plan presentation of products and services.
Preparation of publishing titles for e-book conversion.
Logo design.
Design and layout of corporate folders, annual reports and brochures.
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Studio Manager
New Holland Publishing
Jun 2010 - Apr 2013 (2 years 10 months)
Manage design team to ensure that all work meet a high standard and are kept within time constraints, scheduling work and maintaining worksheets.
Responsible for the recruiting and training of new designers.
Providing graphic design and art direction for book covers and interiors, marketing and point of sale material.
Conceptualising and design of book covers.
Design book interiors to compliment the cover.
Layout of books, keeping to concepts and complying to house rules.
Photo editing and retouching.
Prepare the assembly of final layouts for printing, review and approve art materials.
Ensuring the quality and complete print-readiness of files.
Research illustrations, photographs and typography to plan presentation of products and services.
Preparation of publishing titles for e-book conversion.
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DTP Manager
New Holland Publishing
Feb 2007 - May 2010 (3 years 3 months)
Manage DTP team to ensure that all work meet a high standard and are kept within time constraints, scheduling work and maintaining worksheets.
Conceptualising and design of book covers.
Design book interiors to compliment the cover.
Layout of books, keeping to concepts and complying to house rules.
Photo editing and retouching.
Prepare the assembly of final layouts for printing, review and approve art materials.
Ensuring the quality and complete print-readiness of files.
Research illustrations, photographs and typography to plan presentation of products and services.
Design of new company logo for Struik Christian Media and Christian Republic.
Preparation of publishing titles for e-book conversion.
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Graphic Designer
New Holland Publishing
Feb 2004 - Jan 2007 (2 years 11 months)
Conceptualising and design of book covers and book interiors to compliment the cover.
Design of packaging artwork and assembling of final art for printing.
Layout of books, keeping to concepts and complying to house rules.
Design of marketing material such as magazine and newspaper adverts, catalogues, brochures, display bins and book marks.
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Cartographer
Map Studio
Jun 2003 - Feb 2004 (8 months)
Digitising of maps, keeping to international standards.
Designing of symbols and other Map elements, complying to Map Studio design house rules.
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Graphic Designer
Tydskriftemaatskappy (TM)
Nov 1999 - Oct 2002 (2 years 11 months)
Page layout of magazine and newspaper including sourcing images and illustrations.
Illustrations for articles.
Design magazine covers, maintaining the magazine’s look and feel.