I'm a 28 year old creative, I have passion for creating useful and beautiful things while learning and improving my skills. I have spent the last few years working on projects involving mostly digital design. Besides that, I love being involved in multiple forms of design and try to experiment as much as I can in my spare time. I'm currently working for Aqua, a digital agency, situated in Johannesburg, South Africa.
It's good to define your process and plotting your course through a project from start to end. This is my current process.
These positions have moulded me into the designer I am today and have been fortunate to work with some great influences and people along the way.
Snr Digital designer:
Art direction, Web design, campaign Rollout (Facebook Apps, Microsites…) Information Layout, Wireframes, UI Kits, CI Manuals, Presentation Design.
Design Director:
Establishing Art Direction and team lead designer, UI, Layout Design, Graphic Design, Campaign Finish Art Directing.
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Brand Experience:
• Automotive: BMW
• Beverage: Powerplay, Coca Cola (Localised Portal)
• Travel & Hospitality: Easter Cape Tourism, Southern Sun, South African Tourism, Avis
• Finance: Standard Bank
• Telecommunications: MTN
• Retail: Pick 'n Pay
• Technology: Microsoft
As a graphic/digital designer:
Art direction, Motion story boards, Additional Motion Graphic elements, Title graphics.
Motion Designer:
After Efects editing and 30 & 10 second Intro's. Animating title sequences.
As a junior designer:
Designing Basic website layouts, Banners, Email Newsletters, Image editing, Deepetching Images.
As a Mid designer:
Designing website layouts, Flash Interactive Applications, Flash Animations, Microsites.
A creative's capabilities and skills are partly defined by the knowledge of their skills and what tools they use. Learning as much as possible and as many applications, even if its the basics, can offer more options and a better the craft and design.