Here is his CV:

Name of Company: Imbue Consulting - Freelance/Contract work
Period Employed: Sept 1999 –Present
Position held: Self Employed
Responsibilities:

- Project management of design and advertising projects for clients including costing
- Traffic of jobs from conception to print
- Maintain job project schedules and flow.
- Check that job briefs are accurate and complete
- Client liaison
- Liaison with internal and external specialists (Repro, Printing houses,
Photographers and freelance designers/illustrators)
- Preparing Quotes/Costings for new jobs
- Checking final material / proofs
- Quotes on print jobs
- Prepare layouts/art work for repro/printing
- Develop budgets and estimates for job specs
- Design work on Apple-Mac or PC Computers of Adverts, Magazines, Corporate ID including applications, Leaflets, Adverts, Brochures. Packaging, Annual reports, Promotions.
- Promotions, Leaflets, Logo's, Brochures, Booklets, packaging design
- Web Site Design - planning, make up and design.
- Producing and interpreting creative concepts
- Art direction of photography with outside specialist photographer- Preparing Quotes/Costings for new jobs
- Checking final material / proofs
- Prepare layouts/art work for repro/printing
- Develop budgets and estimates for job specs

Updated programms used: Word, Excel, Photoshop-CS3, DreamweaveCS3, Adobe Illustrator  CS3 , Aldus freehand

 

Name of Company: Rainbow Software International
Period Employed: July 1998 -Dec 1999
Position held: Creative Director
Responsibilities:

Web Page Design - planning, make up and design and site maintenance
- Design work on Apple-mac Computer (All aspects of design ie: Leaflets, Logo's, Brochures, Software Packaging, Booklets Corporate Identity follow through
- Preparing Quotes/Costings for new jobs
- Checking final material/proofs
- Checking Websites for flow and functionality.
- Assist in Direction of photography with outside specialists.
- Get Designs/layouts repro/print ready
- Prepare layouts/art work for repro/printing
- Liaison with internal and external specialists
(Freelance Designers and illustrators, Repro, Printing houses and Photographic shoots)
- Art direction of photography with specialist photographers
- Producing designs / layouts on PC computer using the latest software.
- Ensuring brand consistency with software products

Updated programmes used: Adobe design software: Photoshop and Aldus Freehand

 

Name of Company: Young & Rubicam
Period Employed: November 94 - June 1998
Position held: Group Head Design (Studio Manager)


Responsibilities:

- Interpreting Producing and creative concepts ie:
Packaging, Promotions, Leaflets, Logo's, Brochures,
Company/Brand Corporate Identity  
- Prepare layouts/art work for repro/printing
- Develop briefs from clients
- Control and planning of work schedules for Studio
- Project Manage all briefs
- Develop and design blueprints for specific in house brands
- Check that job briefs are accurate and complete
- Track and monitor jobs
- Check packaging formats for mockups and accuracy
- Preparing Quotes/Costings for new jobs
- Weekly job progress meetings
- Develop strategic briefs according to client needs
- Checking final material/proofs
- Ensure budgets stay on target.
.- Liaison with internal and external specialists
(Freelance Designers and illustrators, Repro, Printing houses and Photographic shoots)
- Producing designs / layouts on Apple Mac computer using the latest software.
- Ensuring brand consistency with corporate identity guidelines.

Updated programs used: Adobe design software: Photoshop and Aldus Freehand, Quark express

 

Name of Company: Red Door Design Studio/Freelance
Period Employed: July 1992 - Nov 1994
Position held: Own company/Freelance
Responsibilities:

- Design work on Apple-mac Computer (Logo's, Annual Reports, Adverts
Calendars, Brochures, Booklets, Corporate Identities, Packaging etc.)
- Responsible for developing and servicing existing business acquired and
generating a new customer base
- Account executive (Client liaison)
-  Work schedules, timing and accuracy.
-  Production, Repro, print and photography preparation
- Control of Apple-Mac system network
- Liaison with Apple-Mac bureau.
- Liaison with internal and external specialists
- Checking final material/proofs
- Assist in Direction of photography.
- Get Designs/layouts repro/print ready
- Preparing Quotes/Costings for new jobs

 

Updated programs used: Adobe design software:
Photoshop and Aldus Freehand, Quark Express

 

Name of Company: Lindsay Smithers FCB
Period Employed: June 1990 - July 1992
Position held: Senior Graphic Designer
Responsibilities:

- Creative concepts/Design work on Apple-mac Computer-Logo's, Annual Reports, Packaging, Calendars, Brochures, Booklets, Corporate Identities.
- Control of Apple-Mac system network & Personnel
- Liaison with Apple-Mac bureau.
- Liaison with internal and external specialists
- Checking final material/proofs
- Assist in Direction of photography with outside specialists.

 

Name of Company's: Bates Wells Advertising,
Period of work:  March 1987 - April 1990
Position: JUNIOR Graphic Designer/Visualiser
Responsibilities:

- Producing work from concept to finish including:
- Creative Concepts Advertising &
- Design layouts
- Producing Layouts
- Producing Type-Mark ups
- Producing finished art
- Direction of photography
- Arranging Repro-material
- Checking proofs/final material
- Client liaison

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

EDUCATION:

Desk Top Publishing Programmes
Apple Mac/PC, Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Freehand 10
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fla
Worked on both Apple and PC computer

Commenced Advertising Management Diploma
(1 year) IMM
Subjects passed: Economics, Marketing, Management, Communications,
Merchandising & Distribution, Consumer Behavior.

National Diploma in Graphic Design, Wits Tech
Subjects: Art of Drawing 1, History of Art 1, Perceptual Studies 1,
Form & Colour Studies 1, Space & Volume Studies 1, Graphic Interpretation 1
Art of Drawing A & B 2,3, History of Graphic Design 2,3,
Theory of Reproduction Processes 2, Graphic Design 2,3, Graphic Art 2,3
Practical Photography 2,3.