I'm a graphic designer with 12 years of experience in design. I have always been a creative and a multi-passionate. I have worked in retail, marketing, merchandise planning, fashion buying, and IT. I run multiple businesses across these industries. I bring all these elements to the table with my strategic management skills & graphic design creativity to create memorable branding in each design.
I am highly skilled in photoshop and web development. I have an extensive digital portfolio that showcases all of my design work and capabilities. I possess an undergraduate degree in Socio Informatics obtained at Stellenbosch University, which prepares me to be a business analyst by trade. Through my studies, I gathered knowledge in computer programming in the languages; Python, Java, C#, HTML, CSS, and SQL. I am comfortable with either coding websites from scratch or using platforms available to develop the front end and adapting the background code to suit specific needs.
I have been running my own Free Lance graphic design and media company which has allowed me to build my corporate and private client base. I am very passionate about my design work and enjoy seeing my clients' vision come to life. I am hardworking and meticulous in my work ethic.
Most of my corporate background was in Fashion Buying for various retailers; however, I am looking for a career change and a creative opportunity in London. I believe I bring a unique multi-national edge to my work, and as they say, we South Africans know how to work hard!
Work history
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Founder / Managing DirectorMorphe Media Management
United KingdomFreelance
https://www.morphmediamanagement.com/
Freelance Graphic Design and branding
Key Achievements:
Developed the business model, costing model, business plan and projection plan for year one of the business.
Maintained smooth operations by managing workflow and administrative ensuring all campaigns are launched at the right time and are planned one month in advance.
Provided customers with outstanding service to not only maintain but to extend relationships for future business opportunities - 1 hour response rate on our facebook page and emails.
Created corporate brands by designing cohesive looks between elements such as logos and letterheads
Interfaced with clients to determine marketing and design vision, define scopes of work and establish budgets and deliverable schedules.
Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, wordpress Web development, web design, Graphic Design, CSS, HTML, Microsoft Excel, Market Research.
Skills: Negotiation, communication, General Management, Finance & accounting, Leadership & team building, strategic planning.
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BuyerThe Mr Price Group
- South AfricaFull Time
Key Achievements:
I have had a wide holistic variety of experience in Menswear casual, Kids wear Pre Boys age 1-7 and Ladies wear and Girls wear Sleep wear.
I was solely responsible for Buying Girls wear Sleep wear Age 1-14. Responsible for strategizing numbers and categories for the season ahead, putting together the range for AW19, presenting this to our directors for approval, booking capacity with suppliers, negotiating and confirming costs with suppliers, raising these orders, receiving and approving screens and lab dips, handling and approving the fits and PPS seals and managing the critical path to ensure all is on track for the deliveries to be achieved
During my time in ladies and kids sleepwear I was directly responsible for R142 million ZAR rands (£7 370 000) of stock, 153 options and in my 7 months in that brand I had a 5% improvement with deliveries in my department through critical path management.
Responsible for supporting the execution of business needs including order and sample management as well as troubleshooting and resolving day-to-day issues with stock and suppliers.
I identified a product gap in our ladies sleepwear market and implemented a silk sateen valentines range launch 3 weeks prior to launch for valentine's day 2018. I had sourced a new reliable sleepwear supplier from another department and arranged satin sleepwear samples, checked quality of those samples, mocked up CADs of designs, had fit samples made and delivered, processed those fits and proceeded to PPS samples, ensured delivery on time and in full.
Skills: Trend analysis, Market research, design development, range planning, supply chain management, Negotiation, Organisation & admin, ethical trading, supplier management, specification sheets, costing negotiations.
Tools: Computer literacy, Microsoft Excel (excellent), Microsoft Powerpoint (excellent), Microsoft Word(excellent), Microsoft office (excellent), E-focus, MRP Planning management tool, SQL.
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Skills
- Fashion
- Visual Arts
- Apparel
- Brand Management
- Buying
- Design
- Sewing
- Excel
- Illustrator
- Office
- Photoshop
- Powerpoint
- Word
- Trend Analysis
- Range Planning
- Negotiation
- Adobe Photoshop
- Abobe Illustrator
Education
NQF Level 7 - MastersLondon College of Fashion, UAL
- London, United Kingdom
Buying & Merchandising (planning)
Marketing
Supply chain Management
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BA Socio InformaticsStellenbosch University
- South Africa
BA Socio-Informatics - Equipped for the role of a business analyst in the job market. Courework further covered all computer programming in the languages; Python, Java, C#, HTML, CSS and SQL.dc
Majors:Socio-Informatics(1st major) Psychology (2nd major)
Minor: Decision Making and Value Studies