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VERITY-ALEXISGREEN CONTACT & PROFILE +27 63 899 5435 - alexisgreen19872@gmail.com DESIGN: PRINT + DIGITAL & PHOTOGRAPHY Interests: Fashionista, Food & Animals + Web: Social media & wordpress.
DESIGNER & PHOTOGRAPHER
‘19 CURRICULUM VITAE DELIVERING INTEGRATED DESIGN, BASIC MARKETING COMMUNICATION PLUS PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES. Including that of branding, brand identity, graphic design, advertising, web (wordpress), interactive PDF’s, conceptualization, social media, Photography: portrait, lifestyle, fashion, commercial events, wedding and product. ADVERTISING IS MY ABSOLUTE PASSION, CONCEPTUALISING & BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE EACH & EVERY PROJECT MYSELF IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. A highly talented individual in various areas, pushing to excel beyond each project, never accepting anything less than perfection. Looking to expand my advertising experience, marketing, further my brand building knowledge, whilst feeding my hunger for learning about management for future work. JUNIOR, MID-DESIGNER EXP: MARKET RELATED SALARY.
PROFILE
‘87 25 JUNE
Music gives colour to the air of the moment. - Karl Largerfeld
+27 63 899 5435 alexisgreen19872@gmail.com ID: 87 06 25 0024 084
EDUCATION Secondary Boksburg high school Tertiary Vaal university of technology 1st year Inscape design college 2nd year JOIE DE VIVRE GIRLY GIRL, BUBBLY, WILD, FASHIONISTA, FUTURE ENTREPRENEUR, HOMECOOK, ANIMAL LOVER, HOOKED ON INTERNET & PHOTOGRAPHY.
ARDOUR
ALLURE Advertising Business Couture
INSPIRATION Music Beautiful creations Fashion Drawing Paiting Making things gorgeous Re-touching Achieving the impossible Speed
I DO WHAT I LOVE & LOVE WHAT I DO JOZI GIRL GLOBAL CITIZEN
Graphic design Photography & Retouching Web design Fashion illustration & design
EXPERIENCE TIMELINE ‘19
‘12 - 13
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER
DECEMBER 2012 - FEBRUARY 2013
3RD HOUSE
YOUNG & RUBICAM JHB
‘19
‘10 -12
Contract R29 000 per month
JUNE-AUGUST
LIVE COMMUNICATIONS FreelancE R22 000 per month
‘16- 18 VARIED
INSOMNIA MARKETING INNOVATIONS (PTY) LTD FreelancE R1 000 - per day
FreelancE R1 015 - per day
JULY 2010 - NOVEMBER 2012
CULINARY EQUIPMENT COMPANY & SCHULPHOEK Contract R15 700 per month
‘09 - 10 OCTOBER 2009 - FEBRUARY 2010
BUBBLEGUM Contract R9 000 per month
‘18 - 19
‘03 -07
VARIED
VARIED
ACCESORI AND CHAMPS, UNIPRO AND RAPTOR SPORTS
MICA & JACKS PAINT
Freelance R150 per hour
‘18 APRIL - AUGUST
BRANDGURUS Contract R13 500 per month
‘17 JANUARY - MARCH
SAUCE ADVERTISING FContract R22 500 per month
‘06 - 19 VARIED
VERITY-ALEXIS GREEN/CEST BIEN Freelance Payment per project
‘15 JUNE-AUGUST
MONEYWEB
FreelancE R22 500 per month
Temp R60 per hour
REFERENCES
BUBBLEGUM DYLAN GREEN 082 312 2298 Dylan@bubblegum.co.za Boss
BRUCE K.CANTRELL In London cantrell.bruce@gmail.com Client
MONEYWEB SASHA PLANTING 083 266 5882 Sasha@moneyweb.co.za Editor
SKILLS
DESIGN
UNIPRO, RAPTOR SPORTS AND UNIPRO TRADE
Print & digital, see portfolio for full breakdown.
EDWARD SOUTHY 083 324 0696 edwards@ct278.com Boss
Studio & location, see portfolio for full breakdown.
ACCESSORI URSULA SOUTHY 082 443 1463 ursulas@ct278.com Boss
PHOTOGRAPHY LANGUAGES
(SPOKEN & WRITTEN) English & Afrikaans
SOFTWARE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE Adobe - CC Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Wordpress Microsoft: Word, Excel & Powerpoint BASIC Adobe – CC Premiere Pro After effects Dreamweaver Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin & Instagram Mail chimp Coral draw (entry level) EQUIPMENT CAMERA: 5D Mark II WINDOWS 10 - I7 WORK ON BOTH MAC & PC
WORK HISTORY
‘19 3RD HOUSE DESIGN & DTP Postition: Senior graphic designer Salary: R29 000 per month Time period: September - November 2019 Contract: 3 month Monday-Friday
CLIENTS
FNB LOREAL GHD GARNIER MIZANI MATTEL TWINSAVER STAGING POST WHIMSICAL WHISK ZARA’S
WORK HISTORY
‘19 LIVE COMMUNICATION DESIGN & DTP Postition: Senior graphic designer Salary: R22 000 per month Time period: June - August 2019 Freelance Monday-Friday
CLIENTS
FNB ISUZU, BRANDING GUIDELINE DOCUMENT NIDO NESTLE INTERNAL - LIVE COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROMO ITEMS A+: WEB REBRANDING: RONA GROUP - BRANDING GUIDELINE DOCUMENT
WORK HISTORY
‘18-19 ACCESORI AND CHAMPS, UNIPRO & RAPTOR SPORTS DESIGN, DTP & PHOTOGRAPHY Postition: Senior graphic designer Salary: R150 per hour Time period: September 2018 - March 2019 Freelance Monday-Friday or when required.
CLIENTS
AFRICAN BANK AIR BAUBA IMAGE MAKERS CAPITEC ESWATINI ELECTRICITY CO MOTSISI FUNERALS Uniform design, Pamphlet design and Social media and stock photography
WORK HISTORY
‘18 BRANDGURUS DESIGN: PRINT & DIGITAL, DTP & PHOTOGRAPHY Postition: Graphic designer Salary: R13 500 per month Time period: April - August 2018 Contract Monday-Friday or when required.
CLIENTS
ESSCO & GARLICT: SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS. XSTATIC DANCE ATKNS CHET CONTEMPO TERRANOVA SANBWA
WORK HISTORY
‘17 SAUCE ADVERTISING DESIGN & DTP Postition: Senior graphic designer Salary: RR22 500 per month Time period: January - March 2017 Contract Monday-Friday
CLIENTS
MUGG & BEAN WIMPY MILKY LANE KEG STEERS DEBONAIRS Along with a few smaller accounts
WORK HISTORY
‘06-19 ALEXIS GREEN/CEST BIEN DESIGN: PRINT & DIGITAL - SOCIAL MEDIA - PHOTOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATION - RE-TOUCHING - FINE ARTS Postition: Senior graphic designer Salary: varied per project Time period: 2016-2019 Freelance Monday-Friday or when required
CLIENTS
FNB CURIOUS PICTURES BUTTERLOVE LIFETRAIN LES DELICES DE FRANCE JUST ADD DEBBA’S LAVO FASHIONS BELLA DONNA ATTRA CONSTRUCTIONS ROTARY BRUCE K. CANTRELL ROGER WELLS WUNDERMAN AQUA ONLINE DEMCA JOHN ROE BROKERS INSOMNIA MARKETING INNOVATIONS (PTY) LTD WESTWORTH (PTY) LTD TLA - TALENT MANAGEMENT SWITCH
WORK HISTORY
‘15 MONEYWEB DESIGN: PRINT & DIGITAL - SOCIAL MEDIA - PHOTOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATION - RE-TOUCHING - FINE ARTS Postition: Senior graphic and web designer, plus associate publisher Salary: R22 500 per month Time period: February - August 2015 Freelance Monday-Friday Gained experience in publishing digital magazines, blogs and developing micro-sites.
CLIENTS MONEYWEB RESPONSIBILITIES In-house graphic, web and digital design, working with editors in JHB & CPT MONTHLY MAGAZINES PUBLISHED DIGITALLY DTP, Design & layout: The Investor, conceptualise and design for both the blog (Wordpress) plus digital magazine (Joomag), Property Mogul, a monthly property investment magazine that is published as a digital magazine through Joomag. MICROSITES The investor, Inspiration Factory, The Money Expo, Exit Conference, Top Private banks. ADLIP DTP, LAYOUT: presentations, social media, flyer & banner.
WORK HISTORY
‘12-13 YOUNG & RUBICAM - JOHANNESBURG DESIGN Postition: Mid-Senior graphic Salary: R1 015 per day Time period: December 2012 - February 2013 Freelance Monday-Friday Work on Global artwork key visuals.
CLIENTS PICK N PAY RESPONSIBILITIES Lock-up & Print Ad, DTP, Design & layout. 3600 COLGATE PALMOLIVE RESPONSIBILITIES Optic White, Slimsoft, Double Action, Protex, Palmolive, Kids Stickers, Kids Trade Presenter DTP, Design & layout, promo outfit design, Show stands, Research & Image Search. INTERNAL Internal YR SA Corporate Identity, Event invitations, Image search, Powerpoint presentations & Pitch documentations
WORK HISTORY
‘10-12 CULINARY & SCHULPHOEK DESIGN Postition: Mid-graphic designer, basic marketing, social media, web design and photography Salary: R15 700 per month, with incentive bonus’ & annual bonus Time period: july 2010 - November 2012 Contract Monday-Friday, every second Saturday plus afer hours when required.
CLIENTS
Culinary equiment company and Schulphoek guest house. Adapt design style to match brief, work alone confidently, work on Marketing Campaigns, FMCG Experience & manage a jun/mid designer. RESPONSIBILITIES PHOTOGRAPHY, DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, RE-TOUCHING, SOCIAL MEDIA, WEB + DIGITAL DESIGN, AND MARKETING ASSISTANT. PHOTOGRAPHY: Stock, Interior/Architecture, Product/Lifestyle, Food, Events and Portraiture, Styling of photo shoots of products, working close at hand with a chef/cook for food styling as well. Lastly editing of imagery (from basic to intricate). DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION: DTP, Posters, Advertisements, Corporate Identity, Billboards, Promotional material, Show stand designs, emails, Price booklets, Brochures, Packaging design, coffee packaging, swing tags, point of purchase and Retail store design - campaigns or whether it have been artworks for the interior or store fronts. Numerous web developments. Signage for pop-up restaurant/take-away. MARKETING: Conceptualisation of Above and below the line, assistant to supierior Liaising with publications for features - supplying imagery,assisting with show events; co-ordination, PR, content creation & construction of the blog, the set-up of the back-end of the main website. Plus continuing to build the social media platforms; being Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Pinterest. Price booklets; myself having researched and discovering the platform to render the booklets from an excel perspective; unifying the company’s product information from an administrative point directly in our design programs. Thus enabling the departments to work cohesively and cutting work flow by half the time. ADMIN: Liaising with suppliers for the retail stores and head office with stock of all packaging needs. Following up payments, quotations and seeing that the tasks are carried out efficiently, unless taken over by my superior. Registration of web domains and redirections by Culinary’s host provider. Priting production done internally: Coffee label packaging, Company details, Food products, Lacanche colour swatches, Price booklets, Company profile. Architectural drawings. Management of the iPad; converting videos and adding all business trips for client communication. Creation of TV Content for retail stores; Video conversations and presentation (used for Hostex - show stand). Answering my managers telephone and relaying information for the marketing division in her absence.
WORK HISTORY
‘10-12 CULINARY & SCHULPHOEK RESPONSIBILITIE CONTINUED... CODING: Emailers, Website (wordpress - blog), email signatures. Having taught myself coding, I carried out basic to slightly advanced tasks where needed. BASIC IT ASSIST: I helped within the company to quickly assist mainly sales assistants; if their emails went down, computer lagged, adding email signatures. Working closing and communicating directly with IT, if the problem could not be solved easily, that they could then solve the issue at hand. AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH THE RE-BRANDING: of Culinary Equipment Company and having re-branded Schulphoek Guesthouse with print media (Business cards, Brochure and AD’s) plus having photographed the Guesthouse (Schulphoek) along with its food.
WORK HISTORY
‘09-10 BUBBLEGUM DESIGN Postition: Junior/mid-designer (DTP) Salary: R9 000 per month Time period: October 2009 - February 2010 Contract Monday-Friday
CLIENTS
BUBBLEGUM LIBERTY BOSTON CASIO DMZ
RESPONSIBILITIES DESIGN, LLUSTRATION, RE-TOUCHING, BASIC CODING & SOCIAL MEDIA. MATRIC MATTERS: DTP, Design & layout of the weekly newspaper supplements. SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook & Twitter. TV: DTP EDUCATIONAL TEXTBOOKS: DTP, layouts, diagrams ILLUSTRATION: Character & layouts
WORK HISTORY
‘03-07 MICA - JACKS PAINT DISPLAYS, CASHIER, ADMIN, DISPATCH, SALES Salary: R60 per hour Time period: 2003-2007 Weekends, Public Holidays & Holidays Worked through high school, univerosty & college Love for advertising grew Passion for people Understanding of business Dedication to be the best Won best cashier from Visa competition country wide
RESPONSIBILITIES Cashier Retail displays Admin & stock