Senior graphic designer

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details

Name: Andrew Wesley Cramer

Date of Birth: 31 December 1978

Nationality: South African

Marital Status: Married

Contact Address: ** *********. ***** *anorama, Panorama, 7550

Telephone: 072-***-****

Email: acclii@r.postjobfree.com or acclii@r.postjobfree.com

For 10 years I have been involved in the creative industry as a graphic

designer, comic book colourist and DTP operator. My current work afforded

me the opportunity to take on more responsibility and duties outside design

work. I co-ordinated production as well as oversee junior staff members in

the marketing department. I feel that the new role and responsibilities

suited me and added a level of growth to my abilities in the workplace and

has allowed me to become a valued team member.

Tertiary Education

2010 DTP Course

City Varsity, Cape Town

Adobe Illustrator CS4

Adobe Indesign CS4

1997 - 1999 3 year illustration and design (Diploma)

Foundation School of Art - Observatory, Cape Town

Drawing, Painting, Airbrushing, Graphic Design

Photoshop 5 & 6, Corel Draw 8

Education

1992 - 1996 High School education (Grade 12/Matric)

Pinelands High School - Pinelands, Cape Town

English, Afrikaans, Art, Ceramics, History, Maths

1 Software packages

Mac and PC

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Adobe Indesign CS5

Adobe Illustrator CS5

Adobe Acrobat X

Microsoft Word 2010

Microsoft Excel 2010

Microsoft Powerpoint 2010

Graphicmail.co.za

Paarl Insite

Issuu.com

Expertise

Design:

Magazine layout, posters, business cards, wedding invitations, logos,

brochures, package for print.

Online:

Social media account administration, uploading graphics to social media and

website, uploading

publications online via Issuu.com, creating and sending infographics via

Graphicmail.co.za

Digital colouring / Editing:

Comics, illustrations

Illustration:

Online comics, educational drawings, conceptual art.

Work Experience

Oct 2011 - Jan 2014 Chaos Computers - Senior Graphic Designer/ interim

Marketing Manager

Permanent skilled level position at Chaos Computers a retail outlet

with 4 stores within Cape Town, as senior designer

Duties and accomplishments

. Design and layout of all catalogues and marketing

devices

(ie: Spec sheets, posters, flyers, point of sale

material instore,

newspaper adverts, branded event banners, flags

and walls, graphics

for website, Facebook & Twitter page,

infographics for emailers using Graphicmail.co.za)

. Uploading of newspaper ads and catalogues to

website using

Issuu.com as well as posting to Facebook and

Twitter.

. Conceptualizing marketing campaigns and

advertisements and

implementing them in print, on website & social

media platform

graphics as well as infographics for emailers.

. Deep-etching, retouching and editing of photographs

and

product images

. Oversee junior dtp staff, co-ordinate production

and liaise with

suppliers such as printers, newspapers etc.

. Administration of company social media accounts eg:

Facebook,

Twitter etc.

Reason for leaving: Company liquidated

Feb 2000 - current Graphic Design, DTP, Colour Editing,

Illustration

Ongoing freelance work for various projects including

Pearson Education: Smart -Kids, Move Magazine: Move

Jr page, FNB Siyasiza Magazine, National Geographic

Kids magazine, Cereal:Geek magazine

April 2008 - Sep 2011 Primedia/ Mamba Media - Senior Colourist/Layout

Artist

Permanent skilled level position at Primedia/ Mamba

Media, a large company (1001-2000 employees) as comic

colourist.

Duties and accomplishments

4 . Supervision of Colouring department

5 . Colouring & Editing for print of completed inked comic pages.

6 . Designing colour swatches for various comics published by

7 Mamba Media.

. Lettering, layout & design

. Designing logos.

Reason for leaving: Retrenchment

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15 May 2008 - June 2008 MV Creations/ Mattel - freelance colourist

Contract skilled level position at MV Creations, a

small company (21-100 employees) in the Design sector

in Kentucky, United States.

Duties and accomplishments

Comic colouring assistance on special pack-in comic

with Volume 3 of Mike Young Productions' Masters of

the Universe DVD boxset.

Reason for leaving: Contract fulfilled

Oct 2006 - March 2008 Beat Comics/Mshana magazine - Media24 - Colourist &

Digital Editor

Permanent skilled level position at Media 24, a large

company (1001-2000 employees) as comic

colourist/letterer.

Duties and accomplishments

. Supervision of Colouring department . Colouring &

editing comic

pages for print

. Designing colour swatches for various comics

published by Beat Comics

in Mshana magazine.

. Designing logos and layout for various titles

published by Beat Comics

in Mshana magazine.

. Lettering for various titles published by Beat

Comics for Mshana

magazine.

Reason for leaving: Retrenchment

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17 Dec 2004 - Oct 2006 Strika Entertainment - Head Colourist

Permanent skilled level position at Strika

Entertainment, a small company (21-100 employees) as

head of the Colouring department.

Duties and accomplishments

. Supervision of Colouring Department

. Colouring of completed inked pages. Placing

sponsor logos. Designing colour swatches for

various titles published by Strika. Designing

characters and team kits for various titles

published by Strika.

. Liaison for Colouring department with all other

departments ie: Illustration, inking and

production for print.

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Reason for leaving: New employment

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Mar 2004 - Oct 2004 Independent Police Complaints Commission - Document

capture

Permanent skilled level position at IPCC, a large

company (1001-2000 employees) in the Admin, Office &

Support sector in Holborn, London, United Kingdom.

Duties and accomplishments

Set-up and running of Scanning and Document

management department. Document capture, electronic

archiving, quality control and indexing.

Customer services.

Reason for leaving: Contract fulfilled

Feb 2003 - Mar 2004 London Underground Limited

E.I.S [Engineering Information Services] - Document

capture

Permanent junior level position at London Underground Limited, a

corporate company (2001 or more employees) in the

Admin, Office & Support sector in St James Park,

London, United Kingdom

Duties and accomplishments

Document management, inputting and capturing of internal or external

documentation onto database system. Duties involved

preparation, scanning, quality checking and indexing

of files and documents.

Reason for leaving: New employment

Feb 2000 Feb 2003 Travelled overseas

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