Work Experience
Graphic Designer:
Naspers: Media24, Cape Town.
- Conceptualising design solutions.
- Achieving standards of editorial, non editorial marketing and production quality:
• Responsible for production- take magazine/marketing material from creative inception through to final product/print.
• Maintaining the identity of the magazine with regards to look and style to ensure consistency trough magazine.
• Manage visual direction of brands/ implement new design elements.
- Meeting deadlines.
Featured editorial publication layout design:
Bicycling, Fairlady, go!, go!Drive & Camp, go!Platteland, Men’s Health, Runner’s World, SARIE, True Love, Weg!, Weg!Platteland, Weg!Ry & Sleep, Women’s Health. Stand-alone Magazines: Weg!go! Namibia, Weg!go! Botswana, Ry&Sleep Roetes wat roep, Ry&Sleep Oordgids, Ry&Sleep GooiKole.
- Freelance: 18 September 2017- end November 2017
- Permanent: 1 December 2017 till 31 August 2020
The Promo Company, Thronton. (Promoter)
- 2 September 2015 end 2016
Summerset Sports, Cape Gate Mall, Brackenfell. (Sales assistant and cashier)
- 3 June 2014 till 4 July 2015
MOOC training completed: (Udemy)
• Design Course- UX, UI and
Design Thinking
• UI/UX Design with Adobe XD
• Learn Figma Design Essentials Training
• Modern HTML & CSS from beginning
(Including Sass
Further Education
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Course: Graphic Design
Subjects:
• History of Art and Design
• Communication Design
• Graphic Design Drawing
• Design Techniques
• Professional Graphic Design Practise
(business studies)
- 2013 1st year: E.C.P Program
(Graphic Design bridging course)
- 2014 2nd year: Graphic Design
- 2015 3rd year: Graphic Design
- 2016 4th year of a 4Year Study:
Graphic Design
Education
Last School Attended: Hoerskool Bellville
Highest Grade Passed and Year:
Grade 12 Year 2012
Subjects Passed:
• Afrikaans Home Language
• English 1st Add Language
• Mathematical Literacy
• Life Orientation
• Computer Applications Technology
• Visual Arts
• Tourism
Contact Details
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Portfolio:
www.behance.net/meganbeneke
Proficient: DTP:
(Adobe) Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
UI: (Adobe) UX, Figma
Dev: Basic: HTML5, CSS3
Interests and Hobbies
Constant personal growth, expanding
knowledge,minimalism, UID, UXD,
marketing/advertising, web design,
photography, music,
Netflix documentaries.
Cooking, reading, staying fit,
hiking, ice skating, rollerblading,
volunteering work.
Personal Information
Drivers Licence: Code C1
Language Abilities: English and Afrikaans
(Read, Speak and Write)
· References available on request ·
• Intro to branding
• Copywriting- how to convert
features into benefits that sell
• Graphic design masterclass
• Become a logo designer
M egan B eneke
• Currently in the process of learning
web development: HTML and CSS