Graphic Designer
Resume:
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
TOP SKILLS
LANGUAGES
Afrikaans
ENGLISH
I am a creative and curious individual with a continual fire to learn and always better my skills. I am
passionate, dedicated and hard working and always
up for a challenge that needs solving.
ABOUT ME
PERSONAL DETAILS
South African
NATIONALITY
09 April 1995
BIRTH DATE
ID NUMBER
Single
MARITAL STATUS
(Cell) 084-***-****
CONTACT NUMBER
33 Koringblom Street,
Northmead Ext. 4,
Benoni
1501
ADDRESS
ILLUSTRATOR PHOTOSHOP INDESIGN
75% 70% 70%
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
ACADEMIC CAREER
Subjects Taken:
Art
Accounting
Geography
English
Afrikaans
Mathematical Literacy
Life Orientation
ASHTON INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
(GRADE 8 – GRADE 12) 2009 – 2013
Subjects Taken:
Foundation Design - entailed fashion, interior
and graphic design
Foundation Drawing
Business Communications
Visual Arts
Visual Literacy
Creative Writing
DESIGN SCHOOL OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
(HIGHER CERTIFICATE ART AND DESIGN) - 2015
Highest Academic Qualification:
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design
Subjects Taken:
Graphic Design
Illustration
Graphic Design Technology
Photography
Drawing
Business Studies
VEGA (BA DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN)
2016 – 2018
COMPUTER SKILLS
Microsoft packages:
Microsoft Word
Powerpoint
Outlook
Excel
Adobe Creative Cloud:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
DISCOVERY HEALTH PTY LTD
Duties included:
• Creation of the email invitation for the SLAB
Induction Videos.
• Research design trends for 2019 – influencing 2019 strategic initiatives pack.
• Support annual product launch with social
media posting on their internal network.
• Support year-end Steercom making sure that the
internal event ran smoothly from beginning to end. INTERNSHIP
CONTACT PERSON: MIEDER KNOWLES –
HEAD OF COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT CENTRE
PERIOD: 10 SEPTEMBER – 14 SEPTEMBER 2018
In the end of 2020 from September up until
December 2020 I was in a long application
process to become a Junior Campaign Manager
at Discovery Health and I feel that this is a worthy accomplishment to mention as throughout the
application process I was able to hold my own
against other competitors who did have years of
experience on me, unfortunately at the final round I was beaten out by someone with at least 8 years
experience over me but overall I was proud of what I accomplished and how far I got in the whole
application and even what I learned and developed. JUNIOR CAMPAIGN MANAGER
CONTACT PERSON: MICHELE VAN STADEN –
CAMPAIGN MANAGER - HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS
REFERENCES
Mieder Knowles:
Michele Van Staden:
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Duties: As the graphic designer for King and Queen of The Nile I was tasked with various designs from digital designs and manipulation for social media, banners as well as sashes and pamphlets.
Duties Included:
• Social media announcement and general post
design.
• Slideshow designs (Memorial and Contestants).
• Design and printing of Judges books, flyers, and
contestant numbers.
• Design and mockup of shirts and sashes.
• Cutting of vinyl and pressing sashes for winners.
• Various designs for banners and tablecloth and
directors chairs.
• Redesign of various items such as entry forms,
social media cover pages.
• Retouching and manipulating photos of prizes and gifts for social media posts.
COMPANY: KING AND QUEEN OF THE NILE
POSITION: GRAPHIC DESIGNER
SALARY: R20 000,00
PERIOD: AUGUST 2021 – OCTOBER 2021 REFERENCES
Jean-Pierre Jansen Van Vuuren:
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Duties: As the main graphic designer I was tasked with all design work from catalogues, social media adverts. Design and cutting of vinyl for various items as well pressing all gifting. I undertook extensive training to learn various machines from pressing to vinyl cutting and sticker printing.
Duties Included:
• Design of typography and graphics to be cut in
vinyl for various gifting objects such as bubble
balloons and vases.
• Designing of all imagery for pressing.
• Design of social media posts and product catalogues.
• Pressing of various items such as stones, mugs
and aprons.
• Design and create mockups for client approval as well as for the company website.
• Photographing all deliverables from flowers to
balloons and gifting.
• Editing of photos for social media and website.
• Design of various imagery to be printed and cut out as stickers using the Mimaki Printer as well as
applying the stickers to their final design
destination.
COMPANY: XOXO FLOWERS AND GIFTS
POSITION: GRAPHIC DESIGNER
SALARY: R9500,00
PERIOD: 1 MARCH 2021 – 30 OCTOBER 2021 REFERENCES
Wendy Rovito:
Jared Thwaits:
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Duties: As the brand development specialist I was in control of all branding material for the company as well as specific documents for clients.
Duties included:
• Designing and producing employee handbooks
for clients.
• Designing multiple operational manuals.
• Preperation of slideshows and training material.
• Document control for these specific manuals.
• During the beginning of the pandemic I was tasked with the design of company branded face masks as
well as being the covid compliance officer.
• Outsourced to a sister company called AfriCert where:
• Designed the brand identity manual.
• Re designed certificates & business cards.
• Designed social media content.
COMPANY: HERO SOLUTIONS
POSITION: BRAND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
SALARY: R8 500,00
PERIOD: 15TH MAY 2019 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 REFERENCES Diederik Pretorius:
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Duties: For Young Nails Benoni I designed new business cards for the salon to be able to use while aligning with the overall branding of Young Nails.
COMPANY: YOUNG NAILS BENONI
POSITION: FREELANCE DESIGNER
SALARY: R500,00
PERIOD: OCTOBER 2019
Duties: As the brand development manager I was in charge of databases, all design work and dealing with clients and reminders and helping with event preperation.
Duties included:
• Research and compile a database for clients.
• Upkeep the client database.
• Strategise how to approach new clients.
• Create social media content.
• Maintain all social media pages on a daily basis
• Design the company logo.
• Begin contact with clients and update the database.
• Keep in contact with clients with regards to seminars.
• Handle all social media marketing and event creation.
• Event management – gather quotes for venues, make sure the event runs according to plan.
Overall this position required me to be completely diverse in what I am able to do as well as learn fast and to always be on top of everything.
COMPANY: ACTIONCOACH X-TREME
POSITION: BRAND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
SALARY: R5 000,00
PERIOD: FEBRUARY 2019 TO 29 FEBRUARY 2020
REFERENCES
Young Nails Benoni
Maryke Taylor:
ActionCOACH X-treme
Peter De Lange:
Cherryl De Lange:
Kyle
Merrington
Graphic Designer
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Duties: For Pin-Ups hair and nails as the general store apprentice this required:
• General tasks (Cleaning, make tea etc.)
• Before becoming the store apprentice I also did
freelance design work in the form of designing the logo and brand identity as well as the business
cards and flyers.
COMPANY: PIN-UPS HAIR AND NAILS
POSITION: FREELANCE DESIGNER & SALON APPRENTICE
SALARY: R1 500,00
PERIOD: NOVEMBER 2017 TO FEBRUARY 2018 REFERENCES
Dominique Merrington:
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