Nicolaas Kotzé

Head of Design

Johannesburg, South Africa
Designer. Art Director. Illustrator. Creative.

Work Experience

Enote

Head of Design

All design and branding work including animation and UI/UX digital design and in app app messaging. All Performance marketing assets and 2d/3d design and animation for Social media.
November 2019 - Present Berlin, Germany

Jung Von Matt AG

Head of Design

March 2019 - September 2019 Berlin, Germany

Innocean World Europe GmbH

Senior Designer

Senior Designer on Sony, Charité, Hyundai and Kia accounts.
February 2019 - February 2020 Berlin, Germany

The Motel

Owner / Illustrator / Designer / Typographer

Art Direction, Design and Illustration for Various Accounts, Presentations, Design & Layout, Packaging, Billboards, TVC Animation, Corporate Identity, Installation, POS, In-Store, Branding etc.

Clients: Coca-Cola, Old Mutual, Edgars Edcon, BMW / Mini Cooper, DGPH Publishing, Norwegian INK, Humanoid Films, Egg Films, Virgin Tribe, Virgin Mobile, Bite, Musica, Mercedes Benz, Metropiltan, &Beyond, Chicken Licken, Love Books, V&A Waterfront, Steers, Simba, Nando’s, SAB Miller, Old Mutual, IEC, Cailler Maison, Orange Mobile, Mobile 6 Agencies: Ogilvy (Paris), JWT (Paris), Saatchi & Saatchi, Ireland Davenport, Net#Work BBDO, The Jupiter Drawing Room, JWT, Ogilvy, Black River FC, King James, Royal Metropole, Hello World, TBWA / Hunt / Lascaris, M&C Saatchi
October 2008 - February 2019 South Africa

Pell-Mell

Freelance Designer and Illustrator

Freelance contract illustrator and designer.
January 2010 - January 2015 Paris, France

Net#work BBDO

Art Director. Designer. Illustrator

Print, Logo and Corporate ID, Art Direction, Design and Illustration for Various Accounts, Viral and Promotional Campaigns, Packaging Design, Client Presentations Design & Layout, Packaging, Billboards, TVC Animation, Corporate Identity, Installation, POS, In-Store, Branding etc.

Clients: Apple, Daimler Chrysler, Mercedes Benz, Cell C, Europcar, Virgin Atlantic, Pepsi, SABC, 5FM, Metro FM, Financial Mail, Nedbank, Childline, SANCA, The Loerie Awards, Havaianas
October 2007 - October 2008 Johannesburg, South Africa

Intelligence Publishing

Head of Design

Head of Design for Student Life magazine. The largest music and youth culture magazine in Africa at the time.
January 2006 - January 2007 Johannesburg, South Africa

Education

University Of Stellenbosch

BA Hons. Applied Graphics Degree

January 2002 - January 2006 Stellenbosch, South Africa

Stellenbosch Highschool

Grade 12 Graduate Degree

January 1997 - December 2001 Stellenbosch, South Africa

Languages

English (Native),
Afrikaans (Native),
German (Conversational),

Awards

The Loerie Awards

Gold Craft Award for Print

2008

The Loerie Awards

Gold Award for CI

2009

The Loerie Awards

Gold Craft Award for Corporate Identity

2009

The Loerie Awards

Silver Award for Design

2009

The Loerie Awards

Gold Craft Award for Poster

2009

Design Indaba

South Award

2009

Cannes Lions

Silver Lion for Design - Cell C Eco Diary

2009

Skills

3D Design, After Effects, Animation, Art Direction, Art Direction, Branding, Coding, Corporate Design, Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Illustrator, Lettering, Logo, Logo Design, Photoshop, Poster Design, Social Media, Sound Design, Typography,