Denise De Souza
Graphic Designer
London, United Kingdom
07950877517
www.behance.net/DeniseDeSouza/
I'm an experienced designer that lives and breathes creativity with over 4 years experience. I’m highly talented, driven and flexible with a proven record of delivering creative and innovative design solutions. A proven ability of developing projects from inception through production to final delivery, ensuring that all work is effective, appropriate and delivered within agreed timescales.
Specialties include:
1. Adobe creative suite. (InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop)
2. Identity design & branding (logo, stationary, social media, web design)
3. Designing magazine and newspaper advertisements.
4. Designing retail signage and point of sale (POS),
5. Design web-ready graphics and emails.
6. Brainstorm designs that are on strategy and reflect brand’s personality.
7. Overseeing junior designers to make sure they follow briefs and guidelines appropriately.
Specialties include:
1. Adobe creative suite. (InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop)
2. Identity design & branding (logo, stationary, social media, web design)
3. Designing magazine and newspaper advertisements.
4. Designing retail signage and point of sale (POS),
5. Design web-ready graphics and emails.
6. Brainstorm designs that are on strategy and reflect brand’s personality.
7. Overseeing junior designers to make sure they follow briefs and guidelines appropriately.
Work Experience
Robert Dyas
Graphic Designer
- Fluent in Adobe creative suite (InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop).
- Create design solutions for seasonal promotions.
- Take existing top line creative and produce additional graphics within the guidelines specified.
- Designing retail signage, point of sale (POS), web-ready graphics and emails.
- Oversee the entire production of assignments, from design conception to prepress/printing to final delivery of printed materials.
- Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to project managers.
- Brainstorm designs that are on strategy and reflect brand’s personality.
- Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches.
- Create fresh content for Facebook, Pinterest, Google + and Twitter
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists.
- Create design solutions for seasonal promotions.
- Take existing top line creative and produce additional graphics within the guidelines specified.
- Designing retail signage, point of sale (POS), web-ready graphics and emails.
- Oversee the entire production of assignments, from design conception to prepress/printing to final delivery of printed materials.
- Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to project managers.
- Brainstorm designs that are on strategy and reflect brand’s personality.
- Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches.
- Create fresh content for Facebook, Pinterest, Google + and Twitter
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists.
October 2014
- December 2015
Leatherhead, United Kingdom
Richer Sounds
Graphic Designer
- Fluent in Adobe creative suite (InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop).
- Designing magazine, newspaper and web advertisements.
- Designing retail signage, point of sale (POS), web-ready graphics and emails.
- Oversee the entire production of assignments, from design conception to prepress/printing to final delivery of printed materials.
- Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to project managers.
- Brainstorm designs that are on strategy and reflect brand’s personality.
- Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists.
- Overseeing junior designers to make sure they follow briefs and guidelines appropriately.
- Designing magazine, newspaper and web advertisements.
- Designing retail signage, point of sale (POS), web-ready graphics and emails.
- Oversee the entire production of assignments, from design conception to prepress/printing to final delivery of printed materials.
- Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to project managers.
- Brainstorm designs that are on strategy and reflect brand’s personality.
- Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists.
- Overseeing junior designers to make sure they follow briefs and guidelines appropriately.
April 2013
- Present
London, United Kingdom
Acorn
Graphic Designer
Press ads, website graphics and promotional material for Digital & Print.
February 2013
- March 2013
London, United Kingdom
Bourgeois Boheme
Graphic Designer
Autumn Winter 2013 sees its re-launch with an accessible luxury range of work and smart day footwear for the discerning shopper.
My design activities include:
- Branding & Identity
- Look Books
- Website graphics
- Promotional Material
My design activities include:
- Branding & Identity
- Look Books
- Website graphics
- Promotional Material
February 2013
- February 2013
London, United Kingdom
Maternity Lane
Junior Graphic Designer
I work as a graphic designer assisting the director & developer.
- Design company flyers, advertisements, stationary & presentation material.
- Design banners for the website
- Design custom Facebook PageTab layouts for competitions.
- Design email newsletters
- Design company flyers, advertisements, stationary & presentation material.
- Design banners for the website
- Design custom Facebook PageTab layouts for competitions.
- Design email newsletters
February 2012
- February 2013
London, United Kingdom
De Souza Digital
Freelance Designer
Logo Design & Brand Identity Design
- Logo Design
- Brand Identity Design
- Corporate Branding
- Stationery (Letterhead, Business Cards, etc.)
- Colour Scheming
- Idea Generation / Brainstorming
Printed Material
- Promotional Material
- Brochures
- Annual Reports
- Packaging
- Flyers
- Posters
- Logo Design
- Brand Identity Design
- Corporate Branding
- Stationery (Letterhead, Business Cards, etc.)
- Colour Scheming
- Idea Generation / Brainstorming
Printed Material
- Promotional Material
- Brochures
- Annual Reports
- Packaging
- Flyers
- Posters
September 2012
-
London, United Kingdom
Education
Shillington College
Graphic Design
- Typography
- Colour
- Lateral thinking
- Design principles
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Acrobat
- Branding
- Advertising
- Publishing
- Direct marketing
- Web Banner Ads
- Email Campaigns
- Responsive Web Design
- Electronic Publishing
- Design for Mobile Devices
- Image manipulation
- Photo retouch
- Scanning
- Pre-press
- Printing
- File management
- Studio skills
- Industry speakers
- Printed portfolio
- Digital portfolio
- Colour
- Lateral thinking
- Design principles
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Acrobat
- Branding
- Advertising
- Publishing
- Direct marketing
- Web Banner Ads
- Email Campaigns
- Responsive Web Design
- Electronic Publishing
- Design for Mobile Devices
- Image manipulation
- Photo retouch
- Scanning
- Pre-press
- Printing
- File management
- Studio skills
- Industry speakers
- Printed portfolio
- Digital portfolio
September 2012
- December 2012
London, United Kingdom
Hillview High School
Matriculation/ A-Levels
- English
- Afrikaans
- Science
- Mathematics
- Business Economics
- Computer Studies
- Afrikaans
- Science
- Mathematics
- Business Economics
- Computer Studies
January 2000
- December 2005
Pretoria, South Africa
Languages
English (Native),
Skills
Advertising,
Branding,
Corporate Identity,
Editorial Design,
Graphic Design,
Illustration,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Mac,
Packaging,
PC,
Photoshop,
POS,
Print Design,
Publishing,
Typograpghy,
Web Design,