Jane Elizabeth Kotze
Designer / Consultant
Cape Town, South Africa
+27845003937
be.net/JaneElizabeth
Work Experience
{ Jane & Elizabeth }
Designer
July 2012
- Present
Cape Town, South Africa
Truworths
Visual Display Designer
- Designing eye-catching retail windows for my assigned brands
- Fulfilling design briefs set by buyers and fashion studio designers
- Building window set to present concepts to board
- Presenting designs to members of the executive board
- Designing and assisting with in-store theatre and visual merchandise display designs
- Sourcing and liaising with suppliers to create pre-production sample and print strike offs before handing projects over to production team.
- Fulfilling design briefs set by buyers and fashion studio designers
- Building window set to present concepts to board
- Presenting designs to members of the executive board
- Designing and assisting with in-store theatre and visual merchandise display designs
- Sourcing and liaising with suppliers to create pre-production sample and print strike offs before handing projects over to production team.
December 2010
- June 2012
Cape Town, South Africa
Tuis/ Home Magazine
Freelance illustrator
Duties & responsibilities:
Answering illustration briefs from décor editor for the “Décor Dilemma” articles. Drawing small scale presentation drawings to visualize concepts for articles. Keeping to deadlines, and being flexible.
Answering illustration briefs from décor editor for the “Décor Dilemma” articles. Drawing small scale presentation drawings to visualize concepts for articles. Keeping to deadlines, and being flexible.
November 2007
- December 2009
Cape Town, South Africa
Delta International Design Studio
Junior interior designer
Duties & responsibilities:
Answering design brief from creative director, drawing up floor plans, elevations, technical drawings and council submission drawings with AutoCAD, managing deadlines, working with clients and contractors to present design concepts and ensure plans were distributed correctly, rendering floor plans and elevations for client presentations , working with décor suppliers to get samples for mood boards and presentations, organizing sample library, general office administration and filing.
Answering design brief from creative director, drawing up floor plans, elevations, technical drawings and council submission drawings with AutoCAD, managing deadlines, working with clients and contractors to present design concepts and ensure plans were distributed correctly, rendering floor plans and elevations for client presentations , working with décor suppliers to get samples for mood boards and presentations, organizing sample library, general office administration and filing.
July 2007
- December 2007
Paarl, South Africa
Delta International Design Studio
Junior interior designer
Answering design brief from creative director, drawing up floor plans, elevations, technical drawings and council submission drawings with AutoCAD, managing deadlines, working with clients and contractors to present design concepts and ensure plans were distributed correctly, rendering floor plans and elevations for client presentations , working with décor suppliers to get samples for mood boards and presentations, organizing sample library, general office administration and filing.
January 2005
- December 2005
Paarl, South Africa
MFM 92.6 Community Radio
Presenter & music compiler
Duties & responsibilities:
Presenting the lunchtime show, sourcing news and information for show, monitoring station music chart and compiling weekly updated chart, liaison with record companies for updating music.
Awards:
2001 MFM Awards – Best Newcomer & Best Lunchtime presenter
Presenting the lunchtime show, sourcing news and information for show, monitoring station music chart and compiling weekly updated chart, liaison with record companies for updating music.
Awards:
2001 MFM Awards – Best Newcomer & Best Lunchtime presenter
June 2001
- December 2001
Stellenbosch, South, Africa
Vlahovic Family
Au Pair
Looking after two children aged 6 and 11, taking them to and collecting them from school, helping them with homework, taking them to extra-mural activities, cooking meals for the family and doing the washing and ironing for the family.
February 2006
- February 2007
Beckenham, United Kingdom
Education
Elizabeth Galloway Academy Of Fashion Design
Higher National Diploma in Fashion Design
2008
- 2010
Stellenbosch, South Africa
BHC - School Of Design
National Diploma in Interior Design
2002
- 2004
Cape Town, South Africa
Stellenbosch High
Senior Certificate
1995
- 1998
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Languages
English (Fluent),
Afrikaans (Native),
Swedish (Beginner),
Awards
Elle
Rising star design award
2012
Truworths
Most commercial graduate collection
2010
Elizabeth Galloway Academy Of Fashion Design
First Year fashion show - Best Embellishment
2008
Vodacom Durban July
Semi-Finalist
2009
Vodacom Durban July
Semi-finalist
2010
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Photoshop,
Concept & Sample Boards,
Concept Establishment,
Costume Design,
Couture Fashion,
Design Development,
Fashion Design,
Garment Construction,
Illustration,
Measured Drawing,
Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Powerpoint,
Microsoft Word,
Patternmaking,
Presentation,
Rendering,
Storyboarding,
Supplier Liaison,
Tailoring,
Trend Research,