Jane Elizabeth Kotze

Designer / Consultant

Cape Town, South Africa

Work Experience

Truworths

Fashion Designer (Ladies wear)

March 2014 - June 2016 South Africa

{ 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.
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.
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.
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
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

OKASIE

Events Coordinator

July 2016 - Stellenbosch, South Africa

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,