Kevin Du Plessis

Art Director, Copywriter & Graphic Designer

Johannesburg, South Africa
An all round creative, very well inclined to do PR, marketing and media work with skills in Adobe Creative Suite, photography, graphic design, excellent writing and language skills, social media experience, product design and development, artmaker.

Work Experience

North-West University

Editor-in-Chief & Layout designer at Student Newspaper

• Marketing, media relations and social media
• Appointing & managing the chief editorial team
• Generating content
• Graphic design and layout
• Copy editing and fact checks
• Finances and advertising
• Column writing and general reporting
October 2012 - October 2013 Potchefstroom, South Africa

NWU Gallery

Assistant curator, project manager, marketer, photographer & graphic designer

• Managing, updating & loan contracts of the NWU Art Collection Database.
• Marketing: website, social media, media liaison, design, writing press releases.
• Assistant curator at the NWU Gallery: installation, logistics, report writing, communicating with the artists, technical, etc.
• Project manager: projects concerning audience development and community projects such as Spoken Word Poetry, Garden Jazz & Wine Tasting events, book projects.
• Photographer: documenting all gallery related events and documentation
January 2014 - December 2015 Potchefstroom, South Africa

Generalis Art Studio

Project Manager for visual arts and events coordinator, graphic designer and marketer.

• Managing the art studio and exhibition projects for visual artist Yannis Generalis.
• Assisting with event coordinating for the events company Salamander Design Concepts.
• Digital and physical marketing of three divisions of a family company.
• Photography and graphic design.
• Working closely with a community of artists in collaborative projects.
January 2016 - Present Johannesburg, South Africa

Bare Medium

Freelance Copywriter, Graphic Designer, Marketer

Copywriting
Graphic Design
January 2015 - Present South Africa

Gay Pages Magazine

Art Director, Researcher, Feature Writer, Graphic Designer

Art Director
Ad Design
Research
Copy Editing
Shoot management
Book Layout
Feature Writing
Journalism
Lifestyle
Social Media
Online Editor
March 2017 - September 2019 South Africa

TIS: TASK Interior Styling

PR, Graphic Design, Artmaking, Media Management & Graphic Design

Copywriting
PR
Media Management: websites, social media, photoshoots, etc.
Graphic Design
Artmaking
Administration
And much more...
October 2019 - South Africa

Education

North-West University

Bachelor of Arts Language & Literature Studies

Creative writing
English Language & Literature
Translation and Copy Editing Studies
French 2
Philosophy
Art History
January 2009 - December 2011 Potchefstroom, South Africa

North-West University

Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree - English

Modernist Literature
Postmodernist Literature
Romantic Poetry
Research Methodology
16th & 17th Century Literature
January 2012 - September 2013 Potchefstroom, South Africa

NWU School Of Business & Commerce

Course in Project Management

Project Management
January 2015 - November 2015 Potchefstroom, South Africa

Languages

English (Native),
Afrikaans (Native),

Awards

Swedish Embassy South Africa

1st prize Photography Award for Swedish Innovations Photography Competition

2015

Aardvark - Aardklop Awards

"Most Groundbreaking Production" - for our project "#ArtKlop Art Safari for Kids"

2016

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Copy Writing, Graphic Design, Marketing, Photography, Project Management, Social Media,