Maryam Omar

Information Design Graduate

Pretoria, South Africa
I am an information designer based in Pretoria having recently graduated with honours. Throughout my four years of study, I learnt how to think more conceptually and how to meet deadlines.

I was also exposed to group projects and learnt how to work well in team environments, communicate with, and lead others.

I also developed a strong work ethic and the drive to want to succeed in everything that I do.

Work Experience

Retro Rabbit

Junior UX/UI Designer

January 2023 - Pretoria, South Africa

Classic Yarns

Freelance Designer

Classic Yarns is an importer and distributor of exquisite Turkish hand-knitting yarns. I was tasked with redesigning their yarn catalogue. This included photo editing, colour corrections and page layouts along with adaptations for both print and mobile.
June 2022 - September 2022 Centurion, South Africa

DVT

Project Intern

DVT is a software company providing various services. They provided me with the opportunity to work in UX/UI design. They taught me what it's like to work as a team and how to adapt UI to various devices and layout information in a way that is both simple and interesting.
June 2022 - June 2022 Melrose, South Africa

Softsquare Productions

Intern

Softsquare productions is a motion graphics company that specialises in wedding videos. This internship allowed me the chance to polish my skills through the creation of monograms in adobe illustrator and animating these monograms in adobe after effects to give them more visual interest. I also did video clipping and text animation in adobe premiere pro.
February 2022 - April 2022 Fourways, South Africa

Education

Al Asr Educational Institute

National Senior Certificate

Primary to High school courses were completed at this school to attain my National Senior Certificate with a bachelor's pass.
January 2004 - November 2018 Centurion, South Africa

University Of Pretoria

Bachelor of Arts Information Design

I completed courses in Imaging and Design along with a theory module, researching visual culture studies within design.
February 2019 - December 2022 Pretoria, South Africa

Languages

English (Native),
Afrikaans (Beginner),

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premeir Pro, Figma,