Nick de Beer
Senior Brand Designer
Port Elizabeth, South Africahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-de-beer-20878726/
Work Experience
Boomtown
Senior Brand Designer
January 2022
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Execuspecs
Creative Brand Lead
Duties & responsibilities:
Managing the creative look of the brand, through advertising, campaigns, in-store and online.
Managing the creative look of the brand, through advertising, campaigns, in-store and online.
May 2019
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South Africa
Boomtown
Senior Designer
Duties & responsibilities:
General graphic design, campaigns, concepting etc.
General graphic design, campaigns, concepting etc.
November 2014
- May 2019
South Africa
Pearson Institute For Higher Education
Graphic Design Lecturer
Duties & responsibilities:
Lectured Pre-Degree and First Year students in Drawing, Applied Colour, Design Fundamentals etc as well as designed all in-house design and marketing material for Eastern Cape campus’s. Social Media Co coordinator, including our campus Facebook page. Production for Print, Client Liaison, Company Budgets and planning. Member on the campus financial board; duties include handling certain financial accounts. Involved in the student research center; duties include helping students with research and assignments.
Lectured Pre-Degree and First Year students in Drawing, Applied Colour, Design Fundamentals etc as well as designed all in-house design and marketing material for Eastern Cape campus’s. Social Media Co coordinator, including our campus Facebook page. Production for Print, Client Liaison, Company Budgets and planning. Member on the campus financial board; duties include handling certain financial accounts. Involved in the student research center; duties include helping students with research and assignments.
February 2011
- June 2014
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Kelston Motor Group
Graphic Designer
Duties & responsibilities:
Designed all marketing material for the group, 10 dealers all over the country and a staff of 350 people. Dealing with VW and AUDI, designs/branding on all media had to be brand approved by head office VW and Audi. Worked on all magazine ads, newspaper ads, emailers, flyers, web look and feel, signage, product launches, promotions and internal marketing needs.
Designed all marketing material for the group, 10 dealers all over the country and a staff of 350 people. Dealing with VW and AUDI, designs/branding on all media had to be brand approved by head office VW and Audi. Worked on all magazine ads, newspaper ads, emailers, flyers, web look and feel, signage, product launches, promotions and internal marketing needs.
January 2010
- January 2011
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Black Current Visual Media Solutions
Senior Graphic Designer
Duties & responsibilities:
Web Interface design and general design. Conceptualization of above-and-below-the line advertising, concept and development of Corporate Identities, Layout Design, Media Strategies, Interior Design, Packaging, Social Media campaigns.
Web Interface design and general design. Conceptualization of above-and-below-the line advertising, concept and development of Corporate Identities, Layout Design, Media Strategies, Interior Design, Packaging, Social Media campaigns.
January 2009
- January 2010
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Madbay
Graphic Designer
Duties & responsibilities:
General design, Development of Corporate Identity, Web Interface design, worked on the COMSEC clients (National Youth Fund). Completed branding for 30 COMSEC clients per month. Magazine layout and publication, designed the People Talk Magazine from cover to cover over five issues including all the articles and ads that appeared in this publication.
General design, Development of Corporate Identity, Web Interface design, worked on the COMSEC clients (National Youth Fund). Completed branding for 30 COMSEC clients per month. Magazine layout and publication, designed the People Talk Magazine from cover to cover over five issues including all the articles and ads that appeared in this publication.
March 2004
- December 2008
South Africa
Ad Empire
Junior Designer
General design
January 2000
- December 2000
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Education
NMU / PE Technikon
Bachelor in Graphic Design
January 1998
- November 2001
Port Elizabeth, South Africa