to succeed in life you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone”. Reba Mcentire Simple, profound, and powerful, this quotation has become my business mantra... I started freelancing as Top End Design Room at the beginning of 2020, after heading up the packaging design department for the biggest pharmacy chain in South Africa. With over 25 years of experience in the creative industry, my portfolio spans various creative disciplines from branding and logo design to packaging, illustration, photo retouching, and art direction. I service a wide client base, from corporate retail, and health to the private sector, education, and local government. My acquired knowledge and experience have afforded me the opportunities to hone my skills in developing successful brands, from initial concept to final production and ensuring quality control at print stages, within specifications and budgets. I believe in professionalism, and prompt client service, and of course, I love what I do and that is why I am serious about having fun, doing what I do best! I am also a qualified packaging technologist and have won the coveted Gold Pack Award in through IPSA. This allows me to design with the end in mind and will therefore never present anything that cannot be produced.

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to succeed in life you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone”. Reba Mcentire Simple, profound, and powerful, this quotation has become my business mantra... I started freelancing as Top End Design Room at the beginning of 2020, after heading up the packaging design department for the biggest pharmacy chain in South Africa. With over 25 years of experience in the creative industry, my portfolio spans various creative disciplines from branding and logo design to packaging, illustration, photo retouching, and art direction. I service a wide client base, from corporate retail, and health to the private sector, education, and local government. My acquired knowledge and experience have afforded me the opportunities to hone my skills in developing successful brands, from initial concept to final production and ensuring quality control at print stages, within specifications and budgets. I believe in professionalism, and prompt client service, and of course, I love what I do and that is why I am serious about having fun, doing what I do best! I am also a qualified packaging technologist and have won the coveted Gold Pack Award in through IPSA. This allows me to design with the end in mind and will therefore never present anything that cannot be produced.

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to succeed in life you need three things:
a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone”. Reba Mcentire

Simple, profound, and powerful, this quotation has become my business mantra…

I started freelancing as Top End Design Room at the beginning of 2020, after heading up the packaging design department for the biggest pharmacy chain in South Africa.

With over 25 years of experience in the creative industry, my portfolio spans various creative disciplines from branding and logo design to packaging, illustration, photo retouching, and art direction.

I service a wide client base, from corporate retail, and health to the private sector, education, and local government.

My acquired knowledge and experience have afforded me the
opportunities to hone my skills in developing successful brands,
from initial concept to final production and ensuring quality control at print stages, within specifications and budgets.

I believe in professionalism, and prompt client service, and of course, I love what I do and that is why I am serious about having fun, doing what I do best!

I am also a qualified packaging technologist and have won the coveted Gold Pack Award in through IPSA. This allows me to design with the end in mind and will therefore never present anything that cannot be produced.

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Skills

Bu
Business Card
Le
Letterhead
Lo
Logo
Il
Illustration
Ic
Icon
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Experience Level

Business Card
Expert
Letterhead
Expert
Logo
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Icon
Expert
Flyer
Expert
Poster
Expert
Brochure
Expert
Branding
Expert
Banner
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Advert Design
Expert
Advertising Illustration
Expert
Book Illustration
Expert
Cartoon
Expert
Character Design
Expert
T-shirt Design
Expert
Infographic
Intermediate
Catalogue
Intermediate
iMovie
Intermediate
2D Animation
Intermediate
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Language

Afrikaans
Intermediate
English
Advanced

Education

National Diploma Graphic Design at Cape Peninsula University of Technology
February 1, 1991 - November 30, 1993

Qualifications

National Diploma Graphic Design
February 1, 1991 - November 30, 1993

Industry Experience

Other
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    uniE621 Vincent EDP 400ml
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    uniE621 Vincent EDP
    To create a premium private label men's fragrance to benchmark Paco Robanne's 1 Million. The look is bold, simple, and luxurious with a focus on gold decadence.
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    uniE621 Warm Heart Tissue Oil
    The brief was to design a range of upper-middle-tier tissue oils to be sold in retailers in South Africa. My design strategy was to ensure the main ingredient/variant was the focal point of the design. Colour-coding by variant was key in ensuring clear communication and ease of navigation for store customers.
    uniE621 Warm Heart Tissue Oil
    The brief was to design a range of upper-middle-tier tissue oils to be sold in retailers in South Africa. My design strategy was to ensure the main ingredient/variant was the focal point of the design. Colour-coding by variant was key in ensuring clear communication and ease of navigation for store customers.