ThermoFisher Scientific – Creative Design Engineer                                                                                                                  2016 to present

Key responsibilities

• Innovative packaging design with attention to specific requirements of drugs and logistics involved;

• Implementing new software for VR systems and communication animations across the company.

Achievements

• Created and implemented interactive virtual tour to explaining the company for sales and client audits; presentation to the global CEO;

• Created JIGS for production, produced through 3D printing, lowering tool costs substantially.

 

CDD Interactive – Consulting and Freelance Designer                                                                                                                  2013 to 2016

Key responsibilities

• Product design development, communication graphics, digital visualisation, new product implementation, timelines, risk assessments, and market penetration strategies.

• Industries covered: shopfront design, brand management, instore digital management for sales, and customer experience design.

Achievements

• Consulted for the Innovation Hub of South Africa to help start-ups refine their products and create communication systems to help raise capital from private investors;

• Design for an educational game station for electrical engineering (www.seebox.co.za). I was able to cut production cost by almost 50% through design changes and get the product to market two years ahead of schedule by using other types of manufacturing techniques.

• Architectural Renders: Created renders for an Australian kit home building company.

 

ManmadeSA – Industrial Designer                                                                                                                                                 2010 to 2012

Key responsibilities

• Product design and drawings (industry: shop fitting, retail, point of sale, digital signage);

• Management of production, print, and costing.

Achievements

• Winning a tender against CISCO. Creating a unique solution for MTN, easy to implement and standing apart from other digital signage systems by using uniquely designed content.

 

VSV (Virtual Scape Visualisations) / LogiProc – Designer                                                                                                              2008 to 2010

Key responsibilities

• Creating communication visualisations/animations for engineering, mining (gold, coal and general mining), plant design architectural companies;

• Proficient engineering CAD design in steel and implementation of 3D CAD modelling;

• Managing drafting division.

Achievements

• Development of a new type of signage advertising system for the biggest media company in South Africa by creating a never-seen before product within timelines and budget.

 

Heuristic Squared Solutions – Product and Graphics Designer                                                                                                    2008 to 2010

Key responsibilities

• Visual communication, product design, marketing for investment into start-ups in particular for mining aluminium extrusion and in the industrial sector;

• Creating unique tools for sales teams, projects or investments, and start-ups.

Achievements

• Creating an in-depth animation for a scientific project of international scale. The project was an international collaboration to create a titanium factory using the waste material from a steel producer north of Cape Town. Animation was presented to the presidents of Russia, China, and Brazil, and formed part of a trade deal between Brazil, Russia, india, China and South Africa.

• Acquiring new clients including BHP, Rio Tino, I3 Group UK, Wallmart, and Autodesk.