Jaime Burns

• Supports Design and Digital Development team in various Quality Assurance testing tasks, layout/typesetting and visual design support tasks where required.
• Duties requires to review texts, graphics or other materials created by designers and typesetters. Review legalities of fonts, images, colours along with correct adobe presents for publications and ePDFs, amend if required.

IMMG Africa

WCM Hygiene

AVG Marketing

Northern Cross Wealth Management

Peninsula Beverage

Prepress Studio

Stamford Tyres

Grace Content

GSW

• Collaborate with Marketing Coordinator to ensure all marketing and sales collateral for new developments adhere to brand identity.
• Designed various digital marketing campaigns, these included accommodating web banners and printed brochures or flyers along with magazine publications inserts.
• Duties included touch-up of listed properties images. Populated weekly listings for Cape Argus publications.
• Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
• Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.

• Supported Marketing department and key business stakeholders in developing graphics for web, email communication and print material.
• General duties included with developing, executing and tracking web and digital campaigns. Highlight: Designed and executed Glacier’s International presentation for 2018 London Wealth Management Summit.
• Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners, and signs.
• Worked with design systems to develop and present prototypes for focus group evaluation.
• Completed final touches for projects such as images sizes and font selection.
• Designed creative digital displays used in online advertising for local businesses.
• Collaborated with content and marketing teams to confirm design compliance with brand guidelines.

• Overseeing and designing all elements for FRANK.NET brand, while managing three B2B affinities brands: Liberty, Standard Bank and Vodacom life cover.
• Ensuring consistent brand presence through various channels and different platforms.
• Strategies roadmap and user navigation for customer engagement via mobile and web campaigns.
• Created digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods.
• Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners, and signs.
• Coordinated with external vendors and suppliers to verify quality and accuracy of printed materials.
• Employed design fundamentals when selecting typography, composition, layout, and colour in design work.
• Implemented design feedback from customers and internal stakeholders to improve project outcomes.
• Collaborated with content and marketing teams to confirm design compliance with brand guidelines.

• Managed email marketing process – HTML template management, data analytics, testing, reporting and optimization. Projects include software training for various technologies determined by the tradeshow exhibitions.
• Hosting local conventions with Sign Africa, Pro-Pak Africa, Markex and international Nipex (Nigeria) and Reunion Island. Created training planners and strategy campaigns for design software, accommodating technology.
• Completed final touches for projects before rollout.
• Designed creative digital displays used in online advertising for local businesses.
• Completed in-depth product design tests using updated software tools.
• Collaborated with content and marketing teams to confirm design compliance with brand guidelines.
• Utilized typography techniques to create compelling designs.
• Applied animation techniques to create dynamic visual elements.
• Developed innovative designs for variety of clients in graphic design industry.

• Working as designer within Live-IT, day to day was balanced by the hundreds of aesthetic elements and technical assistance to make designs great, function well and resonate with customers.
• Gained experience in small business management and entrepreneurship.
• Completed final touches for projects such as images sizes and font selection.
• Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners, and signs.
• Met with customers to present mockups and collect information for adjustments.
• Employed design fundamentals when selecting typography, composition, layout, and color in design work.
• Designed creative digital displays used in online advertising for local businesses.

• Performed design, layout and typesetting of publications, office forms and various other projects to optimize designs and production strategies.
• Increased work flow and production in digital and signage department. Ensure workmanship quality is achieved. Duties included coordinating a variety of creatives through production along with general administration tasks.
• Prepared sample layouts for approval using computer software.
• Converted various types of files for printing or for Internet using computer software.
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
• Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
• Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.

• Prepared visual rendition of customer’s signage with mock-ups and proposals illustrating dimensions of signage during various climates before production is undertaken.
• Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
• Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
• Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.