Raymond de Beer​
Phone:   083 306 1197
Email:    debeer.raymond@yahoo.co.za ​

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Thank you for looking at my CV. I am a highly motivated, no-nonsense, positive person. I have a passion for the industry and truly feel this is what I was always meant to do. It is always a very satisfying feeling to admire the result of great team work and individual effort.

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I have a full portfolio to present on request of a meeting. I look forward to meet with you, and to be given the opportunity impress with some very polished DTP and Design skills.

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​EDUCATION

Commercial art:  Intec College; 1999 (Diploma)
Desktop Publishing: AAA Centre for Communication Studies; 1999 (Certificate)
Matric:  H/S Jan Viljoen; 1993.​

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​COMPUTER SKILLS

Windows and Mac OS
Adobe suite: InDesign [Expert], Photoshop [Expert], Illustrator, Animate, After Effects, Acrobat Pro and Distiller
Macromedia Freehand

Quark Xpress
Chase (Time management system)
Information Publisher (Database)
CLS (Page layout system)
Microsoft Office.​​

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INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES​
​​Recreational art (Drawing, water and oil painting)
Computer graphics and design
Computers and gaming
Gardening

Guitar

Baking
Reading.

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LANGUAGES​

English and Afrikaans (Speak, read, and write).​​

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REFERENCES

Ben Truter (Managing Director*):  083 254 0612
Des Williams (Creative Director*):  082 515 8652
Aldri van Jaarsveld (Client Service Director*):  082 472 8005
Nick Olivier (Chairman*):  083 267 4406

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*Black Khaki Advertising.

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EMPLOYMENT

Typesetter/DTP/Finished Artist, GreymatterFinch: July 2019 – Current

Typesetting, layout, maintaining, managing and final art preparation of financial reports.

- JSE

- Sanlam

- Famous Brands

- Super Group

- Reunert, Remgro, Sasfin and various other well known establishments.

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Finished Artist, Ogilvy & Mather: January 2014 – June 2019

Maintaining, managing and final art preparation of various media.

- KFC

- Multichoice (DStv)

- SAB (Castle)

- Cricket South Africa (CSA)

- GSK, Lucozade, Wild Bean Café (BP), Pizza Hut

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Head of DTP, Black Khaki Advertising: February 2007  – December 2012
Graphic Design and DTP for various clients.
Duties included everything from business cards, billboards [upscale of visuals for large scale printing],
photo manipulation and retouching [advanced], annual reports, logo design, etc.
- Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles (Prime responsibility)
- Clover SA
- Kemtek
- North-West University
- Redken, L’Oreal, Kerastase
- Various other.

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Studio Manager, Colorseps: May 2005  – January 2007
Conceptualisation & creation of various media for print, from original brief to signed off final.
Planning and applying large impositions.
Preparing material for various print processes.
Printing positives / negatives.
Layout and design of various publications (Magazines and newsletters)
- AutoMobile: Magazine for the RMI (Retail Motor Industry)
- Rolling Insperations: Magazine for QuadPara Association of South Africa
- ABB Engineering: Internal Communication for ABB Engineering
- WesBank: Internal Communication for WesBank
- Benchmark: Internal Communication for WesBank
- ExcelYES: Internal Communication for Excel Service Stations.

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Senior DTP / Designer, WASSP Advertising: July 2004 – March 2005
Conceptualisation & creation of various media for print, from original brief to signed off final.
- Midas Group (Prime responsibility)
- Various other.
   
Team leader (2IC), DTP, Design and Paginator, SA Auto Trader: June 2001 – June 2004
Planing & controlling of the workflow & design staff (Including Freelancers)
Creation, duplication and adjustment of advertisements
Customer liaison
Planning of the imposition
Pagination (Layout) of sections in magazine
Sending runs to printers according to deadline
Analysing and correcting errors on a weekly basis.