Busy, busy...

It's nearly June and time for an update of what I have been working on, as well as some information on upcoming projects.

• Work was completed on the Foundation Phase African Languages books for Clever Books (Macmillan SA). This included layout of Mathematics and Life Skills Gr R books in isiXhosa, Setswana, isiZulu, Tsivenda, isiNdebele, Sesotho sa Leboa, Siswati and Xitsonga - all Teacher's Books.
• I also did the Layout for the English Life Skills and Numeracy Gr 1 - 3 books for Clever Books.
  For Guidelines (Macmillan SA) I did the layout for Fisiese Wetenskappe Grade 10 - one of their famous Blue Book Subject Guides.
• The cover layout for Tafelberg (NB Uitgewers) "It's a Vet's Life" by Roy Aronson.
• The Layout for Tafelberg's "Pandora se boks" - teenage fiction book.
• A truckload of covers for Guidelines' Blue Book series - both Subject and Literature Guides - as well as their Inside Front and Back cover layout and the new layout for their Matric Exam Past Papers Guides.
• I have started on the Intermediate Phase Natural Sciences (Grades 4-6) books for Clever Books. This is also Learner's and Teacher's Books in both English and Afrikaans.
• Cover Illustrations, Concept and Design of the Bits & Pieces Readers Intermediate Phase series for Clever Books.
  

It's going to be a busy Winter! See you on the other side...

Cape Town

I have now finally moved to Cape Town!

I am currently very busy with freelance work:

• A Cover for NB Publishers for a very interesting and exciting title still in production.
• Layout for the Fisiese Wetenskappe Gr 10 book for Guidelines Publishers (Macmillan).
• Various covers for the Guidelines titles.
• The Grade R African Languages titles for Clever Books (Macmillan).

Exciting work on the horizon:
I will be doing the entire design of a book about South Africa's infamous detective, Piet Byleveld. This book is currently in production and are being written by well known South African journalist Hanlie Retief (Rapport).

Tafelberg Publishers have also contacted me for layout work on a youth publication. This is wonderful!

Amidst all this work I am still trying to get enough time to work on my Illustration Portfolio.
I will keep you all posted on the development of this imperative phase of my freelance career.

Curriculum Vitae

Personal  Information
Marital Status: Not Married
Age: 27
Nationality: South African
Languages: Afrikaans & English

Education
1995-1999 – Die Hoërskool Menlopark Pretoria
English (Second Language)
Afrikaans (First Language)
History
Geography
Mathematics
Art (Distinction)

2000-2002 – B.IS (Information Science) Publishing University of Pretoria
Completed degree successfully in 2002 with 11 distinctions.
Skills acquired during this course include copy-editing, proofreading, commissioning documents and manuscripts as well as overall editing expertise. Thorough training in Information Science, Journalism, Drama and Film Studies and Visual Communication granted comprehensive knowledge of a wide variety of discourses, especially the Graphic Design industry.

2003-2004 – BA (HONS) Visual Studies University of Pretoria
Completed degree successfully in 2004.
Visual Communication studied on a higher and more in-depth level led to intensive theoretical knowledge of all design industries and attributes acquired. Art History studied on a research level as well as the dynamics of liaison of the Advertising, Publishing, Design, Production and Film industries.
A dissertation/mini-thesis on an individually chosen subject was successfully completed as requirement. Included the acquisition of extensive research and writing skills. Subject matter included Digital Culture, Pop Culture and Gender Studies.

Work Experience
1999-2000 – NASPERS Freelance
Freelance journalist for the Rapport Youth Supplement, mostly focusing on live music and related activities.

2000-2001 – Die Perdeby (University of Pretoria Student Newspaper)
Arts and Entertainment journalist, proofreader, copy-editor, layout artist and trainee editor.

2004 – Die Rekord Pretoria (Production Office)
Proofreader on contract basis. Duties included the general writing of copy, copy-editing as well as translation of copy.

2004-2005 – Jigsaw Graphic Design & Layout Pretoria
Worked as a Graphic Designer and Layout Artist, also handled general office tasks.
Responsibilities included duties on every level of publishing:
• picture sourcing
• illustration
• scanning of images and image/photo correction
• researching and writing of copy
• copy-editing and proofreading
• layout of publications (books, pamphlets, brochures, reports, corporate print stationary etc.)
• design of book covers
• applying corrections to manuscripts and proofs at various stages of production
• printing of proofs
• producing PDF files and preparing PDF files for print
• delivering proofs at various stages of production to publishers
• liaising with clients and customersas well as a myriad of other duties.
Publications included:
Educational Books such as Religion Studies, Social Sciences, Consumer Studies, Language Studies, Agricultural Studies – Learner’s Books and Teacher’s Guides in both English and Afrikaans, as well as a number of African Language books.

2005 – Independent Freelance Employment in the Publishing Industry Pretoria
Worked on freelance basis, integrating all previous work experience and skills acquired.
Notable clients include:
Visi Afrika (Municipal information pamphlets);
Jigsaw Graphic Design and Layout (Educational Books etc.);
SAHRA (Editing, design and layout of Union Buildings Timeline);
Soak Productions (Various – design, layout, editing etc.);
Guidelines Publishers (Macmillan SA);
Clever Books (Macmillan SA)

2007-December 2009 – Clever Books (Macmillan Publishers) Pretoria
Book Designer and typesetter for a range of educational books.
The scope of work included the Blue Book Series of Literature and Subject Guides for Guidelines Publishers (Macmillan SA).
The nature of this position included all aspects of book design from page layout to cover design.

Additional Work
2006 – Skoffel (Television Production) Pretoria
Art Director and Assistant Producer for original television production.
Responsibilities included research, copy-writing, copy-editing, managing and all production duties.

2007 – Independent Art Exhibition Platform on 18th Art Gallery Pretoria
Oil on Wood Paintings and Pen and Ink Sketches exhibited.

Skills
Adobe Photoshop CS3 (PC and Mac)
Adobe InDesign CS3 (PC and Mac) [InMath]
Adobe Illustrator CS3 (PC and Mac)
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 (PC and Mac)
Adobe PageMaker (PC and Mac)
Adobe Acrobat (PC and Mac)
Microsoft Office

References

Steve Cilliers
Macmillan SA (011) 731-3300 cillierss@macmillan.co.za

Elna Harmse
Clever Books (Macmillan SA) (012) 342 0102 elna@cleverbooks.co.za

Richard Jones
Jigsaw Graphic Design & Layout 083 309 3804 jigdesign@telkom.co.za

Gerhard Human
Soak Productions 072 125 1381 gerhard@soak.co.za

Hanlie Retief
Journalist – NASPERS 083 449 0218 hretief@mweb.co.za