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Freelance Art Director with strong branding experience
Somari van der Westhuizen
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London, United Kingdom
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With 17 years of commercial experience in London (the last 7 years full-time freelance), I enjoy working both client and agency side, with my main strengths being branding and integrated campaigns. I’ve got a wide range of experience in digital (UI design) as well as extensive print knowledge, which in an increasingly digital age, is becoming rarer by day.
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United Kingdom
Ireland
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Australia
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2013 - ?
freelance
Art Direction & Project Management (Print & Digital)
FCB Coffee.
The initial brief was to create new branding assets and rolling these out to the existing shops (which included packaging, uniforms, stationery, marketing assets, shop signage and art direction of the website), as well as help with planning the layout of five new locations. As a direct result of the branding, the sales has increased exponentially and have established the brand as a main contender in the London Speciality Coffee scene.
As part of the hands-on nature of this startup, I also got involved in the project management of the fit-outs as part of their scaling strategy: managing contractors and builders, writing RAMS (Risk Assessments / Method Statements) and interior design of the coffee shops. I’ve designed and helped open up shop refits in London Blackfriars, London Olympia, Brighton, Haywards Heath, Tonbridge and am currently working on a fit-out at London Bridge station.
I also just completed a branding project for their spin-off roasters, Woolwich Coffee Works, with packaging that will be rolled out for their in house coffee later in 2019.
As part of the hands-on nature of this startup, I also got involved in the project management of the fit-outs as part of their scaling strategy: managing contractors and builders, writing RAMS (Risk Assessments / Method Statements) and interior design of the coffee shops. I’ve designed and helped open up shop refits in London Blackfriars, London Olympia, Brighton, Haywards Heath, Tonbridge and am currently working on a fit-out at London Bridge station.
I also just completed a branding project for their spin-off roasters, Woolwich Coffee Works, with packaging that will be rolled out for their in house coffee later in 2019.
Marketing, Design, Branding, Art Direction, Print, Direction
2021 - 2023
freelance
Art Director
Island Poké.
Island Poké.
Working on new signage and marketing for new products
Graphic design, Motion graphics
2021 - 2021
freelance
Senior Freelance Designer
Kairos Media.
Creating content for Social Media Clients. Ad-hoc design
Social media content, Social Media, Digital Marketing
2018 - 2019
freelance
Layout Design (Print)
The Fintech Times.
The Fintech Times is an online Fintech newspaper, with a monthly issue printed once a month. I’m was initially contracted to help out with the print layout and infographics, but has since become part of the team to help with the art direction and design of the printed paper and art direction for the brand’s marketing collateral.
Social Media, Marketing, Design, Layout, Art Direction, Print, Fintech, Software, Direction, Online, Basic, Social
2019 - 2019
freelance
Layout Design / Pitch Design
Lamborghini.
Event invitation design for a private event held in Los Angelos.
Pitch Design for Lamborgini event at Milan Design Week 2020
Pitch Design for Lamborgini event at Milan Design Week 2020
Layout, Branding, Art Direction, Direction, Graphic design, Concept Development, Adobe Photoshop
2017 - 2019
freelance
Student Handbooks and help with ad hoc design jobs
London School of Economics.
I started out working at the LSE over the summer as the design department prepares all the collateral for the new students in September. I’ve since been contracted again to help roll out the new brand guidelines across all the Student Handbooks and help with ad hoc design jobs like posters and flyers. I also worked on the LSE’s Suffrage 2018 campaign to highlight their library of Suffrage media and commemorate the 100 years of the movement.
Design, Print, Campaign, Layout, Concept Development, Print design
My education
2016
User Experience Design Bootcamp, UX Design
2001
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2003
The Open Window Institute
HND, Visual Communication
HND, Visual Communication
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