Alec Maree

Experience

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  Visual Skills School

  Mar 2012 - Jul 2012

  Voluntary Student lecturer in Fine Arts
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  Escort South Africa

  Apr 2013 - May 2013

  Freelance Photographer
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  Blazecor CC

  May 2013 - Jun 2015

  Freelance Photojournalist

  Events Photography &creative writing.

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  AutoTraderSA

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Graphic Design Intern
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  AutoTraderSA

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2020

  Full Title's: 2IC (2nd In Command) - Digital Designer | Print Lead Designer | Graphic Designer.Achievements: • Certificate of 5 years of service.• Several promotion’s and growth. From an intern to being a highly valuedteam leader.• Design Team Leader.• Certificate of “Proactive Employee”.• IT Assistant.• Assistant Interviewer for all new Designer’s wishing to join the team.Duties:• Designing & revamping websites for clients utilising WordPress and other Design related Software.• Preparing visuals for trade advertisers, both print and digital based.• Preparing designs for internal promotions and external point of sale.• Prepress / Pagination / page cleanup / proof reading / communication with external printing company for multiple publication’s (Auto Trader / Commercial Trader / AutoTrader Exclusive / AutoTrader Wildlife)• Assisting production during deadlines.• Liaise with other relevant departments, team leaders and on occasion with clients directly.• Capture stats of design team’s workload.• Google Analytics Statistics capturing of dealer websites.• Compiling monthly reports.• Submit monthly personal performance results.• Analise errors for quality evaluation.• Delegation of work to design team.• Training, briefing and assisting design team, in software, procedure’s, projects and every day tasks.• User Experience Design projects. From concept to Development ready. in-house company and client facing software.• Data capturing. Show less

  • Digital Designer

    Mar 2015 - Aug 2020

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    Jul 2014 - Feb 2015
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  Self-employed

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2014

  Wedding Photographer
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  Self-employed

  Aug 2017 - now

  Various Freelance based Graphic Design projects for a wide variety of clients.Branding, corporate identity, social media and website content, brochures and other print related work. Various Freelance based Graphic Design projects for a wide variety of clients.Branding, corporate identity, social media and website content, brochures and other print related work.

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    Aug 2017 - Oct 2020
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  Little & Cull

  Jul 2021 - Mar 2024

  • Junior Supervisor

    Sept 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Multi-Skilled Production Operative

    Apr 2023 - Sept 2023

  • Production Operative

    Jul 2021 - Sept 2023
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  The Maltings Taphouse

  Aug 2023 - now

  Bar Staff
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  R D Johns Foodservice

  Mar 2024 - May 2024

  Butcher's Assistant
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  GM Coachwork

  May 2024 - now

  Automotive Technician

  modification of vehicles for mobility purposes