Francois Carstens

Experience

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  Shofar Christian Church

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2005

  Head of Media and Marketing

  • Grew Media Department from a single person operation to 4 employees and 2 interns through visionary leadership, goal setting, instilling a team culture, and effective conflict resolution.• Lead team from a print design only operation to include web and commercial video production through relationship building, discovering team strengths and weaknesses, intelligently delegating tasks and keen decision making skills.• Managed media production, setup and teams for events up to 12,000 people demonstrating skills like the ability to work well with others, as well as delegate, manage and lead large projects. Show less

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  Lightbulb Brand Design

  Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

  Owner

  • Worked closely with a range of industries including aviation, software development, political organizations, NGO’s, and tourism requiring the ability to learn quickly and successfully adapt to a large array of environments.• Regularly met with heads of department, business owners and CEO’s demonstrating professionalism and a keen understanding of interpersonal business relationships.• Developed a variety of marketing strategies, brand identities and web projects from seed ideas to successful launch.• Managed multiple projects including short deadlines and tight budgets. Show less

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  The Construct Agency

  Jan 2009 - now

  Owner

  • I work closely with high end brands in fashion, furniture, photography, music & construction industries.• Design brand identities and web properties by applying skills in active listening, concise and clear writing, communicating complex ideas, teamwork, and a willingness to learn and accept the ideas of others.• Exercise critical thinking to solve complex problems, managed and coordinated multiple projects and tasks, and met deadlines on a variety of web projects from small brochure to sizable e-commerce sites.• Managed to maintain a steady client base in South Africa and Nigeria through excellent communication skills.• Trained small business owners and employees in a variety of skills required to manage their brand, web presence and social media properties. Show less

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  The Iron Yard

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Student

  • Studied Programming theory, Javascript fundamentals, JS Libraries, MVC, Version Control, OOP and more.• Designed and developed full stack Javascript web apps• Taught the "Intro to HTML and CSS" course

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  TEC - Telephone Electronics Corporation

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2022

  Senior Web Developer
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  HealthCentral Corporation

  May 2022 - now

  Senior Software Engineer