Evan Strauss

Evan Strauss

Musician, Producer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    CPO at Yoyo

  • Education

    • I-to-i

      2019 - 2019
      TEFL Level 3

      GA Level 3 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

    • University of Cape Town

      2011 - 2013
      Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature, General

      BA (UCT)Majors: English Literature and Historical Studies

    • University of Cape Town

      2014 - 2016
      Bachelor of Laws - LLB

      Activities and Societies: Mentor for Law Faculty, UCT (2015); Member of Students for Law and Social Justice, UCT (2015); UCT Law Clinic (2016) LLB (UCT)Specialisations: Intellectual Property Law; Legal Pluralism and Human Rights Law; International Law

    • Bishops Diocesan College

      2006 - 2010
      National Senior Certificate

      Activities and Societies: Recipient of the Old Diocesan All Rounders Prize for Excellence across Academics, Leadership, Culture, and Sport (2010); Full Colours for Leadership, Rugby and Music (2010); Chairman of Students' Representative Forum (2010); Secretary of Students' Representative Forum (2009)

  • Experience

    • Lo-ghost

      Dec 2015 - now
      Musician, Producer

      - Winner, SAMA for Best Alternative Album (2020)- Nominated, SAMA for Best Alternative Album (2022)Discography:- 'Night Speak', full-length album (2021)- 'Cult Pop', full-length album (2019)- 'There's Blood In My Body and It Sounds Like This:', full-length album (2017)- 'Mother', EP (2016)

    • BLACK MAJOR

      Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
      Production Manager

      Responsible for production, logistics and invoicing for a roster of 14 artists - including Alice Phoebe Lou, Beatenberg and Bongeziwe Mabandla.

    • Yoyo

      Nov 2019 - now
      • Chief Product Officer

        Oct 2024 - now
      • VP of Product

        Jan 2023 - Oct 2024
      • Product Manager

        Nov 2019 - Dec 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Grokking the System Design Interview

      Educative, Inc.
      Jul 2022
    • Clean Architecture: Patterns, Practices and Principles

      Pluralsight
      Apr 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • How To Become An Outstanding Solution Architect

      Udemy
      Jun 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Learn Python 2

      CodeAcademy
      Jul 2020
    • Product Strategy

      Kellogg Executive Education
      Oct 2020