Brand Designer and Art Director with over 10 years creating visual identities, campaign assets, and brand communications for clients across South Africa and internationally. Skilled across digital and print design with a strong eye for layout, typography, and visual storytelling. Experienced working within brand guidelines across multiple formats and platforms simultaneously. Collaborative, deadline-driven, and genuinely passionate about design that connects with culture. HubSpot Certified (SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing).

Jamie Waller

Brand Designer and Art Director with over 10 years creating visual identities, campaign assets, and brand communications for clients across South Africa and internationally. Skilled across digital and print design with a strong eye for layout, typography, and visual storytelling. Experienced working within brand guidelines across multiple formats and platforms simultaneously. Collaborative, deadline-driven, and genuinely passionate about design that connects with culture. HubSpot Certified (SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing).

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Brand Designer and Art Director with over 10 years creating visual identities, campaign assets, and brand communications for clients across South Africa and internationally. Skilled across digital and print design with a strong eye for layout, typography, and visual storytelling.

Experienced working within brand guidelines across multiple formats and platforms simultaneously. Collaborative, deadline-driven, and genuinely passionate about design that connects with culture. HubSpot Certified (SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing).

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Graphic Designer at Faircape Group
February 1, 2025 - Present
Led visual design across a diverse property and healthcare portfolio spanning residential, retirement, and hospitality brands. Produced marketing collateral, digital assets, and brand communications for multiple business units simultaneously. Maintained brand consistency across print, digital, and environmental touchpoints to tight deadlines.
Part-time Lecturer - Digital Design at Red & Yellow Creative School of Business
February 1, 2022 - July 31, 2024
Founded and led a creative design studio focused on brand identity and digital design for small and growing businesses. Lectured digital design across four degree and certificate programmes, teaching over 200 students across two years with consistently positive feedback. Wrote briefs, delivered lectures, ran critiques, and marked to academic standards, developing curriculum that bridges design theory with real-world industry practice.
Joined at a critical growth phase / established processes at Golf Academy
November 1, 2019 - February 1, 2022
Established processes across marketing, HR, accounting, and operations for 15 coaches across 7 sites.
Founder & Creative Director at Plumberry Studio
November 1, 2019 - July 1, 2022
Led brand identity development and strategic marketing communications for an international ministry and media organization.
Brand Development Manager at Self-Employed | Global Clients
November 1, 2019 - July 1, 2022
Worked with global clients; led brand identity development and strategic marketing communications for an international ministry and media organization. Also supported organizational development with processes across marketing, HR, accounting, and operations for multiple coaches across multiple sites.
Part-time Lecturer - Digital Design at Red & Yellow Creative School of Business
January 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019
Founded and led a creative design studio focused on brand identity and digital design for small and growing businesses. Managed client acquisition, creative direction, and delivery alongside lecturing and freelance commitments. Lectured digital design across four degree and certificate programmes, teaching over 200 students across two years with consistently positive feedback. Wrote briefs, delivered lectures, ran critiques, and marked to academic standards. Developed curriculum bridging design theory with real-world industry practice.
Brand Development Manager at Etienne Olivier Golf Academy
January 1, 2019 - October 31, 2019
Established processes across marketing, HR, accounting, and operations for 15 coaches across 7 sites.
Freelance Brand Experience Designer
January 1, 2015 - Present
Over a decade of independent client work spanning brand identity, experiential campaigns, digital design, and environmental graphics for clients across South Africa and internationally. Notable projects include full brand identity and Shopify store design for BAM Good Bricks (Texas, USA), ongoing event and marketing design for Steenberg Golf Estate, and conceptual experiential ambient campaigns for South African tourism brands. Clients span retail, hospitality, sport, tourism, and education.

Education

BA Visual Communication Design (Art Direction) at Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017
PG Dip. Management in Entrepreneurship at University of Cape Town
January 1, 2018 - August 4, 2026
BA Visual Communication Design (Art Direction) at Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2017
PG Dip. Management in Entrepreneurship at University of Cape Town
January 1, 2018 - August 4, 2026

Qualifications

HubSpot Certification: SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing
January 1, 2021 - August 4, 2026
HubSpot Certification (SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing)
January 1, 2021 - August 4, 2026

Industry Experience

Real Estate & Construction, Healthcare, Education, Media & Entertainment, Travel & Hospitality, Retail, Professional Services, Other