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Hi, I'm Areefa Khan, a heavyweight graphic designer with 16+ years of experience delivering branding, packaging, print production, and digital design across agencies and in-house studios. I specialise in corporate identities, advertising materials, UI/UX dashboards, and data visualisation. I believe in constant personal development and love sharing knowledge—I've taught English as a Foreign Language, led design training sessions, and enjoy staying ahead of design and tech trends to deliver visuals that resonate.…Hi, I'm Areefa Khan, a heavyweight graphic designer with 16+ years of experience delivering branding, packaging, print production, and digital design across agencies and in-house studios. I specialise in corporate identities, advertising materials, UI/UX dashboards, and data visualisation. I believe in constant personal development and love sharing knowledge—I've taught English as a Foreign Language, led design training sessions, and enjoy staying ahead of design and tech trends to deliver visuals that resonate.

Areefa Khan

Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Infographic Designer, +6

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Hi, I'm Areefa Khan, a heavyweight graphic designer with 16+ years of experience delivering branding, packaging, print production, and digital design across agencies and in-house studios. I specialise in corporate identities, advertising materials, UI/UX dashboards, and data visualisation. I believe in constant personal development and love sharing knowledge—I've taught English as a Foreign Language, led design training sessions, and enjoy staying ahead of design and tech trends to deliver visuals that resonate.…Hi, I'm Areefa Khan, a heavyweight graphic designer with 16+ years of experience delivering branding, packaging, print production, and digital design across agencies and in-house studios. I specialise in corporate identities, advertising materials, UI/UX dashboards, and data visualisation. I believe in constant personal development and love sharing knowledge—I've taught English as a Foreign Language, led design training sessions, and enjoy staying ahead of design and tech trends to deliver visuals that resonate.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Areefa Khan, a heavyweight graphic designer with 16+ years of experience delivering branding, packaging, print production, and digital design across agencies and in-house studios. I specialise in corporate identities, advertising materials, UI/UX dashboards, and data visualisation.
I believe in constant personal development and love sharing knowledge—I’ve taught English as a Foreign Language, led design training sessions, and enjoy staying ahead of design and tech trends to deliver visuals that resonate.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Afrikaans

Advanced

Japanese

Intermediate

Urdu

Beginner

Work Experience

Volunteer-Intern at Independent Newspaper Company

January 1, 2002 - August 31, 2005

Scanned images; oversaw junior projects; learned by observing typesetters.

Sportswear Designer at PANDA Gruppo Sportivo

January 1, 2006 - August 31, 2006

Conceptualised and designed sportswear; manually prepared negatives for prepress; translated client briefs into designs.

Telesales & Marketing at JMC Melnick

January 1, 2006 - August 31, 2006

Administrative work; promoted to telesales; assisted with events and promotions.

Junior Packaging Designer at First Flex - Flexographic Printers

July 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008

Predominantly reproduction of artwork; layout, planning and design of packaging; accuracy in repro work.

Mid Graphic Designer - Prepress Assistant at HartWood Digital Printers

October 1, 2008 - October 31, 2009

Graphic design; preparing artwork for large format and digital and litho printing; art direction.

Graphic Designer & Printer Operator at RGB Digital Printing

November 1, 2009 - November 30, 2010

Graphic design; assisting customers with their printing; operating digital print and finishing machines.

Mid - Senior Graphic Designer at Jimmy’s Group of Companies

January 1, 2011 - September 30, 2013

Conceptualisation and the complete brand set up; marketing material; events; art direction.

Mid-Senior Graphic Designer at FLO Media

September 1, 2013 - April 30, 2014

Corporate identities; ATL & BTL advertising; online marketing; mobile apps and social media ads; annual reports; UI/UX design; HTML mailers and web graphics.

Senior Visual Content Manager at +94 Research

July 1, 2014 - Present

Graphic design of proposals, formal quotations, presentations, data visualisation and infographics; UI/UX dashboards; internal communications and training.

Education

Higher Certificate in Creative Development at VEGA Durban (Imagination Lab)

January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004

Creative Diploma at Centre for Fine Art, Animation & Design (CFAD)

January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2008

Advanced Diploma in Brand Innovation at VEGA / The Independent Institute of Education

January 1, 2018 - May 7, 2020

Matric at Intuition Matric School

January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2003

Secondary Education (Grade 8-10) at Crescent Islamic Girls High School

January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2002

TEFL/TESOL Certification at The TEFL Life

January 11, 2030 - May 11, 2026

Qualifications

Advanced Diploma in Brand Innovation

January 1, 2018 - May 7, 2020

FET: Advertising (Further Education and Training Certificate: Advertising)

January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2004

TEFL/TESOL Certification

January 11, 2030 - May 11, 2026

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Strategic Brand Communication

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024

The IIE Bachelor of Arts Honours in Strategic Brand Communication is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF 8) by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA ID 98012).