DREAM.
CREATE.
APPLY.

Francois Schlebusch

Graphic Designer

London, United Kingdom
Focusing on briefs and meeting the clients needs whilst still incorporating my personal style in all my designs. I tend not to focus too much on trends as it dates a design and simple, innovative designs are timeless, engaging and memorable.
Experience
London, United Kingdom
Jan 2008Present
Graphic Designer and Artworker
Currently employed full time as head of the art department at Select Model Management. During my time here I have designed many projects for high-profile international clients and brands including publications, clothing and scouting cards for Clothes Show Live, electronic mailouts, editorial and commercial sheets and posters. I also designed various show packs for London Fashion week (as featured on Models.com); and done extensive photo retouching included images for Grazia magazine. Responsibilities and duties include: designing marketing communications from briefs to final production, general administration duties, liaising with bookers and external clients, updating and maintaining image database, updating web pages and maintaining printers.
London, United Kingdom
Jan 2001Present
Freelance Graphic Designer
2005 - Present
Latest projects include custom typefaces, competition entries for Hugo Create and Wallpaper magazine, marketing material for The Ivy and various projects for a charity organisation. Other works included branding and advertising for a private magazine in West London, posters and menus for a bar and restaurant in Central London (where some of my work were also put on display), branding for a hair salon (Ikon) and advertising for musicians and beauty therapists. Expanded my knowledge of design by learning new techniques and software.
2004
During my final year of study I did a thesis on corporate identities and I created a corporate identity for the design and art department of the university I studied at. This included a logo, stationery, signage, promotional items, clothing, a corporate manual and a website. I also designed signage for a law firm, a course information brochure for the fashion department of the university, folders for a beauty pageant, branding and advertising for a model search and business cards and posters for friends.
2001 - 2003
Projects during my studies included branding, adverts & posters, campaigns, packaging, publication covers, menus & labels, drawing, jewellery design, signage, displays and promotional items.
Education
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Jan 2001Nov 2004
B. Tech: Graphic Design
I completed a 4 year course and received a B.Tech Degree in Graphic Design, specialising in corporate identities.
Languages
 
Spanish (Beginner), English (Fluent), Afrikaans (Native)
Skills
 
Adobe Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5 , Acrobat Professional 9, Flash CS3, Mac OS X 10.6, Windows 7 , Microsoft Office 2008., Branding, illustration, advertising, Retouching, Excellent knowledge of print production, Able to work to very tight dealines, Great eye for detail