My CV

Personal Details

Name:

Sarah Fairhurst

Date of Birth:

14 August 1989

Age:

30

Nationality:

South African

Marital Status:

Married

Address:

Randburg, Johannesburg

Work Experience

Creative Engineering Studio

Studio manager and Senior Designer

Duties:

  • Quoting
  • Invoicing
  • Account reconciliation
  • Client relations
  • Project management and time management (using Monday)
  • Training new staff
  • Managing staff
  • Graphic design (branding, document design, white paper design, infographic design & website graphics)
  • Website Design (design and build using WordPress, Woocommerce and a range of plugins)
  • Internal marketing (mailers and social media posting)
  • Team briefing

2018 – Present

Freelance Designer

Graphic and Website Designer

Duties:

  • Branding
  • Website design
  • Poster design
  • Styling of proposals and tenders
  • Email newsletter design
  • Invitation design
  • Social media design
  • Email and SMS Campaigns
  • Business card design
  • Infographic design

 

2011 – Present

Avo Photography

Designer

Duties:

  • Social media design
  • Email campaign design and setup
  • Various design work
  • Event organising and management
  • Conceptualized events and marketing strategies 
  • Photography Assistant
  • Conceptualized and organised styled shoots from start to finish

2013 – 2017

Horizon Environmental Consulting

Admin Assistant

Duties:

  • Personal and business admin for one of the directors

2009 – 2012

SA Underwriters

IT Support Facilitator

Duties:

  • Tracking down of important voice recordings
  • Over seeing the IT Support team
  • Logging support calls
  • Administrating support calls
  • Junior graphic design tasks
  • Event management
  • Team building / Team motivation

2008 – 2009

Education 

High School

Hyde Park and Greenside

Boston Business College

Public Relations Assistant Diploma

Shaw Academy

Advanced Graphic Design Diploma

Shaw Academy

Advanced Website Design Diploma

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