Nicole Ellis

Senior designer for international online tutoring company, GoStudent. Producing campaigns and marketing collateral for their channels and markets across the world. Role includes art direction, campaign planning and conceptualisation, co-ordinating photography and video shoots, graphic design, web design and mentoring junior and mid-level designers.

Leading the digital design and video/motion design studio within Flow Communications, and innovating within the department. Reviewing all design work and videos leaving the studio, providing guidance and improving the quality of work. Mentoring designers and helping them grown their own skillsets and confidence. Leading daily stand-ups, managing team traffic, mediating between the design team and all project managers and content writers. Representing the team during management meetings and board reports. Designing work for high profile clients such as Colgate-Palmolive, the South African Presidency, Gautrain, Hollard, Road Accident Fund, IDC, GIC, GIZ, Mango Airlines, US Regional Hub, Table Mountain Cableway, The Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation, Heartlines, DIRCO, Sites of Conscience. Awards and achievements: New Gens 2020 - Silver - Most Viral Campaign by an Agency - "Heartlines #ValuesandMoney" Kantar - 6th place - SA's top 10 Best Liked Ads for Q1&2 2020 - Road Accident Fund "Choices Impact Lives"

Practicing experienced graphic design in terms of social media design, web design, print design, campaign art direction across all relevant platforms. Creating skilled and beautiful motion graphics in terms of explainer videos, intros and outros, television broadcasts for the South African Presidency, bringing illustrations to life with animations, animating logo reveals, and website walk-through videos. Editing video footage for broadcasts and videos for social media and Youtube.