Daniel Fernandes, Creative Illustrator & Graphic Designer

About

I am a creative living in Cape Town South Africa with 9 years of experience as an illustrator & graphic designer, 5 of which were spent in the corporate environment of retail product designing and development. My design work consisted primarily of product, packaging, merchandising, marketing and brand design and my illustration style spans from cartoon, 2D, caricatures, digital painting. I have worked with large scale companies before and co-created some smaller brands in the fields of Kids watches and Athleisure accessories & apparel. Beyond my design work, I also have great linguistic skills and good client relations experience. I also adapt to work processes and functions quite quickly. I create great relationships with those I work with, have a humble attitude and a diligent mindset, often going beyond the call of duty to not let anyone down.

Experience

DMQ Trading

Apr 2014 – Apr 2019

Cape Town

Product Designer

• Product & Packaging Design for TFG, Mass Mart, Cape Union Mart & multiple smaller/in-house brands (Watches, Fashion accessories, apparel, bags, stationary, towels, sporting accessories, Jewellery) • Briefing & Sourcing (Locally & Overseas) • Product development, testing, focus groups & quality checks • Copywriting • Illustrating & Digitial Art • Merchandising, Advertising & Marketing Design & Managing • Photography & Photo Editing • Signage & Branding Application • Basic Cost Analysis • Manufacturing and Import processes understanding

Superwraps Vehicle Branding & Customizing

Sep 2012 – Sep 2013

Cape Town

Graphic Designer

• Vehicle branding design for high-end brand (Red Bull, Oakley, Builder Warehouse) & Private Sports & Luxury cars • Vehicle/Signage assesment, measuring, layout • Stock ordering, print management, cutting & application prep. • Large format and fleet designing, printing & application • Project Managing • Online Marketing • Illustrating & Digital Art • Client Liaison • General Admin

Signet Express Digital Printhouse

Jan 2012 – Sep 2012

Cape Town

Designer & DTP Operator

• Graphic designing - Branding, advertising, Layout, Advertising • Digital Print Operation (Roland SF 540, Minolta) • Post Production (Guillotining, Laminating, Wiro-binding, Packaging) • General Admin

Education

Central University of Technology - South Africa

Jan 2007 – Dec 2010

Baccalaureus Technologaie, Graphic Design

Daniel Fernandes

Creative Illustrator & Graphic Designer

Skills

Languages