Over two decades of creative direction across agencies, retail, and tech.

Aug 2025 — Present

Catch and Release

Digital Creative Director

2022 — 2025

Ogilvy Social Lab

Creative Partner

Spearheaded creative direction and operational management for Ogilvy's global C2 studio, a large multidisciplinary team of motion designers, copywriters, designers, and art directors. Delivered pitch support, activations, concept ideation, creative expansion, global roll-out, and creative automation for Ogilvy teams worldwide — including championing AI-powered tools to improve ideation and production efficiency.

MasterCard, Verizon, Absolut Vodka, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Milka/Cadbury, NEFF, Mikimoto, Dunlop, Cape Town Opera, Perrier, San Pellegrino, Formula 1.

2018 — 2022

99c

Digital Creative Director — Shoprite (2018)

Digital Executive Director — 99c (2019–2022)

Shoprite, Checkers, Ackermans, Spur, Puma, John Dory's.

2016 — 2017

Kaffiene CRM

Creative Director

Levi's, Enel, Johnson & Johnson, BAT.

2015 — 2016

takealot.com

Head of Design

2012 — Present

Victory by Design

Creative Director

University of Stellenbosch, City of Cape Town Tourism, Power Group, Two Oceans Marketing, Boland Cellars, Frey Chocolate, Ashanti Design, University of Cape Town, JetFresh Foods, Trail and Tar.

2010 — 2012

Grey Advertising South Africa

Creative Director

Heineken, Tanqueray, Big Concerts.

2009 — 2010

Under the Radar

Creative Director

Old Mutual, Sea Harvest, Prudential, FinChoice.

2008 — 2009

ORD Advertising

Creative Director

Brandhouse (Smirnoff Spin/Storm, Twist, Triple Distilled, 1818, Smirnoff Black, Jose Cuervo, NGG brands), Sweet-Orr, Checkers, Puma, Engen.

2001 — 2008

Draft FCB

Assistant Creative Director

Distell, Parmalat, Momentum, Shoprite, Pendoring Awards, Elizabeth Arden, BASF, Santam.

1998 — 2000

Publicis

Art Director

Bokomo Foods, British Tobacco, Caltex, Federal Marine, WWF, Tracker, Fedsure, S.F.W., Condé Nast, Vital, SsangYong.

1996 — 2000

Seeff Properties, Pam Golding Properties & D&A Media

Background

Diploma in Graphic Design

Cape Technicon

Marketing Strategy

School of Red and Yellow — Online

Customer Loyalty

Truth Customer Academy — Online

DF Malan High School

Bellville

Capabilities

Marketing Strategy Brand Building CRM Packaging Web Design Art Direction Digital Design Activations Social Media Creative Direction Brand Identity Campaign Development Social-First Creative Motion Design AI Creative Workflows Agentic Workflow Design Prompt Engineering Creative Automation Generative AI Content Systems Team Leadership Creative Operations

Technical

Photoshop5/5
InDesign5/5
Illustrator5/5
Microsoft Office5/5
Final Cut Pro4/5
Figma4/5
After Effects3.5/5
Generative AI4/5
AI Workflow Design4/5

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