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TSHABALALA TSHABALA | JUDITH MKWANAZI
TSHABALALA
is a very talented and creative individual with a 14 year experience in the field of media and communication design. Throughout his four year experience in the field, he has worked for some of Free State’s top advertising and communication design agencies.
Tshabalala Tshabalala‘s design career started of with him joining C2 (Consumer Connectedness) as a junior desinger working under Free State top designers. He has absorbed all the knowledge and learned a lot as a young designer in a tough industry. While working for C2 he has worked on some of their key accounts among them is Bloemfontein Celtic FC, Itec, SAB miller, University of the Free State, MACUFE and Sedibeng Water.
He joined Dots Design Agency in late 2005 where he played a significant role in rebranding the company. He refined the brand’s identity making it more appealing and he became the face of the company in terms of design. Tshabalala gave dots design its own signature style separating Dots Design Agency from its competition.
Before joining these two agencies Tshabalala worked as a Student Assistant for CUT (Central University of Technology) in the graphic design faculty while studying for his Diploma. He has a National Diploma Certificate in graphic design. He also studied Packaging Design obtaining a National Certificate as well. He is forever perfecting his skill as a designer and visual communicator.
JUDITH MKWANAZI
It might seem strange to some people that a person can get excited thinking about colours, typography and cascading style sheets, but Judith has a passion for all aspects of graphic design and has remained strong throughout her thirteen (13) years in this field. Her background includes corporate, agency and freelance graphic design experience. She has worked on a broad spectrum of brand communications from logos, brand development, creating point of sale material, printing, signage, advertising layout and media publication layout. She enjoys working on precise detailed projects.
Judith is highly organized and adepts to meeting tight deadlines that are so common in the graphic designing industry and she is able to multi-task between various projects. She is dedicated to bringing brands to life and her key focus is to exceed client expectations.
She enjoys collaborating with clients, creative teams and production professionals to deliver design solutions. Her education combined with experience makes her produce accurate and high quality work. She got to work with a variety of clients like, Free State Tourism Authority (FSTA), Motheo Municipality, Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Department of Social Development, Interstate Bus, Sethole Optometrist, Department Of Agriculture, Free State Provincial Treasury, Department Of Health, CUT, Free State Farmers, University Of Fort Hare, University Of Namibia, and so many more.
She possesses experience in Publication Layout - Magazine, Annual reports etc., Communication Design - Advertising, Corporate Identity, Packaging and Promotional Design, Iconography & Typography, Web Based Designs.
She is always working on perfecting her skills as a designer and visual communicator.