Louis Venter provides his contact information and personal details. He has over 15 years of experience in graphic design, production management, and business development. His experience includes roles at various companies where he was responsible for graphic design, artwork setup, quality control, workshop management, and more. He is skilled in English, Afrikaans, Microsoft Office, CorelDraw, Photoshop, and website development.

1. Louis Venter 14 Fitzpatric St
SE1
Vanderbijlpark
Cell: 082 261 9410
louisvent@gmail.com
PERSONAL Date of Birth: November 12 1981
Place of Birth: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Citizenship: South African
ID: 8111125278082
Marital Status: Single
Dependants: None
Drivers License: Code 08
Availability: Immediate
EMPLOYMENT Graphic Label Design - Vanderbijlpark
January 2001 -January 2006
Graphic Designer
• Liaising with new and existing clients
• Workshop Management
- Quality Control
- Providing Print Positives
- Managing Deadlines
• Designing of Logo's
• Designing Artwork
• Designing posters and digital printing
• Photo editing
• Vinyl Cutting
• Applying vinyl to various materials and surfaces
• Signage
• Computer and Network maintenance
• Screen Printing
Reason for leaving:
Received a better opportunity at QPS Productions

2. QPS Productions - Pretoria
January 2006 - January 2008
Production Manager / Senior Graphic Designer
• Artwork setup for suppliers
• Managing artwork delivery to suppliers
• Calculating correct price for orders
• Order progress follow-up
• Managing order deadlines
• Managing of workshop and employees
• Safety and operations of machinery
• Quality inspection of delivered orders
• Ordering of stock and required materials
• Liaising with suppliers, design and sales department
to ensure quality standards of products.
• Managing design department and staff members
• General administration duties
• Designing of artwork
• Vehicle graphics
• Operation of digital printer
Reason for leaving:
Received a better opportunity at Sign-A-Rama
Sign A Rama - Fourways
January 2009 - December2010
Production Manager / Senior Graphic Designer
• Artwork setups for suppliers
• Managing artwork delivery to suppliers
• Calculate correct price for orders
• Order progress follow-up
• Managing order deadline
• Managing of workshop and employees
• Safety and operations of machinery
• Quality inspection of delivered orders
• Ordering of stock and required materials
• Liaising with suppliers, design and sales department
to ensure quality standards of products.
• General administration duties
• Designing of artwork
• Vehicle graphics
• Operation of digital printer

3. Reason for leaving:
Started my own company, Projects Unlimited
Projects Unlimited - Roodepoort
January 2011 - July 2011
Business Development, Marketing Executive, Administration
Sales, Web development, Graphic Design.
• Business Development
- Identifying and closing new business opportunities across multiple
potential industry sectors.
- Building and maintaining relationships with potential and existing
clients.
• Marketing Executive
- Implementation of the marketing plan.
- Insuring all marketing elements keep within the corporate identity
and brand continuity.
- Consistently evaluating new marketing opportunities.
• Sales
Cold calling, telemarketing and presentations to potential clients on a
daily basis.
- Selling advertising, marketing materials and events / recruitment
services to potential clients.
- Regular follow-up on potential and existing business.
- Creating leads and converting them to clients and follow up
business.
- Achieving the set monthly and quarterly sales targets.
• Administration
- Daily administration duties.
- Liaising with suppliers on all projects to ensure delivery and product
quality.
• Graphic Design
- Creating corporate image
- Design and prepare artwork for web/print and sign-off
- Ensuring the company is represented correctly with design quality.
- Corporate Identity and brand consistency.
• Web Development
- Involvement in the entire process from conceptualization, process
flow, design, implementation and maintenance.
- Designing - HTML and CSS, new functionalities and interactive
promotions.
- Website development and maintenance.

4. Be My Guest Lodge – Vaalpark
September 2011 – September 2012
Maintenance Manager
• Conduct inspections of housing units for needed services and repairs
• Coordinate emergency and regular repairs and coordinate repairs to
buildings
• Supervise landscaping and ground maintenance
• Coordinate maintenance and repairs of building interior and exterior
• Coordinate maintenance and repairs of finishing, ceilings, flooring
and roofing
• Promote staff morale and workplace safety
• Assign tasks and ensure schedules are maintained
• Adjust tasks to meet staff capabilities
• Supervise staff and delegate responsibilities
• Maintain Inventories
Alu-Vaal – Vanderbijlpark
September 2012 – August 2014
Production Manager
• Quoting and handling of new projects
• Managing order deadline
• Managing of workshop and employees
• Safety and operations of machinery
• Quality inspection of delivered orders
• Ordering of stock and required materials
• Order progress follow-up
• Liaising with suppliers and sales department
to ensure quality standards of products and negotiating prices
• General administration duties
• Booking and organizing installation dates of projects
• Managing site employees for installations
Nirph Online - Fourways
August 2014 – June 2016
Software Tester / First Line Support / Production Manager
• Software Testing (Design, Functionality, Regression, Usability,
Problem testing)
• Creating release notes, online help files and usage documentation

5. • Quality Assurance (Ensure, work meets customers’ requirements,
Guideline and standards are correct, Identify and resolve errors,
proactively identify and resolve problems)
• Communication (Ensure the team is informed of progress and
significant issues, Prioritise issues and assign corrective work as
necessary, Production of release notes)
• Support (Resolution of work problems, Assistance on technical issues,
resolving incident calls, assisting in all queries relating to progress of
outstanding and ongoing issues)
• Estimation on effort and time that will be required for tasks
• Ensure tasks are prioritized effectively and delivered on time
• Responsible for maintaining and setup of company’s emails and
website.
Reason for leaving:
Company closed
SKILLS Language:
Fluent in English and Afrikaans
Personnel Skills:
- Management Skills
- Communication Skills
- Problem Solving
- Administration Skills
- Creative Skills
- People Skills
- Time Management Skills
Computer Skills:
- All Microsoft Operating systems
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Power Point
- Microsoft Outlook
- Internet
- Corel Draw
- Corel Photo Paint
- Flexi cut
- Photoshop CS
- Roland Versa Works
- Adobe Dreamweaver CS / cc
- HTML, CSS
About Me
- Loyal and hard working

6. - Good customer relations and excellent service manner
- Good verbal communication skill - sincere and articulate
- Excellent sales manner
- Self motivated
- Achievement and results orientated
- Quick learner
- Team player

7. - Good customer relations and excellent service manner
- Good verbal communication skill - sincere and articulate
- Excellent sales manner
- Self motivated
- Achievement and results orientated
- Quick learner
- Team player