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Location:
Durban, South Africa (GMT+02:00)
English Skills:
(self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
September 18, 2008
Last Worked:
November 11, 2008
oDesk Ready:
Yes
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Greg H.
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Freelance Graphic Designer, Greg Hoffmann
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Website / Graphic Designer
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South Africa
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$13.33
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Overview
Résumé
Work History & Feedback (1)
Tests (2)
Portfolio (11)
I have been in graphic design for ten years. Working in advertising and communications has allowed me to work on a range of projects from print ads to annual reports and flash animations. I have experience most printed media and have produced many multimedia projects. I design a small monthly magazine of 36 pages and it's website. I also Freelance for my old company doing government annual reports and their web related work. I enjoy working for myself and look forward to working on many...
I have been in graphic design for ten years. Working in advertising and communications has allowed me to work on a range of projects from print ads to annual reports and flash animations. I have experience most printed media and have produced many multimedia projects.
I design a small monthly magazine of 36 pages and it's website. I also Freelance for my old company doing government annual reports and their web related work. I enjoy working for myself and look forward to working on many odesk projects. I am deadline driven and take them very seriously.
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Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
47057
09/2008 - Present
Graphic Designer
$28 (fixed-price)
Job in progress
See All Tests Taken
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Quark XPress 7.0 Test
3.10
82%
TOP 20%
09/23/2008
39 min
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Test
2.60
59%
09/25/2008
34 min
Job Category Interests
Web Development
Web Design
Design & Multimedia
Graphic Design
Illustration
Print Design
Other - Design & Multimedia
Skills
Skill
Experience
Level
Last Used
Description
Adobe Illustrator
10 yrs
4.0
2006
Logo design, drawn elements of my designs imported into layout programms. Also used for artwork imported into flash as vector art
Dreamweaver
1 yrs
3.0
2008
http://www.360magazine.co.za
My abitily in dreamweaver is enhanced by my knowledge of html and css coding.
Flash
5 yrs
3.0
2008
Short animations, action scripting, buttons, website graphics and flash movies
Freehand
10 yrs
4.0
2008
http://www.360magazine.co.za
Logo design. Also used for mostly larger format projects like Exhibition Stands.
HTML
3 yrs
3.0
2008
http://www.doodlelab.co.za/SAB
S%20Cellphone/index.html
This project was done with note pad. Using html and CSS coding. However now I would probably use dreamweaver.
InDesign
5 yrs
3.0
2007
Layout. DTP. Good for integrating copy intensive projects with photo effects and vector art elements.
Photoshop
10 yrs
4.0
2008
I prefer to use photoshop as an image manipulation tool and in conjuction with other programmes to complete a design. However often a cover or particular page is more effective if done in Photoshop alone.
QuarkXPress
10 yrs
4.0
2008
Shareholders Report, Annual Reports, Brochers, ... I use this programme for most of my layout projects.
Certifications
Date Earned
Name
Score
Percentile
Organization
Description
No Certifications
Employment History
From
To
Company
Title/Role
Description
02/2004
02/2008
Phakisa Communications
Graphic Design / Independent Contributor
Here I worked on many projects. I got the opportunity to work on some TV animation and this started my interest in multimedia. I also designed annual reports and government newsletters (electronic and print). Web design and intranet projects were also new additions to my experience.
08/1998
05/2003
Madison Advertising
Graphic Design / Independent Contributor
I started at Madison as a junior and quickly had my own accounts. Madison is a medical and pharmacutical advertising agency. My projects included: exhibition stands, brochers and leafletts, package design, posters, logo design, invitations and print ads
Education
From
To
School
Degree
Area of Study
Description
01/1992
11/1994
University of Johannesburg
Diploma
Fine Art
In 3rd year I majored in painting, drawing and sculpture. I still paint and draw and feel that Fine Arts was a good foundation.
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Project Title:
Mint Group
Attachment:
none
Completed:
11/22/2008
Category:
Web Development > Web Design
URL:
http://www.themintgroup.co.za
Description:
Design of this website. Logo design, html, css, picture gallery and java buttons
Origionally I started this project when I was using notepad to code the html and css. Using notepad was great eperience for coding but it became clear to me that improving the site and my skills was essential. So I edited it using dreamweaver. The gallery was origionally an html code but had flaws, so I redesigned it using Flash to make it run efficiently. It is not the fanciest site but it has a little of everything and I think is a good example.
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Project Title:
360 degrees magazine
Attachment:
proof1.pdf - 1540.108KB
Completed:
11/20/2008
Category:
>
URL:
http://www.360magazine.co.za
Description:
This project is two fold: a magazine (sample attached) that I do the layout for and the website that is updated monthly. The client is not very involved with the look and feel of the magazine. The covers are chosen by the client but the inside is left to me.
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Project Title:
Animated Header
Attachment:
doodle header drawn.swf - 94.021KB
Completed:
09/01/2008
Category:
>
URL:
none
Description:
This header was created using hand drawn elements, Illustrator, Flash.
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Project Title:
Email Invitation
Attachment:
none
Completed:
02/22/2008
Category:
>
URL:
none
Description:
This is an emailable teaser to an invitation that was also emailed. The look was based on architectural drawings as I felt it followed with the constuction industy theme.
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Project Title:
Regional Report
Attachment:
none
Completed:
01/15/2008
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
none
Description:
This was a 60 page report for the board of the CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board). My resposibilities were layout and deign to print ready.
Project Title:
Exhibition Stand (quick screen)
Attachment:
pull up final1.FH10.pdf - 167.22KB
Completed:
12/10/2007
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
none
Description:
This is one of many large format jobs that I have designed. It is a quick screen which is approxemately 900mm by 2000mm.
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Project Title:
Brocher
Attachment:
brocher.pdf - 614.806KB
Completed:
09/12/2007
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
none
Description:
A brocher for the cidb. They wanted an something different to A4, so we went for a square booklette 210mm x 210mm
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Project Title:
Event Programme
Attachment:
none
Completed:
09/07/2007
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Graphic Design
URL:
none
Description:
This is an event programme cover and back. It was designed in photoshop and then placed into Quark where the inside was set. This is my own concept and design. The client is a power company and this was a design for a conference.
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Project Title:
Womens day card
Attachment:
none
Completed:
07/23/2007
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
none
Description:
This is the front and back. This design was done in photoshop.
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Project Title:
Sustainable Developement Brocher
Attachment:
land bank.PDF - 353.353KB
Completed:
07/06/2007
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
none
Description:
My involvement with this project was the look and feel from concept to print ready. All layout and some photography. This was a 64 page booklette
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Project Title:
Contact Book
Attachment:
none
Completed:
05/17/2007
Category:
Design & Multimedia > Print Design
URL:
none
Description:
Worked from concept to print on this project.
Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
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Hourly Assignment History is empty
Fixed-Price Assignment History
Buyer ID
From/To
Job Title
Paid
Feedback
47057
09/2008 - Present
Graphic Designer
$28
Job in progress
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test
Score
Percentile
Date Taken
Duration
Quark XPress 7.0 Test
3.10
82%
TOP 20%
09/23/2008
39 min
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Test
2.60
59%
09/25/2008
34 min
