Vukani Ngcobo

Brand and Visual Communications Specialist offering more than 10 years of experience in a progressive responsible areas of brand management, account management, and creative development (Graphic Design & Web Development). Possess team building, strategic planning and training skills. Also have exceptional communication, coaching and personal mentoring ability.

Marketing & Brand Management - Health Systems Trust (HST) - Durban

(2020-05)

Play an active role in building the brand values and provide creative marketing solutions for all HST offices in different provinces. Maintain Marketing & Design standards from Print, Website update, Branding, and Publications. Design and layout publications and marketing material for all 9 provinces. Ensuring that all mediums and colour standards are consistent throughout all corporate marketing material.

• Promote and strengthen Health System's Trust corporate branding through the initiative of marketing material, vehicle branding, website banner ads, and print collateral.
• DREAMS CAMPAIGN - Empower and educate South African youth about HIV and AIDS. The goal of DREAMS is to reduce new HIV infections by improving the lives of girls, young women and help them develop into Determined, Resilient, Empowered, Aids-free, and Safe women. (Designed all Communications and Marketing Material)
• BETTER OF KNOWING CAMPAIGN - Aims to encourage people living with HIV to access ARVs – motivating South Africans from all walks of life to get tested for HIV so that they know their status and if HIV-positive, receive treatment and live longer. (Designed all Communications and Marketing Material)

Web / Graphic Designer - South African Local Government Association (SALGA) - Pretoria

(2012-06 - 2017-04)

Play and active role in building the brand value and provide creative marketing solutions with visuals, designs and layouts for all SALGA offices in different provinces.

Maintain

Marketing & Design standards from Advertising, Website update, Branding, Publications, and Social Media. Provided creative vision and art direction for Marketing & Communications Strategy. Planning and Buying Print, Outdoor and Online space. Collaborated with outside vendors making sure they meet their deadlines and ensure that corporate identity policy is 100% maintained.

• A successful collaboration with other departments in designing and managing Marketing & Communications medium.
• Handling design of mailing campaign for the conference and gala event, also creating collateral material and digital media for promoting maximum awareness for SALGA Special National Conference event.
• Ensuring that all mediums and colour standards are consistent throughout the event itself.
• Partnered with outside vendors and secure competitive bids; negotiated pricing and contracts when necessary.
• Taking high quality photographs and live website update during the event.

Webmaster / Graphic Design Officer - State Information Technology Agency (SITA) - Pretoria

(2006-04 - 2012-05)

Development and maintenance of multi Government Department websites & corporate intranet, design & layout SITA magazine, electronic banners, taking photos & photo manipulation for digital as well as print medium, and design electronic presentations.

• Designed the PRESIDENCY website, PRESIDENCY Newsletter, improved all photo images that needed attention making sure the quality is on point.

Diploma - Web & Graphic Design - Damelin

Brand & Marketing Management - Vega

Dynamic & Expressive Photography - Vega

Visual Communications & Advertising - AAA School of Advertising