About Me
...Paul Venter
I was born and raised and still live in South Africa. From an early age, I was the creative one in the family. At school, I enjoyed fine arts, creative writing and technical drawing which hinted at what my future career choice might be.
After school, I managed to find a job as a Graphic Designer at a Pretoria newspaper which greatly improved my design and computer skills. Utilising my new found knowledge I started lecturing in Media and Web design at various colleges in Gauteng.
While working I studied and obtained a BTECH degree in Multi-Media Design Technologies and managed to lecture and work in the field of Visual Communication since then.
I enjoy learning and continually upgrade my skills as new technologies and methodologies become available.
Currently, I work as a Visual Communication Expert, specialising In UX Design, Agile Project Management and Education.
I enjoy a challenge and love what I do.
My Experience
UX Designer at ICE Tech
2021-Current
- Developing and design of User Experience processes and journeys.
- Developing and maintaining of the corporate identity of the company.
- Designing Mobile Applications interfaces.
- Conducting user interviews.
- Conducting UX Research.
Fulltime Freelancer
2015-2017
- Developing User Experience journeys and mock-ups for clients.
Developing websites for clients. - Designing marketing material for clients
- Running online marketing campaigns for clients.
Midrand Graduate Institute
2008-2010
- Lecturing students.
- Facilitating students with their assignments.
- Course development.
- Web Development.
- E-Learning development and administration.
Fulltime Freelancer
1999-2001
- Developing websites for clients.
- Designing marketing material for clients.
- Teaching Web Development.
- Teaching Media Design.
Computer Art Academy
1995-1997
- Lecturing Media Design at corporate companies.
- Developing course material.
Metro Newspaper
1994-1995
- Design of adverts
- Newspaper layout
- Writing of a music column
UX Senior Designer at BMW
2017-2020
- Developing and design of User Experience processes, journeys and graphics.
- Developing and maintaining an internal communications web presence.
- Running the South African BMW skills initiative called XLab.
- Lecturing Agile Project Management via Confluence and Jira software.
AdVtech/IIE
2010-2015
- Develop training content.
- Development and maintenance of the corporate website and presentations.
- Manage, develop and maintain 23 modules of various IT courses.
- Manage developers of courses.
Damelin Education Group
2001-2008
- Lecturing students in Visual Communications.
- Facilitating students with their assignments.
- Course development.
- Assessments and moderation.
Atlantic Internet Services
1997-1999
- Developing websites for clients.
- Designing marketing material for clients.
- Teaching web development.
- Managing marketing for the company.
My Skills Area of Expertise
UI / UX Design
I have more than 20 years of UX/UI design experience. I started off with designing multimedia interfaces for CD's, games and digital kiosks.
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Graphic/Multimedia Design
This is where I started. Graphic design is the basis for everything I do. I studied Multimedia Design Technologies and gained a BTECH degree at TUT. My media skills include Photography, Videography and Video editing.
04
Web Design
Since the WWW became a thing I have been designing websites with design apps, HTML, Javascript and online applications such as WordPress, Joomla and various E-commerce software.
02
Project Management (Agile)
I felt it will be wise to understand project management as it forms the basis of the work I do. I consequintly attended and completed a traditional Project Management course by Damelin. With the advent of Agile, I attended a BMW Agile Project Management course using Jira and Confluence.
05
Education
Teaching is a thing my family do. (Nearly all of them) I started lecturing early in my life and have never stopped sharing knowledge.
03
Marketing (Traditional and Online)
Marketing is part of User Experience (UX). Early on working at a newspaper, I learned about marketing and how people react to what they see or hear. With that knowledge, I have implemented online marketing campaigns.
