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Creative Technologist & AI-Driven Design Lead with 10+ years of experience across brand identity, digital products, UI/UX, and interactive content. I help brands and products look sharp and actually work.

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Multimedia Designer at ShareForce · open to project work
10+
YEARS EXP.
20
PROJECTS
5+
DISCIPLINES
4
CERTIFICATES

Selected work

Flagship
projects.

Brands, products, and digital experiences, end to end.

Website · 3D2026

Pond

A one-page marketing site for Pond, an AI assistant, built around a real-time 3D frog that watches your cursor.

APPS2026

Holo Card Builder

A production-deployed platform for designing real-time holographic trading cards - 9 holo styles, 19 rarity presets, and 100+ tunable parameters. Zero frameworks.

PRODUCT DESIGN2026

Campbell's Keep

A premium Highland single malt Scotch concept rooted in Clan Campbell heritage - a crest-led identity, tartan-inspired palette and cinematic Highland campaign across a full product mockup series.

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About

Who I am

I care about how things look, but just as much about whether they actually work for the people using them.

I'm a Creative Technologist & AI-Driven Design Lead with 10+ years of experience working across brand identity, UI/UX, web development, illustration, and interactive content, from concept through to final delivery.

My work spans multiple disciplines: using AI to work faster and push ideas further, building design systems, crafting brand identities, and shipping production-ready interfaces for digital products and marketing platforms.

Based in PTA, ZA, working in-house at ShareForce. I still take on a limited number of outside projects, so if you have one, get in touch.

Languages

AfrikaansEnglish

Skills & Tools

Golfing
Fishing
Hiking
Gaming
Family time
Vintage music
Old movies
A lekker braai

The human behind the work

Life outside
the work.

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what I do outside of work

Career

The journey.

10+ years across multiple disciplines: brand, UI/UX, illustration, web, and AI-driven design.

The Open Window Institute
Two Tone Global
Blue Pixel Studio
MathU Teaching Emporium
MathU Teaching Emporium
Freelancer
ShareForce
2016

The Open Window Institute

BA Visual Communication

Graduated 2016

  • ⸗Graduated with a BA Degree in Visual Communication.
  • ⸗Subjects included Interactive Design Studies, Photography, Illustration, Visual Conceptualisation, and more.
2017

Two Tone Global

Graphic Designer

Jan 2017

  • ⸗Kicked off a design career producing digital assets, layouts, and visual content.
  • ⸗Designed marketing campaign assets for Nestlé, contributing to brand-aligned creative across print and digital formats.
2017-19

Blue Pixel Studio

Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Jun 2017 - Jan 2019

  • ⸗Designed digital, print, and social media assets for a diverse agency client base.
  • ⸗Supported branding and campaign development from concept through delivery.
  • ⸗Illustrated characters, backgrounds, and game components for three game-based books, adapting existing titles into illustrated interactive experiences.
2020-23

MathU Teaching Emporium

UI Designer & Web Developer

Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

  • ⸗Delivered end-to-end UI design and web solutions for customer-facing platforms.
  • ⸗Supported rapid project delivery across design and front-end development.
  • ⸗Built a working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and production web workflows.
2023-26

MathU Teaching Emporium

Lead Designer

Jan 2023 - 2026

  • ⸗Led UI design and visual direction across all digital platforms and marketing assets.
  • ⸗Worked with international clients, designing platforms and digital products for audiences across multiple markets.
  • ⸗Own and maintain the full design system: components, tokens, and templates.
  • ⸗Collaborate directly with product, marketing, and management stakeholders.
2026

Freelancer

Creative Technologist & AI-Driven Design Lead

Jan 2026 - Jun 2026

  • ⸗Took on selected design projects across brand identity, UI, and web.
  • ⸗Worked directly with startups and growing businesses to elevate their digital presence.
  • ⸗Built AI-assisted design workflows and vibe-coded prototypes into the delivery process.
2026-

ShareForce

Multimedia Designer

Jul 2026 - Present

  • ⸗Produce marketing content across video, social posts, and blog imagery.
  • ⸗Maintain the company website and publish new content to it.
  • ⸗Bring design thinking into the day-to-day office culture, from internal campaigns to team-facing creative.
Open to project workjuanreretief@gmail.com ↗

Contact

Let's build
something
great.

Availability

Open to project work

Location

PTA · JHB · CPT · Remote