Ssentongo Ivan

IVAN SSENTONGO Kampala, Uganda | --Linkedin.com/in/ssentongoivan Behance.net/ssentongoivan CAREER SUMMARY I am a Graphic Designer with 9 years of experience. With the skills of aligning the customer needs with the business goals to help shape the vision and goals for the company. While having the desire to learn. I am seeking a Graphic designer role. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Freelance, Uganda, San Salvador, USA, Uk Visual Designer 2017 - Present • Created design concepts for a wide number of different audiences and markets, in brand, product and interface designs, which help their businesses grow by 80%. For example Centenary bank, youth account where I managed the design department. • Created design ideas for both short and long-term use, and directed the projects by identifying new opportunities and methods in which they can be used best. • Balanced multiple projects, multi-tasked, develop schedules while I worked with teams both local and globally and met clients needs which increase production by 80%. • Used designs that were driven by BTL (Below the line marketing) Marketing, events and activations to keep the audience engaged. Age design, Kampala, Uganda 2015 – 2018 Led in both managing the projects from a strategic and execution lens, observed quality control, managed time while I kept all the needed parties aligned and engaged in the process from initial strategy to nal implementation. • Presented and substantiated my work throughout the development process while I solicited feedback and review of work and engaged in healthy debate • Collaborated closely with my peers from both local and international teams to ensure that the project was successful Senior Brand Designer • Age design, Kampala, Uganda 2013 – 2015 Visual Designer . . fi As one of the first designers hired at Age design, I worked on every design front. • Crafted creative work, edited and engaged in both design and marketing strategies while I executed a positive cultural environment focused on implementation but was open to experimentation while addressing ambiguous, complex problems and how to solve them. • Increased sales by over 50% within 4 months and maintained those numbers by furthering brand loyalty with customers, by creating simple designs projects ranging from Photography, illustration design, brand management, User experience and user interface designs. • Created and developed resources and guidelines for my client's (Cakelady) brand Which led to community brand awareness for their business by 60% and set standards for current and future products. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Design software: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, LightRoom, Adobe XD,Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier) Figma, Web flow. Office suite: MS Office ( Word, PowerPoint, Excel.), iWork; ( pages, numbers, keynote),Google app; ( Docs, Sheets, Sites, Slides, Drive). Languages: (HTML,CSS). ACADEMIC • • • ISBAT University. Bachelor of Science in Multimedia and Animation. (Sep 2016 to Dec 2018) Aptech computer education. Professional Certificate in Multimedia. (Aug 2016) Art field institute of Design. Certificate in animation. Art field institute of Design. (Jan 2013 - Aug 2015)