Neal Strydom
@nealstrydom
Senior motion graphics designer blending brand storytelling with growth-marketing.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Motion Graphics Designer with 14+ years’ experience creating motion design, brand storytelling, and multimedia content across fintech, esports, entertainment, retail, and health and fitness—working with global brands such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, Pokémon, Netflix, and Guinness.
I translate brand and growth-marketing strategy into compelling animated content for paid media, social, in-store AV, web, and event activations. I’ve worked both as an embedded specialist in in-house marketing teams and independently as a long-standing freelance designer.
In recent senior roles, I’ve designed motion content for retail LED/LCD installations and experiential activations, and delivered multi-format campaigns across paid and social channels. Earlier, I was embedded within Payfast’s Digital Marketing team, producing educational guides, explainer content, and app UI/overlay graphics that support growth-marketing objectives.
My approach combines strong design fundamentals with commercial awareness, so the work performs as well as it looks. I also bring a hands-on multimedia skill set—graphic design, illustration, video editing, photography, and videography—to keep campaigns consistent across channels and experiences.
Experience
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Owner
Freelance
Jan 2012 - Present (14 years 6 months)
Operates an independent motion design and multimedia practice, delivering 2D animation, graphic/brand design, photography, and video editing for clients.
Manages the full client lifecycle from brief and concept through to final delivery, including educational guides, campaign rollout content, and event activation design aligned to clients’ growth-marketing goals.
Senior Motion Graphics Designer
IUF
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)
Create and animate app interfaces, screen content and digital overlays for in-store AV installations,
working across major global brands including Nike, Adidas, Puma, Pokémon, Netflix and Guinness.
Design motion content for LED and LCD screen installations in retail spaces, helping drive customer engagement
and increase sales within physical store environments.
Delivered motion design and brand marketing content across paid and social channels within
a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Partnered with the marketing team to roll out multi-format campaigns, adapting creative
across platforms within tight production timelines.
Produced video editing and content production work supporting growth-marketing
initiatives.
Senior Multimedia Designer
Payfast by Network
Jan 2020 - Jan 2024 (4 years)
Acted as the embedded motion designer within the Digital Marketing team, producing animation and design for paid display,
social media and campaign rollout across the fintech product suite.
Created educational guides and explainer content for merchants and customers, supporting growth-marketing objectives.
Supported brand and growth-marketing campaigns through motion design, graphic design and video editing
for paid and social media channels.
Produced photography and videography for marketing content and event activations, working within a small,
fast-moving in-house creative team.
Delivered motion graphics, UI/UX design, and animation across digital marketing and client projects, including paid media and social content. Produced interactive/gamified overlays and interface elements and created multimedia content spanning illustration, photography, videography, and video editing.
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