# Nicky Oosthuizen Nicky Oosthuizen is a remote worker on Himalayas, Graphic Designer at Aura Ads, based in South Africa. Source: https://himalayas.app/@nickyoosthuizen ```text Graphic designer at Aura Ads creating social campaigns and 30–50 digital assets monthly for client brands. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | South Africa | | Authorized to work in | South Africa | | Salary expectations | 30k+ ZAR | | Job categories | Graphic Designer, Digital Designer, Brand Designer, Social Media Designer | | Skills | Graphic Design, Digital Design, Social Media Design, Brand Identity, Campaign Design, visual communication, Layout Design, Typography, Content Development, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, Art Direction, UI Design, Creative Production, Client Brief Interpretation | ## About ```text At Aura Ads, I develop social media content and digital assets for clients, producing 30–50 assets monthly. I also implemented an AI-driven design tool to reduce project turnaround time and improve efficiency across projects. At City Unscripted, I contributed to a rebrand with a logo redesign and product interface updates, and designed multi-channel campaign materials. I also designed website UI in Figma in collaboration with web developers. Across my work with Renue, MSM International / Endly, Simunye Media and Rubybox, I’ve created digital and print campaign visuals, brand packages, websites and social content. My experience also includes video editing and production, animation art direction, and AI-assisted creative production. ``` ## Experience ### Graphic Designer (current) Aura Ads. Apr 2022 - Present ```text Developed and delivered high-impact social media content, driving significant engagement. Implemented an AI-driven design tool to reduce turnaround time and managed end-to-end design projects producing 30-50 digital assets monthly. ``` Skills: Photoshop, AI-Tools, Social-Media-Design, Project-Management, Brand-Consistency ### Freelance Graphic Designer MSM International / Endly. May 2022 - Jun 2025 ```text Designed comprehensive brand packages including logo, packaging, digital storefronts, and data presentations. Created campaign visuals for digital and print, and led design projects for Etsy products. ``` Skills: Brand-Identity, Packaging-Design, Amazon-Storefront, Campaign-Design, Print-Design, Etsy-Products ### Graphic Designer City Unscripted. Jan 2024 - Oct 2024 ```text Led a re-branding initiative including logo redesign and product interface updates. Developed multi-channel campaign designs and managed brand consistency across all marketing touch-points. ``` Skills: Branding, Logo-Design, UI-Design, Figma, Multi-channel-Campaigns, Brand-Management ### Field Producer/Production Assistant Incubate Video Agency. Apr 2021 - Mar 2022 ```text Art-directed animation projects and managed a team of animators. Managed end-to-end video production tasks including set preparation, talent scouting, and client liaison. ``` Skills: Art-Direction, Animation, Video-Production, Team-Management, Client-Liaison, Budgeting, Scheduling ### Graphic Designer Rubybox. Jun 2019 - Sep 2021 ```text Delivered impactful designs for website elements, newsletters, and social media. Executed multi-stage design processes from concept ideation to final delivery while managing client relationships. ``` Skills: Web-Design, Newsletter-Design, Social-Media-Design, Concept-Development, Customer-Relationship-Management ### Graphic Designer Simunye Media. Jun 2019 - Sep 2021 ```text Spearheaded design projects including websites, newsletters, social media, and pitch decks. Collaborated with sales and business teams to drive creative direction aligned with sales goals. ``` Skills: Web-Design, Newsletter-Design, Social-Media-Design, Pitch-Decks, Creative-Direction, Storyboarding ### Freelance Graphic Designer Renue. Jun 2026 - Present ```text Designed and delivered engaging digital creative for multiple clients, including social media content and paid advertising. Managed end-to-end creative production from brief interpretation to final delivery. ``` Skills: Social-Media-Design, Paid-Advertising, Carousel, Video-Editing, Client-Communication, Project-Management ## Education ### Prestige College Diploma in Graphic Design, Graphic Design ```text Completed a Diploma in Graphic Design at Prestige College in Cape Town in 2014. ``` ### City Varsity Diploma in Animation, Animation ```text Completed a Diploma in Animation at City Varsity in Cape Town in 2012. ``` ### Paarl Girls High Matric, General ```text Completed matric at Paarl Girls High in South Africa in 2009. ``` ## Tech stack - Typography - Figma - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe InDesign - Microsoft Excel - Wix - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Premiere Pro - Adobe After Effects - Canva - Klaviyo - Midjourney - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Office - HTML - CSS To contact Nicky, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Matthew Tager](https://himalayas.app/@matthewtager): Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Animator, Samsung Mobile SA - [Reuben Masithela](https://himalayas.app/@reubenmasithela): Brand and Design Manager, Siwelele FC - [Lebogang Bogatsu](https://himalayas.app/@lebogangbogatsu1): Graphic Designer, First Distribution - [Kinji Nightcore](https://himalayas.app/@kinjinightcore): Freelance Graphic Designer & Social Media Manager, Freelance - [Velaphi Khali](https://himalayas.app/@velaphikhali): Graphic Designer, Primedia Malls - [Josephine Barrault](https://himalayas.app/@josephinebarrault): Graphic Designer, Engage Video Group - [mubarak haron](https://himalayas.app/@mubarakharon): Lead Graphic Designer (Brand & Digital Design), Undercurrentnews - [Lucelle Theron](https://himalayas.app/@lucelletheron): Senior Graphic Designer, SAFPRO - [Jacques Swanepoel](https://himalayas.app/@jacquesswanepoel): Graphic Designer / Videographer, Nuco Auctioneers - [Katelyn Barry](https://himalayas.app/@katelynbarry): Freelance Graphic Designer, Blue River Delta