Charl v.

🔸Freelance Design Consultant + Tech Steward 🔸20+ Design Industry | 10+ Brand Design | 10+ Product Design | 10+ Upwork 🔹Visual Communication Design ~ Branding | Identity | Creative Direction 🔹Product Design ~ Research & Discovery | Ideation | UX/UI Design 🇿🇦🇪🇺 08:00 am - 06:00 pm | Cape Town (CET+1) (UTC+2) DESIGNBUOY 🟠 CREATIVE LIFESAVING Hello, I'm Charl, a creative consultant and product designer at designbuoy an international design and innovation studio with over 20 years of experience in the industry. I have over 10 years of experience in visual communication design (branding, identity, and creative direction) and over 10 years in product design (research & discovery, ideation, and UX/UI design). I've created solutions for design challenges in various sectors, including telematics, gaming, hospitality, proptech, fintech, insurtech, IoT, and telecoms. 🔸🔹 I offer a wide range of consultative services that intersect design, innovation, and business strategy. I am passionate about collaborating with like-minded individuals, start-ups, and leading brands to co-design solutions that add value to customer experience and business outcomes. 🚀 If you're interested in my design services and would like to learn more about how I can help you, I welcome you to reach out and schedule a 30-minute conversation. During this call, we can discuss your design needs and goals, and I'll share more about my skills, experience, and approach to design. This conversation will give us a chance to see if we are a good fit for working together. I look forward to hearing from you.  🔷 SERVICES 🔹Creative Consulting ~ Research & Discovery | Ideation | Creative Direction 🔹Visual Communication Design ~ Branding | Identity & Personality | Brand & Style Guidelines 🔹Product Design ~ Research & Discovery | Ideation | UX/UI Design | Design Systems 🔹Facilitation ~ Agile Workflow | Design Workshops 🔹Solutions ~ B2B | B2C | SaaS | Mobile | Web 🔶 APPROACH 🔸Human-centered Design 🔸Design Thinking 🔸Systems Thinking 🔸Continues Product Research & Discovery 🔸Agile Product Development Methodology 🔸 TECH STEWARDSHIP I launched my Tech Stewardship practice to help contribute to the positive development of technology for the benefit of all. This involves a focus on three core commitments of Tech Stewardship: advancing understanding, deliberate values, and practicing behaviors. 🔸 Tech Stewardship | Applied Ethics | Reflective Practice | Inclusive Innovation | Equity | Diversity and Inclusion | Regenerative Design | Storytelling 🔹 TOOLS Adobe Creative Cloud | Photoshop | Illustrator | Figma | Sketch | InVision | Adobe XD | Confluence | Jira | Asana | Google Docs | Slack | Notion | Maze | Dovetail | Productboard | Generative AI 🔹 DESIGN INTERESTS Design Thinking | Systems Thinking | Branding | Visual Communication | Human-centered Design | Product Design | Service Design | Ethical Design | Sustainable Design | Player Dynamics | Communication Dynamics | Community & Culture | Psychology & Philosophy | Research & Discovery | Facilitation | Education | Storytelling | Generative AI 🔸 VALUES Curiosity | Optimism | Collaboration | Ambiguity | Adaptiveness | Growth | Success & Failure | Listen to Learn | Get Things Done 🔸 PASSIONATE People | Creativity | Design | Innovation | Technology | South Africa 🔸 AVAILABILITY 🇿🇦🇪🇺 Flexible | 08:00 am - 06:00 pm | Cape Town (CET+1) (UTC+2) Palo Alto | Dallas | New York | London | Amsterdam | Berlin | Cape Town | Dubai | Mumbai | Hong Kong | Tokyo | Sydney 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇱🇩🇪🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵🇦🇺