SINCE 10/2017 Information Design | Hochschule der Medien | Stuttgart | Germany

11/2016 – 09/2017 German Course: TestDaF Certificate | Deutsch Kolleg Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Germany

02/2015 – 12/2015 Certificate, “Web Publishing & Interactive Media” | Friends of Design | Cape Town | RSA

02/2012 – 12/2014 Diploma in Graphic Design | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | Port Elizabeth | RSA

01/2007 – 12/2011 Matric Certificate (High School) | Gill College | Somerset East | South Africa

01/2000 – 12/2006 Primary School | Gill Primary | Somerset East | South Africa

Kuppinger Street 7/1 | 71154 Nufringen | Germany

MOBILE +49 (0)157 74401423

EMAIL chrislivangend@gmail.com

PORTFOLIO www.chrislivangend.com

Christa Philippa van Gend

PERSONAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH 23.11.1993NATIONALITY South African

WORK EXPERIENCE

1 DECEMBER 2018 – CURRENTLY Student AssistantInstitution for Construction and Design | University of Stuttgart | Stuttgart | GER Creating technical drawings in AutoCAD. Implementation of the new corporate design of the University of Stuttgart. Grammatical correction of English texts.

12 MAY 2018 – 30 NOVEMBER 2018 EmployeePANO Brot & Kaffee | Stuttgart | Germany Cashier, preparing food and cleaning.

1 MARCH 2016 – 31 OCTOBER 2016 Junior Graphic- & Webdesigner Oddslife | Putney | London | United KingdomWorking virtually from South Africa Website design and in-house graphic designs for the company

1 JANUARY – 29 FEBRUARY 2016 Intern, Graphic Design & Web Development Rubberstamp.io | Dublin | Ireland Working at the South African branch of this international company. Redesigning and coding the company website. Creating a brand manual and designing all graphics (illustrations, advertising, corporate identity).

LANGUAGES

English (Mother Tongue)Afrikaans (Mother Tongue)German (TestDaf)

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

Adobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAdobe PhotoshopAdobe AftereffectsHtml & CssJavascript & jQueryWordpressBootstrap & ZurbPrototyping ToolsHCI MethodsInfomation Psychology

EDUCATION