Designing and building
digital experiences.

Creative Technologist & AI-Driven Design Lead with 10+ years of experience across brand identity, digital products, UI/UX, and interactive content. I help brands and products look sharp and actually work.

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Open to roles · PTA · JHB · CPT / Remote
10+
YEARS EXP.
19
PROJECTS
5+
DISCIPLINES
4
CERTIFICATIONS

Selected work

Flagship
projects.

Brands, products, and digital experiences, end to end.

BRANDING2025

ADCO Billboard Series

A series of out-of-home advertising campaigns designed for ADCO - spanning environmental, lifestyle, social awareness, and travel themes across large-format billboards and transit media.

APPS2026

Holo Card Builder

A production-deployed platform for designing real-time holographic trading cards - 9 holo styles, 19 rarity presets, and 100+ tunable parameters. Zero frameworks.

PRODUCT DESIGN2026

Campbell's Keep

A premium Highland single malt Scotch concept rooted in Clan Campbell heritage - a crest-led identity, tartan-inspired palette and cinematic Highland campaign across a full product mockup series.

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About

Who I am

I care about how things look, but just as much about whether they actually work for the people using them.

I'm a Creative Technologist & AI-Driven Design Lead with 10+ years of experience working across brand identity, UI/UX, web development, illustration, and interactive content, from concept through to final delivery.

My work spans multiple disciplines: using AI to work faster and push ideas further, building design systems, crafting brand identities, and shipping production-ready interfaces for digital products and marketing platforms.

Based in PTA, ZA. Open to engagements in JHB, CPT, and remote worldwide.

Languages

AfrikaansEnglish

Skills & Tools

Golfing
Fishing
Hiking
Gaming
Family time
Vintage music
Old movies
A lekker braai

The human behind the work

Life outside
the work.

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what I do outside of work

Career

The journey.

10+ years across multiple disciplines: brand, UI/UX, illustration, web, and AI-driven design.

The Open Window Institute
Two Tone Global
Blue Pixel Studio
MathU Teaching Emporium
MathU Teaching Emporium
Freelancer
2016

The Open Window Institute

BA Visual Communication

Graduated 2016

  • Graduated with a BA Degree in Visual Communication.
  • Subjects included Interactive Design Studies, Photography, Illustration, Visual Conceptualisation, and more.
2017

Two Tone Global

Graphic Designer

Jan 2017

  • Kicked off a design career producing digital assets, layouts, and visual content.
  • Designed marketing campaign assets for Nestlé, contributing to brand-aligned creative across print and digital formats.
2017-19

Blue Pixel Studio

Graphic Designer & Illustrator

Jun 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Designed digital, print, and social media assets for a diverse agency client base.
  • Supported branding and campaign development from concept through delivery.
  • Illustrated characters, backgrounds, and game components for three game-based books, adapting existing titles into illustrated interactive experiences.
2020-23

MathU Teaching Emporium

UI Designer & Web Developer

Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Delivered end-to-end UI design and web solutions for customer-facing platforms.
  • Supported rapid project delivery across design and front-end development.
  • Built a working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and production web workflows.
2023-26

MathU Teaching Emporium

Lead Designer

Jan 2023 - 2026

  • Led UI design and visual direction across all digital platforms and marketing assets.
  • Worked with international clients, designing platforms and digital products for audiences across multiple markets.
  • Own and maintain the full design system: components, tokens, and templates.
  • Collaborate directly with product, marketing, and management stakeholders.
2026-

Freelancer

Creative Technologist & AI-Driven Design Lead

2026 - Present

  • Taking on selected design projects across brand identity, UI, and web.
  • Working directly with startups and growing businesses to elevate their digital presence.
  • Available for long-term creative partnerships.
Open to new workjuanreretief@gmail.com

Contact

Let's build
something
great.

Availability

Open from June 2026

Location

PTA · JHB · CPT · Remote