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    Mariska Avenant

    Mariska Avenant

    Graphic Designer and Virtual Assistant

    Pretoria, South Africa

    Afrikaans and English speaking

    I am a freelance graphic designer and virtual assistant from South Africa. I finished my BA Degree in Graphic Design in 2006. I do freelance graphic design and virtual assistant...Read moreI am a freelance graphic designer and virtual assistant from South Africa. I finished my BA Degree in Graphic Design in 2006. I do freelance graphic design and virtual assistant work on a full-time basis from my home office. I have a stable fiber internet connection.

    I enjoy all aspects of graphic design, everything from logos, pamphlets, posters, advertisements, calendars, letterheads, business cards, creating graphics for websites and many more. I do anything from vector-based work to editing photographs. You are welcome to view the samples of my work that I have in my portfolio.

    I finished a course in Digital Marketing which included everything from Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Email, LinkedIn Marketing and more. I am currently busy with another YouTube Marketing, as well as a Video Editing course. I have been working on YouTube channels for over a year. Do you need your channel taken care of? Don't panic, I'm here to help.

    I do transcribe, translating, data entry, Youtube marketing and virtual assistance work as well. Anything that you need to be done... Excel spreadsheets, data entry, gathering information from websites, etc..

    I have finished a short course in Sales & Marketing where I got 93%. I am currently busy with extra short courses in Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6, and CorelDraw CS6 to sharpen up my skills. I have finished a Digital Marketing course in September 2020, where I learnt more about Youtube marketing, Instagram marketing, LinkedIn marketing, email marketing, Facebook marketing, Wordpress, etc.

    I do not take on too many projects at the same time. This way I can assure you that I will put a lot of effort and attention into your project.

    Please feel free to ask if you have any queries.

    Service Description:
    The software programs that I use are Photoshop, Corel Draw and Freehand, I do a lot of vector-based work.
    I have experience in:
    - Logo design
    - Letterheads
    - Business cards
    - Pamphlets
    - Advertisements
    - Postcards
    - CD covers
    - Flyers
    - Book covers
    - Posters
    - Brochures
    - Image editing
    - T-shirt design
    - Vectorizing
    - Graphics for websites
    - Leaflets


    I will provide you with a PDF or PNG for approval. I can set up files in a variety of formats, depending on what your needs are.

    I also do the following:
    - Youtube Marketing SEO
    - Translation and transcribing work
    - Blogging
    And I will put together any kind of slide show that you need!

    Area Covered: Anywhere, anytime...

    Education Summary:
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    BA Degree in Graphic Design
    Certificate in Sales & Marketing short course
    Certificate in Digital Marketing
    Finished a few short courses in LinkedIn, Canva, Blogging and Management.
    I have 14 years of experience, working as a full-time Administrative Manager, at my previous job.

    Work Experience:
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    Summary: I finished my BA Degree in 2006 and have since been doing work as a freelancer. I have worked full-time at two companies, where I had the following duties:
    My responsibilities at the second job:
    • Daily cash ups
    • Dealing with client inquiries and phone calls
    • Monthly cash up recon
    • Daily accounting – sending client accounts out and dealing with enquiries
    • Monthly accounting – going through debt list on a monthly basis and emailing statements to clients
    • Daily stock ordering
    • Going through the dispensary on a daily basis to see which stock is needed
    • A monthly log of the controlled substances that are used
    • Stocktaking, checking expiry dates on stock
    • Capturing invoices on a daily basis
    • Making pivot tables for the invoices that need to be paid, on a weekly basis
    • Doing a reconciliation of all the statements from suppliers on a monthly basis and sending it through for payment
    • Answering all emails from clients and suppliers
    • Sending blood samples to laboratories and following up
    • Attaching lab reports and other documentation to client profiles
    • Sending the lab reports through to the veterinarians
    • Monthly bank statement recon
    • Keeping track of locum work did by veterinarians and keeping a monthly log
    • Working out traveling and sending it through for salaries
    • Keeping log of annual leave and sick leave on a monthly basis
    • Keeping track of staff accounts
    • Updating Facebook and website

    My responsibilities at the first job:
    • Basic reception
    - assisting clients, answering the telephone, working with cash register

    • Filing
    • Managing the shop’s stock
    • Stocktaking and ordering
    • Managing daily floats and going to the bank
    • Accounting
    - going through bank statements to ensure that we received all payments
    - month-end accounts debt list
    • Sales and marketing for practice
    - running specials
    - ordering specials
    - making front-end displays
    • Creating advertising material for the practice and the website
    - letterhead
    - posters
    - flyers
    - notices
    - monthly specials pamphlets
    - updating Facebook page
    • Monthly spreadsheets
    - on float usage per company
    - a logbook of deceased patients
    • Managing the weight clinic
    - getting clients and choosing the appropriate diet for the animal
    - following up on patients
    - creating charts on the computer of their progress
    - inform clients about weight loss for their animals
    - I have done a lot of training on weight loss clinics through Royal Canin Slimfit, Eukanuba Great Shape and Hills PetSlimmer.
    • Managing our value-added services
    - sorting vouchers that are received and claiming money back from reps
    - running loyalty programs with the customers
    I then moved to Administrative Assistant.
    My duties:
    • Accounting
    • Putting spreadsheets together to do recons of the daily and monthly cash ups.
    • Working with bank statements
    • Bank statement monthly recon
    • Cash up recon on a monthly basis
    • Updating Facebook page
    • Updating website
    • A variety of other admin related duties

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      We're very happy with the work Mariska's presented us with. She's the kind of designer who won't stop until her customer is satisfied - and even then, her work is done in a timely manner too! Thanks, Mariska!

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      Mariska was extremely accommodating to our wishes and request, working hard and speedily and making sure we got exactly what we asked for. Thank you very much!

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