Ngonidzashe Machingura

Ngonidzashe Machingura | Digital Designer  - - Professional Profile Skilled Digital Designer with a unique blend of creativity and technical experience developing new websites, creating short videos, designing motion graphics and still graphics . With a B-Tech in E-Commerce and a Masters in Big Data Analytics and detailed knowledge of Adobe Suite, WordPress CMS and PowerBI software. I have built a reputation for providing high quality websites and graphics for a range of industries, including Zimbabwe government ministries and departments. I take the time to build strong personal relationships with stakeholders and carry out tasks to high standards, to produce attractive and functional work for employers and clients. Core Skills • • • • • Problem solving Creativity Adobe suite Video editing Social Media Analytics • • • • • Team building Flexibility Web design Graphic design Digital & Offline Marketing Career Summary Jan 2016 - Present Government Internet Service Provider (G.I.S.P), Harare, Zimbabwe Digital Designer Outline Utilizing a broad array of skills, talents and experience in multifunctional roles at G.I.S.P, a Zimbabwe Government run company. Key Responsibilities • Creating, managing, and producing digital design solutions for a variety of uses: websites, product graphics, email templates, social media graphics, brand campaigns, and photography. • Creating attractive and functional websites and brand identity items eg logos with a focus on user experience • Attending client briefs, making notes and providing input from creative viewpoint • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver designs that are creative, useful, and align with technical and brand standards • Supporting a team of 15 creative professionals • Managed and designed online and print catalogs project including printing and distribution with budgets of up to $500,000+ annually • Providing high quality retouching, cleaning and editing of client videos, images and photography • Creating reports, dashboards, and other visualisations in PowerBI on data to provide insights to management in support of decision-making efforts • Drafting manuals to help employees use computer systems and studying current practices then design modifications. • Creating email designs for newsletter applications and coordinating the creation of email templates in HTML Key Achievements • Oversaw the work of an entire design team of 5 individuals, for zim.gov.zw website design project for the Zimbabwe government. • Consistently delivered innovative design solutions in a faced-paced environment with minimal staff and numerous revisions. • Consistently met deadlines for all creative work between the years 2016 to 2022 Page 1 Apr 2017 - Present Jackrite Enterprises Graphic Designer | Web Designer | Marketing Assistant Key Responsibilities • Data analytics on social media data to inform Ministry decisions i.e collect, analyze, and report on data to meet ministry needs • Responsible for the planning, management and delivery of design projects from concept through completion • Designing and producing in-store signs, magazine ads, flyers, business cards, coupons and banners. • Developing marketing strategies, conducting research and analysis, looking out for new opportunities and trends, and coordinating with advertisers • Creating reports, dashboards, and other visualisations on data associated with customers, market economics, and more to provide insights to senior management in support of decision-making efforts • Designing, developing, maintaining, and troubleshooting clients’ websites May 2014 - Nov 2015 WebDev Internet Cafe Assistant Outline Managed the day-to-day activities and kept proper daily records of operations. Prepared comprehensive monthly reports for the cafe. Ensured that users are welcomed, helped, and provided with a safe and suitable equipped environment. Helped provide basic computer or Internet assistance to clients and, provided a range of facilities such as downloading, printing and scanning. Education • • • Masters in Big Data Analytics | Chinhoyi University of Technology Bachelor of Technology Honours Degree in Electronic Commerce | Harare Institute of Technology Higher and Tertiary Education Instructor Certificate | Harare Institute of Technology Additional Software Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite, PowerPoint, PowerBI , Microsoft Windows, Slack, Google Sheets, Microsoft Teams, Navicat Programming Languages HTML, SQL, CSS, Javascript, Python Volunteering: Care Assistant @ Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals Social Media Consultant @ I Care You Care Trust Page 2