Hello there! Thank you for stopping by:)
My name is Senzo, and I love Jesus, creativity and its impact on making the world a better place.
I live in Johannesburg, South Africa where I'm currently the Digital Creative Director at The Odd Number. I have a Master's in Media Studies from Nelson Mandela University and my research looked at the impact of Arts Education on performance in maths and science. (I'm currently working on getting my PhD going👀).
In between that, I worked as an Art Director at Boomtown, from 2011 to 2017, founded a youth-based brand studio-slash-incubator in 2018 called Today Brand Studio, headed up the Graphic Design department and lectured Media & Brand Comms at Nelson Mandela University, was the Executive Creative Director at Conversation Lab, before joining my current agency (exhale).
If you'd like to find out anything else, please feel free to pop me a mail on senzohello@gmail.com
Work Experience:
The Odd Number (Digital Creative Director) | 2024 - present
Conversation Lab (Executive Creative Director) | 2022 - 2024
Nelson Mandela University (Head of Graphic Design, Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities Brand Manager) | 2017 - 2022
Today Brand Studio (Co-founder) | 2018
Boomtown (Art Director) | 2011 - 2017
Nelson Mandela University, Vega School of Branding & Tshwane University of Technology (Guest Lecturer) | 2013 - 2017
Awards and Achievements:
2023 Creative Circle Awards: Digital Communication 3rd Place for Youth Day Reimagined
2023 Bookmark Awards: Jury Chair of the Youth Action Panel
2022 Loerie Awards: Finalist for Online Radio for Conversation Lab Four Day Work Week
2021 D&AD Student Awards: Worldwide Portfolio Mentor
2020 D&AD Student Awards: Worldwide Portfolio Mentor
2020 Loerie Awards: Bronze for Student Instagram Challenge, (Lecturer)
2019 Pendoring Awards: 1 x Gold, Design Mixed Media, 1 x Craft Certificate, Typography, 1 x Craft Certificate, Writing for Design for Nelson Mandela University Amalaphu Obulumko
2019 MACE Awards: 1 x Bronze Award for Audio, Visual and Audio for Nelson Mandela University #MyJourney2Grad Video; 1 x Platinum Award (Category winner) for Campaigns & 1 x Bronze Award for Design for Printed Media for Nelson Mandela University Amalaphu Obulumko
2018 MACE Awards: 2 x Bronze, 1 x Gold, 1 x Special Award for Nelson Mandela University BH21 Conference Identity & Audio Visual Design
2018 Incoming graduate student to the Rhode Island School of Design (Masters in Teaching + Learning in Art + Design)
2016 Guest Speaker at The Wonder of Learning Seminar, Port Elizabeth
2015 First Recipient of Vega Star Wall Award
2012 EPICA Awards Bronze: B2B Direct Marketing for Aggreko Power
2012 Assegai Awards Bronze: Multiple Channel Campaign for Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
2011 Assegai Awards Inkosi Award: for Aggreko Power
2011 Assegai Awards Gold: Creative Solutions for Aggreko Power
2011 Assegai Awards Gold: 3D Media for Aggreko Power
2010 D&AD In Book Award: Outdoor Media for Metro, (student entry)
2010 Loerie Award, Bronze: Outdoor Media for Metro, (student entry)
2010 Pendoring Gold: Advertising – Above-the-line for Kick Racism, (student entry)
2010 Pendoring Gold: Truly South African – All Media for Kick Racism, (student entry)
2010 Pendoring Special Award: Overall Student Winner – Above-the-line for Kick Racism, (student entry)
2010 Mnet Vuka Awards: Best Animation Special Mention, (student entry)