Creative & Design Lead Johannesburg, South Africa

Zinzi
Mbola.

Creative leader with 10+ years of experience delivering digital campaigns and brand experiences across leading global and consumer-facing brands.

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About

Creative leadership
built on craft.

A decade of experience driving high-impact visual and digital solutions across global brands. I move between strategy and execution - translating business objectives into design systems that scale, campaigns that convert, and brands that endure.

From agency floors at TBWA, Joe Public and Cheil, to heading creative at Core Group - I've built teams, reduced costs, improved processes and launched brands people actually notice.

10+ Years experience

12+ Designers led

30% Output gain

20% Agency cost reduction

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Core Group Head of Creative March 2023 – Present Apple · Nintendo · DJI · Microsoft · GoPro · Ultrahuman · Pure Electric

Cheil South Africa Senior UI Designer August 2020 – February 2023 Samsung

Joe Public United Motion Graphic Designer February 2018 – March 2019 Cell C · Anglo American

TBWA Hunt Lascaris Digital Designer October 2016 – January 2018 MTN · Standard Bank · Nissan

EDiMPRESSION Junior Graphic Designer November 2014 – September 2016 FNB · Simba · Rennie

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite Figma After Effects Premiere Pro Keynote Microsoft Office LMS Platforms