Build client relationships
Find prospective customers through B2B sales, networking and referrals. Understand their needs, present suitable services and stay involved through client follow-up and account management.
Cape Town · Available immediately
ANSUNEL
STRAUSS.
Client relationships. Business development.
Creative delivery.
I help businesses understand what their clients need, present suitable solutions and bring the right people together to deliver the work.
My background combines B2B sales, client service, graphic design and running Enchanted Brands Studio. I bring an understanding of both the customer relationship and the practical work that follows.
I enjoy making useful connections, finding a way through a problem and contributing to a team.
How I make a difference
PEOPLE.
IDEAS.
FOLLOW-THROUGH.
Good work starts with understanding people. I can help with the first client conversation, the proposal, the creative brief and the coordination that follows. My sales and design experience lets me see both what a customer needs and what it takes to deliver it.
Turn a need into a clear brief
Help clients explain what they need, then prepare practical briefs, quotations and proposals so creatives and suppliers have a clear starting point.
Keep the work moving
Coordinate clients, creatives and suppliers through feedback, approvals, production and delivery. When an order or query needs attention, focus on a practical solution first.
Keep the brand consistent
Create brand identities, guidelines and graphic design for print, signage, packaging and digital use, with attention to how the artwork will be produced.
Experience in practice
THE RELATIONSHIP.
AND THE WORK.
Three examples of how my sales, service and creative responsibilities come together.
Enchanted Brands Studio
From client brief to branded materials
Clients need their ideas turned into practical brand applications, often involving more than one specialist.
I handle client conversations, quotations and proposals, contribute design work, and coordinate creative and production suppliers.
Work delivered Brand identities, print, signage and promotional items, including gazebos and banners.
Ambience Guest Amenities
Connecting customer orders and production
Personalised guest-amenity orders needed the customer details, artwork, production and dispatch to come together.
I took and placed orders, designed personalised packaging, checked order completion, booked couriers and followed up delivery queries.
My contribution Customer service and order administration alongside hands-on artwork and production coordination.
VeriCred Collections
Developing business through relationships
The role combined looking after an existing client book with finding new business.
I built my own prospect database, drew on relationships from medical-sector sales, presented the service and followed up with clients.
My contribution Prospecting and client account management, with much of the relationship-building done in person.
My experience
SALES.
CLIENT SERVICE.
CREATIVE WORK.
From medical-sector sales to running a branding studio, working with people has been the thread through my career.
National Diploma in Graphic Design
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville
Completed 2010
Founder & Brand Custodian
Enchanted Brands Studio, formerly Design Fusion · Cape Town
Find and support clients, prepare briefs, proposals and pricing, and coordinate creatives and suppliers across brand, print and signage projects.
Accounts Clerk
IP Labs Communications, trading as IP Comms · Cape Town
Accounts records and supporting documents in a fixed-term, half-day role while establishing the studio.
Sales Representative
VeriCred Collections · Bellville and Cape Town
Managed an existing client book and developed new business through outreach, networking and medical-sector relationships. Presented services and followed up with clients.
Sales Representative
Respo Care · Centurion
Built relationships with doctors, practices and reception teams; handled queries, reports, deliveries and product training.
Graphic Designer & Sales Administration Assistant
Ambience Guest Amenities · Midrand
Handled customer orders, personalised artwork, production coordination, courier bookings and delivery queries.
Sales Executive
Homewood · Lynnwood, Pretoria
Furniture sales, customer orders and factory liaison on custom designs and repairs.
Office Administrator & Sales Representative
Oxygen and General · Cape Town
Medical-sector sales and patient service, including equipment setup, demonstrations, deliveries, stock and administration.
Bridal, design & customer-facing roles
Newton and Strauss Bridal Design Studio, Bride and Co, and Scarlett Fashions
Customer consultations, sales, promotional artwork and administration. Full career history is included in my PDF CV.
Selected creative work
THE DESIGN SIDE
OF MY WORK.
Design is a practical strength I bring to client conversations and project decisions. Explore the identities, print materials and brand applications below, with my contribution explained in each case study.
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Marks I have designed
MORE BRANDS.
DISTINCT SIGNATURES.
Running a business
FROM THE FIRST
CONVERSATION
TO DELIVERY.
I started Design Fusion in 2022. It is now Enchanted Brands Studio, bringing together my own design work and a network of creative and production specialists. I handle client relationships, quotations, proposals and coordination, usually looking after around four or five clients at a time, depending on the work involved.
I'm looking for a permanent role where I can build relationships and contribute as part of a team. My responsibilities to an employer would take priority, with any Enchanted activity limited to approved after-hours work.
For studio projects, visit EnchantedWhat I bring
PRACTICAL SKILLS.
CREATIVE KNOW-HOW.
Clients & sales
B2B sales · Business development · Client relationship management · Prospecting · Networking and referrals · Service presentations · Quotations and proposals · Customer service
Coordination
Client briefs · Project coordination · Supplier liaison · Feedback and approvals · Order administration · Print production coordination · Delivery follow-up
Creative
Brand identity · Layout · Print artwork · Packaging · Signage · Presentations · Social graphics · Brand consistency
Software
Adobe Illustrator · InDesign · Photoshop · Canva · Google Workspace · Microsoft Office and PowerPoint · Previous Sage experience
Let's talk
I'M READY FOR
THE RIGHT NEXT STEP.
Looking for someone who can build client relationships and coordinate the work behind them? I'm interested in client/account management, business development and creative project coordination roles where I can contribute to a team. Based in Kuils River, Cape Town, and available immediately.
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