Kegan Wilkinson

A driven and solutions-oriented Senior Clothing and Graphic Designer with ten years' experience in the Retail Clothing Sector in South Africa, Kegan Micheal Wilkinson advances specialized knowledge of graphic design, team leadership and commercial insight in all areas of the graphic design production process.
Currently working with the K-way design team at cape union mart, He has also worked as the Head Designer at Mr. Price's Apparel Division, Kegan's career track record guarantees consistent year-on-year revenue growth and gross profit performance for the companies he works at. Servicing premium clients in the South African market, Kegan leads cross-functional teams in both the creative process and client management to cultivate solid working relationships and design solutions. He successfully aligns art direction and delivery with brand strategy ensuring executive-level professionalism in all projects completed.
Offering sector expertise, extensive design application and communication talent, Kegan is an asset to an established organization within the UK territory.

KEY CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Cape Union Mart International (Pty) Ltd. K-way:

• Was Tasked to redesign the Lifestyle customer. I touched on every aspect of how our customer was, re-developed trims and labels, re-looked at our handwriting for Tshirt design by leading graphic designer in the new vision for the branded tees by leading her design flow and giving examples of work and fine-tuning her work to achieve the desired look, then presented to the Department director and got sign off

Mr. Price Group Ltd Mr. Price Apparel:

• Delivered a 17% YOY increase in revenue performance and a 56% GP growth for the Red brand, and an 11% YOY increase and a 7% GP growth for the Red X brand by developing a better end-product in quality compared to value and design in order to capture a greater market share [2015 to Date]
• Red voted one of South Africa's Most Loved Brands in The Nielsen Total Audience Report [2016]

Oh Two Clothing (Pty) Ltd:

• Spearheaded the Design Team to successfully grow the Inhouse label contracts for Bad Boy, Gotcha, Lost, Koki, le Coq, Joe Blikzem and Land Rover Clothing South Africa.