Daaandrey Steyn

A learning designer with a unique constellation of skills. 

UNI4 ONLINE
Cape-Town/Pertoria, South Africa
Jun 2022 - Present
LEARNING DESIGNER

• Use learning/instructional design principles to develop learning content, activities, toolkits, and other ancillary resources.
• Interpret technical materials for learning purposes.
• Engage, consult with, manage, and collaborate with SMEs across the development process.
• Create rich media course content in collaboration with creative media contractors and SMEs (video, written
• content, audio, dynamic and static visual assets, infographics, etc.).
• Quality-check coursework for clarity, flow, accuracy, usability, and accessibility.

CTU TRAINING SOLUTIONS
Pertoria, South Africa
Oct 2021 - May 2022
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER

• Utilise learning/instructional design principles to develop workshop materials, including learning content, activities, toolkits, and other ancillary resources.
• Interpret technical materials for the purpose of learning.
• Engage in consultation, management, and collaboration with SMEs throughout the development process.
• Collaboratively create rich media course content with creative media contractors and SMEs, incorporating video, written content, audio, dynamic and static visual assets, infographics, etc.
• Thoroughly assess coursework for clarity, flow, accuracy, usability, and accessibility.

CTU TRAINING SOLUTIONS
Pertoria, South Africa
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
GRAPHIC DESIGN & VISUAL COMMUNICATION FACILITATOR
Lectured modules:

• Design Practice 1A
• Graphic Design Application
• Design programs - Photoshop & Premiere Pro
• Drawing Fundamentals
• Drawing Application
• Principles of Drawing B
• Principles of Photography
• Principles of Marketing 2
• English Communication.

PEARSON INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Midrand, South Africa
Jul 2019 - Jan 2020
PROGRAMME CONVENER GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Ensuring the quality and appropriate standards of course materials and assessments.
• Engaging in curriculum development, which involves planning, designing, and creating student and lecturer
  guides, formative and summative assessments, as well as class materials.
• Timely and effective identification of at-risk students, providing student support related to module outcomes,
  and collaborating with other support staff.
• Administrative duties associated with teaching, such as tracking academic progress and student attendance.
  Holding a leadership role in the creative arts department, overseeing both staff and students at the Midrand
  campus, and ensuring that the curriculum is implemented in accordance with the institute’s rules.

PEARSON INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Midrand, South Africa
Apr 2016 - Jan 2020
SENIOR LECTURER
Lectured modules: 

• Visual Literacy III, (dissertation writing)
• History of Graphic Design III
• History of Graphic Design II
• Drawing for Graphic Design III (focusing on digital illustration/drawing and digital image manipulation) 
• Drawing for Graphic Design II (focusing on digital illustration/drawing and digital image manipulation)
• Drawing for Graphic Design I, (focusing on traditional drawing skills)
• Storyboards
• Introduction to Graphic Design.

Additional Responsibilities: Curriculum and Course development. Module lead at a national level.


UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (UNISA)
DEPARTMENT OF ART HISTORY, VISUAL ARTS AND MUSICOLOGY
Pertoria, South Africa
Aug 2014 - Mar 2016
MULTIMEDIA LAB ADMINISTRATOR AND TUTOR
 

• Facilitate FRM - Film and Recorded Media.
• Facilitate TDM - Two-Dimensional Media.
• Evaluation and grading of undergraduate exit-level theory papers.
• Tutorial and Workshop presentation in digital applications in contemporary art.
• Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Computer lab.

THE DESIGN SCHOOL SOUTH AFRICA (DSSA)
Pertoria, South Africa
Jun 2012 - Jul 2014
SENIOR LECTURER
Lectured modules: 

• Art Design Theory and Research (extended essay writing)
• Art Design Theory and Researc (art history)
• Basic Drawing 
• Figure Drawing
• Commercial Art - Photoshop & Illustrator training.

Additional Responsibilities: Course Development.

I hold a Masters Degree in Fine Arts with a specialisation in digital media. 

I have also obtained Adobe Certified Associate in Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop as well as Adobe Premiere Pro in 2020. 

I have also completed several courses in Learning Design as well as using the Articulate 360 Suite.