Capabilities Deck

1. James Ngara
Capabilities Deck
James Ngara
Creative | Marketing Designer
1950 Blanshard st, Victoria, BC.
web: www.doxavis.com
e: mbugusj@gmail.com
tel: 1-778-679-8857
2021/Dec

2. Hi there!
I'm a well-rounded, emotionally intelligent Creative professional and Marketing
Designer with four years competence in technical problem-solving ranging from
Digital Marketing, and Technology, to communication, and Project Coordination.
Additionally, I have two years exposure to Customer service, and Client success.
You can always expect me to go over and beyond in order to produce great results!
Please visit my website Doxavis.com for a more visual experience of my work
Doxavis

3. Nice to e-meet you.

4. Let’s see some of
my relevant
design work
Partial Project List
 BC Public Service
 CL Web Developers
 Jetstream Agency
 WITS Programs Foundation

5. DIGITAL GAPHICS DESIGN competition
BC Public Service
Role - Digital Graphic Designer
I was screened through to the technical assessment
stage of the Digital Graphic Designer competition
and was required to design social media graphics,
and a reel, basing my designs on social media posts/
reels that are consistent with the look and feel for
government social media.
Program used
Illustrator - used this for graphic design
Adobe XD - for responsive mock ups
Canva, Photoshop - photo editing
After Effects - For animation
1:1" General Gov. Announcement post

6. 16:9" General Gov. Announcement post
BC Public Service

7. Process
I designed branded icons and branded the BC map,
and used appropriate font to match that of the BC
Public Service style. I used strong big text that's
readable and tested the colours for accessibility
using the WCAG 2.0 contrast checker.
9:16" General Gov. Announcement post
BC Public Service

8. DIGITAL GAPHICS DESIGN competition
BC Public Service
Task - Technical Assessment Details
Part of this task was to provide 2 separate but
similarly branded social media posts. A questions
and answer carousel, and a government
announcement post that encourages people to
download the BC Foundry App.
Outcome
Clean, readable, BC Public Service branded post
that can be used across different devices,
including mobile (social media and web) as well
as could be printed.

10. Landing Page Design
Personal Project
Role - Marketing Designer
My goal on this project was to re-imagine the world
through the lens of an educator in tech and develop
a clean, modern, simple but captivating landing
page that would encourage the audience to desire
using AR/VR technology in studying.
Program used
Illustrator - used this for the design
Adobe XD - for responsive mock ups
Canva, Photoshop - photo editing

11. LOGO DESIGN
CL Web Developers
Role - Graphic Designer
My role was to develop a clean modern, simple but
edgy professional dental technician logo. I handled
all the design aspects of this project.
Program used
Illustrator - used this for the design
Adobe XD - for responsive mock ups
Canva, Photoshop - photo editing
Adobe premier pro and After effects to edit video
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12. BRAND IDENTITY
Ideation process
Took the client through discovery and ideation,
conducted brand research, paper sketching, and I
developed the design from concept to finish.
Process
Outcome
Delivered a modern, classy, edgy logo that stands
out from the clients competitors. Provided letter
head and developed a brand guideline for Jet Lab

13. Logo application mock-up
and Brand guideline
BRAND GUIDELINE
• Developed great trust with the client
• Nailed the logo design on the first iteration
• Gained more experience in brand identity and design
Achievements

14. DIGITAL MARKETING
Jetstream
Role - Marketing Designer
My role was to design a click through landing
page in Unbounce for one of Jetstream clients
Adobe XD - for initial mock up
Canva - photo editing and gif creation
Unbounce - for design & publishing the page
Illustrator - used this for custom a canvas design
Programs used
Doxavis

15. Jetstream
I custom designed seamless background for the page
LANDING PAGE DESIGN
Process
Conducted niche research.
Curated copy, and performed QA testing.
The client provided a library of images that I
sorted out and implemented on the design,
taking it from concept to publish on Unbounce.
Outcome
Happy client and satisfied client.
Delivered a clean, simple mobile friendly,
responsive click through landing page to drive
traffic to Moon Raven's eCommerce site.
Doxavis

16. Jetstream
Achievements
• Delivered a neat piece of work without
compromising time, quality, or cost of
production.
• Learned using unbounce for eCommerce
marketing.
• Provided unique design by creating a custom
Viking theme canvas rather than using stock.
CLICK THROUGH MARKETING
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17. ReStore
eCOMMERCE MARKETING
Process
My role here was to perform product shots
and prepare quality images to be used on the
stores on-online shop. This required me to
design a small light-box studio in the physical
location, where I performed the photo shots,
and later on processed the images in Canva
before uploading on Square.
Outcome
Increased their on-line sales on antiques,
jewelry and small unique items. I established a
solid workflow for producing quality product
shots for the on-line sore.

18. Pink Shirt Day
Car decal design for the 2021 Pink Shirt Day
ROLE - Communication & Design Coordinator
Reporting to the transition manager, I was in
charge of delivering a package of various
branded assets and content for the WITS
Restart- 2.0 project.
This included the Pink Shirt Day car decal
design. I handled all the design elements of the
car decal including cost of production
negotiations with local vendor.
Programs used
Canva - for application mock ups
Illustrator & Photoshop - custom decal design.
BRAND IDENTITY
Doxavis

19. Process
Ideation and Iteration.
Designed the branded assets, including WITSup
avatar, ensured accurate placement of elements,
and packaged final files for print.
I coordinated the production of the final car decal
through 'Better Print' a local service provider.
Outcome
Delivered branded materials for the successful
launch of the
2021 Pink Shirt Day event. In a duration of a
week, I took the car decal design from concept to
approval and print.
Car decal iteration process
Asset mock-up, and
application
BRAND IDENTITY
WITS walrus mascot

20. • I worked on re-designing the Pink Shirt Day site
• In charge of designing the WITS brand guide
• Designed over four of the WITS Program posters
• Created and animated illustrations for video
BRANDING
WITS branded assets
WITSup avatar 2.0
WITS Brand system
Re-designed Pink Shirt Day website
WITS program poster
Animation video production
View More Animation
Programs used
Pink Shirt Day website - WordPress
WITS Programs posters - XD, Canva, Illustrator
WITS brand system document - I designed this in
Adobe XD
Animation video production - Character animator,
Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier pro, After Effects,
published on Vimeo.

21. Outcome
Designed this infographic for WITS to share with
their audience and stakeholders, highlighting the
success of the 2021 Pink Shirt Day on-line event
and giving an overview of their social media
engagement about the event.
BRANDING
Pink Shirt Day Infographic
• Learned creating car decals and project coordination with sub
contractors
• I learned about WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards, and how to
apply them on the WITS video content as well as the website
Achievements

22. WITS Social Media
CONTENT CREATION
ROLE - Communication & Design Coordinator
I was in charge of the production of video, and
multimedia files on the WITS programs
foundation's owned Social media platforms,
under the direction of the transition manager.
I also coordinated usage of French captions
and body copy for the social posts.
Programs used
Canva - social media posts and layouts
Illustrator & Photoshop - custom designs
SM platforms
Tiwtter
Facebook
Instagram

23. CL Web Developers
ANIMATION
ROLE - Design and Animation
My task is to develop motion graphic
animation of a jet flying through the screen
when a user lands on the Jetlab website(in
beta). I handled all the design aspects of this
project including the homepage design.
Illustrator - vector shaping
Photoshop - image editing
Adobe XD - Homepage mock-up
After Effects - Create animation of
procedural clouds, and jet.
Media encoder - Rendering out final output
Programs used
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24. CL Web Developers
WEB DESIGN
ROLE - Web Designer
My task here is to design a horizontally
scrolled Homepage that include animated
graphics, as well as animated logo. The
target audience being dental technicians.
The design should include brand colours,
logo and clear layout of content that's
simple to read.
Programs used
Illustrator - vector shaping
Adobe XD - Homepage mock-up
After Effects - logo animation.
Media encoder - Rendering out final output
Doxavis

25. Process
Using some jet references, I created a mood-
board and developed the idea to fruition on
Illustrator. I created different layers of the jet in
order for easy application of effects on After
effects.
I used key frame process to animate the jet, and
used particle system to create procedural
realistic animated clouds.
CL Web Developers
DESIGN AND ANIMATION

26. CASE STUDIES
Esquimalt Eco Tours
CLIENT
Esquimaltecotours
DELIVERABLES
Web re-design
SEO and Google analytics
Ad-Words account setup
Integrating & configuring CTA tactics
Landing page & Mail-chimp marketing
CHALLENGE
EsquimaltEcoTours wanted to improve
their existing website look and increase their
on-line precense and revenue.
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27. Before
Upgraded
Website
CASE STUDIES
After

28. Mock-up
CASE STUDIES
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29. Impact by the numbers after launch
6%
REDUCED BOUNCE RATE
4k
PAGE VIEWS IN MONTH SIX
1300
GAINED USERS IN MONTH SIX
2%
INCREASED DOMAIN AUTHORITY
4%
INCREASED GOOGLE PAGE SPEED
3%
INCREASED PAGE AUTHORITY
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CASE STUDIES
Esquimalt Eco Tours

30. CASE STUDIES
Esquimalt Eco Tours
Marketing materials
OUTCOME
Delivered a brand new website with clear
branding , landing page templates, increased
traffic, and repositioned Esquimalt Eco Tours as
one of the best Scuba Diving service provider
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31. What do people say
about James Ngara ?
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32. TESTIMONIALS
"We hired James to help develop three dimensional graphic
assets and explore different methods to achieve our desired
outcomes with those assets. He also had a great work ethic
and care for the work he did, and was always a pleasure to
work with. On time, on schedule, and always went the extra
mile."
“
Charles Lavigne
CEO LlamaZOO
Doxavis

33. James has volunteered and worked with the Victoria Hand Project since February, 2019.
During this time, James has worked on various tasks such as graphic design, instruction
manual creation, video editing, photogrammetry, and even some CAD work. James
showed his strong work ethic on these projects, and would always have a creative take
on the tasks at-hand. James also helped the Victoria Hand Project expand our operations
to Kenya. He communicated with the partners in Kenya leading up to the project to help
find potential patients, and assemble a team that we could work with. James and I
traveled to Kenya in February, 2020, where we conducted end-to-end training on how to
manufacture 3D printed prosthetic arms. He was a huge help during training. James is a
pleasure to have on the team!
“
Michael Peirone
COO Victoria Hand Project
TESTIMONIALS
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34. Design Digital Creative Animation
ZBrush
Unity 3D Meshmixer
Fusion 360 Agisoft
Metashape
Substance Painter
Substance Designer
Canva
Unbounce
WordPress
Google analytics
Adobe Premier-pro
Facebook Ads manager
Office 365
Adobe-XD
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Creative cloud
Powtoon
After Effects
Autodesk Maya
Character animator
My Tool - set
2018 Nov - 2021 Dec
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