About

Turning ideas into solutions across
pages, screens and brands.

Turning ideas into solutions across pages, screens and brands.

Turning ideas into solutions across pages, screens and brands.

Ruann Esterhuysen smiling against a mountain backdrop.

Ruann Esterhuysen

Ruann Esterhuysen smiling against a mountain backdrop.

Ruann Esterhuysen

I'm a little obsessed with design — a designer and artist at heart, curious about how things work and how they can change for the better. But I've always been drawn to business and entrepreneurship: how things get built, sold, and made to work in the real world. Visual communication design is where those two worlds meet.

I'm a little obsessed with design. I'm a designer and artist at heart — curious about how things work and how they can change for the better. But I've always been drawn to business and entrepreneurship: how things get built, sold, and made to work in the real world. Visual communication design is where those two worlds meet.

I'm a little obsessed with design. I'm a designer and artist at heart — curious about how things work and how they can change for the better. But I've always been drawn to business and entrepreneurship: how things get built, sold, and made to work in the real world. Visual communication design is where those two worlds meet.

Skills

Information Design

Information Design

Brand Strategy

Brand Strategy

Typography

Typography

Packaging Design

Packaging Design

Copywriting

Copywriting

Design Research

Design Research

UX & UI Design

UX & UI Design

Motion Design

Motion Design

HTML & CSS

HTML & CSS

Tools

InDesign

InDesign

Illustrator

Illustrator

Photoshop

Photoshop

After Effects

After Effects

Figma

Figma

Generative AI

Generative AI

Blender

Blender

VS Code

VS Code

I'm as interested in how
a brand works as how it looks.

Approach

I work at the intersection of brand and business strategy: how a brand speaks, how it scales and how it connects.

I'm focused on building visual and brand systems that solve real business problems, across print, digital and physical environments. I design with accessibility, inclusivity and sustainability in mind — to make things better for everyone.

Experience

Marketing Design Intern
27four Investment Managers
Sep 2023 — Sep 2024

Intern under the Brand Marketing Manager at a diversified investment management group with 75 employees across two offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Supported branding and marketing projects from ideation to execution. Work spanned print, digital and motion — from client-facing event materials for 1,500+ attendees to automating monthly publications, cutting production time by 85%.

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See my work,
or get in touch.

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Contact →

See my work,
or get in touch.

View case studies →

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