Cape Town · Available for fractional & project work

Your UX design team — in one person.

UX, visual design, branding, newsletters, articles and content marketing — senior-level work for mission-driven organisations. AI-accelerated, at a fraction of agency cost.

Receipts, not adjectives

Proof it works

15–20

Countries · Jembi

Open-source and project outputs I designed for a global health non-profit, deployed across its network.

8–9×

Cheaper · Tshemba

Replaced an agency charging 8–9× my monthly rate — with an equivalent service.

Award-winning

Accenture

A website intervention that measurably increased pension savings and helped people avoid unnecessary tax.

Trusted with the work for Accenture, Jembi and Tshemba.

One person, the whole function

What I do

Most small and mission-driven teams can't justify a full creative department — and an agency bleeds the budget on retainer. I'm the third option: one senior generalist, AI-accelerated, handling the lot.

Design

  • UX & product design
  • Visual design
  • Branding & identity

Words & content

  • Newsletters
  • Articles & long-form
  • LinkedIn content marketing

Light technical

  • Website builds & maintenance
  • Google Ads / AdWords
  • Ad-hoc digital fixes
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About

Hi, I'm Zane.

A creative generalist who cut his teeth at Accenture and then embedded with Jembi, a global health non-profit — designing, writing and shipping across 15–20 countries. Now I do that for mission-driven organisations directly: the range of an agency, the speed and cost of one person, with AI doing the heavy lifting in the background.

Based in Cape Town. Working with teams worldwide.

Let's talk

Need a creative team without the headcount?

Tell me what you're trying to ship. If I can help, I will — and if I can't, I'll point you to someone who can.

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