Hi, I’m Rian Coetzee. I'm an aspiring and motivated web developer. I'm hard working, creative, aesthetically minded and passionate about web development. I enjoy learning new skills and are a problem solver. My main concentration is in Javascript, node.js, react, express, next and jsx. I also have a great interest in swift(Xcode). I started my career in Media as a Video Editor. Doing Video production, music and sound engineering brought me much self discipline. Coding is the way forward though.
High School & DTP Graphic Design 1998 -2000 I finished my National Certificate in Richards Bay, KZN. After finishing my NQF4 I studied DTP and Graphic Design at a Company called Hirt & Carter in Durban. The course was for one year, we covered Adobe Suite. Photoshop, Quark Express, Illustrator and some theory of typography and colors. 1998-2000.
Multi Media in Durban 2000-2001
I continued studying at Durban Multi-Media Tech where I learned how to use Adobe Premier, Maya 3d Studio, Adobe Director, Premier, Macromedia Wavelab and the techniques used for Multi-Media design. When I finished the course I traveled to Israel. I love travelling and experiencing different cultures. In Israel I worked in a Kibbutz. The Kibbutz made soap, I travelled and lived in Israel for one year.
Sound Engineering Cape Town 2002-2003
When I came back to South Africa I continued studying in Cape Town while working at a Restaurant as waiter. I studied Sound Engineering, I’m a musician and studied music also. I play the bass guitar and also classical guitar and electric guitar. I started learning to play the Cello and keyboard. In the Studio we learned to record bands. It taught us the process of doing live recordings and layering the recording process. How a patch-bay works, cables, mics, sound equipment and studio musician sessions.
Video Editing/Graphic Design, FotoFirst - Middelburg 2002-2003 I got my first Job as a Video Editor in a Photography Studio in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. I specialized in editing Safety Videos for the Mining Industry.My daily activities was to plan, put together and produce professional quality Induction, Safety and other media. I worked as video editor and graphic designer for 2 years.
Sound Room, Legal TV - Birmingham 2003-2005 In the UK I did many odd jobs like gardening, kitchen work, Barman/Waiter and even gave out pamphlets to pay my rent. I struggled to get a job in media. After I almost gave up, I got a job at a TV studio as Sound man. The TV studio’s name was Legal TV. I worked there as a Camera Operator sometimes and also in the Sound Room as Sound Engineer. The studio broadcasted on SKY TV. My job was to do the sound for live talk Shows. I also had to make recordings on DVD of the Audio and Video tracks which is then kept by the studio and the presenters for their portfolio and so on. I also started doing Web Design in an online Course from a London Company called Redwood College, I was almost finished with my Web design course when I found this job.
Freelancing Wedding Videos and 2005-ongoing I came back from England in 2005 and then I struggled to get a job in the field of my studies, I didn’t finish the Web Design Course at that time when I was in Birmingham. I came back to South Africa, Sabie, Mpumalanga and worked with my family in the Spar Supermarket. I mainly had to do paperwork and Goods Received Voucher processing.
I then started Freelancing in Video Editing and Videography. I did some Wedding Videos and here and there I helped some friends with a Joomla websites and creating Party Videos. I also joined a band and used Apple Logic, Motion and Final Cut Pro for most of the Sound recording and Video Productions. I did some local gigs in Nelspruit area in a 3 piece band(‘Mindswitch’ was the bands name). Currently I'm working as a Manager at a Restaurant in Sabie. I decided to do a Bootcamp in Web Development at HyperionDev and hope to get a job in the field of Web Development.