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About.

now

Martin Jacobs is a highly experienced and passionate freelance creative director, stylist and graphic designer available
to work, or collaborate, with you.

 

With over eighteen years experience on international and local market-leading titles at the forefront of the media industry, Martin is a dynamic professional meticulous in matters of attention
to detail, whilst equally capable
of seeing the bigger picture.

He is proficient at managing productions from concept to completion, and a content creator adept at conveying a coherent message through the sophisticated and strategic combination of images and words.

Martin has a love for, and deep appreciation of, interior and product design, architecture, art, food and travel. This focused passion has lead him to spend a large part of his magazine career strategising and creating for interior and lifestyle titles. Martin lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.

then

Martin Jacobs served as the Creative Director of South African
Condé Nast House&Garden
as well as of Condé Nast Gourmet and of the Design Directory magazines from late 2011 until 2019. These years
were his second period at Condé Nast Independent Magazines, having previously worked for the company in 2004 as Assistant
Art Director on the launch of
Glamour magazine. 

 

Martin has been involved in a number of magazine launches,
the most recent being Condé
Nast Gourmet
magazine where

he was instrumental in its

creative vision. Similarly,
he was involved from the start on Media24's
Men's Health
Best Life
magazine and acted
as Art Director until its closure in 2009. In the years following that, and prior to joining the Condé Nast House&Garden team, he served as Art Director on
Marie Claire magazine at Associated Magazines, having previously worked for the company on
House & Leisure magazine.

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 January 2019 

 – September 2011 

Creative Director

Condé Nast House&Garden magazine

Condé Nast Gourmet magazine

Design Directory magazine

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Condé Nast Independent Magazines

 August 2011 

 – May 2009 

Art Director

Marie Claire magazine

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Associated Magazines

 April 2009 

 – April 2007 

Art Director

Men's Health Best Life magazine

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Touchline Media

 March 2007 

 – October 2004 

Senior Designer

House & Leisure magazine

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Associated Magazines

 September 2004 

 – September 2003 

Associate Art Director

Glamour magazine

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Condé Nast Independent Magazines

 August 2003 

 – January 2002 

Art Director

Wicked magazine

–––

Style Lab

 August 2003 

 – January 2002 

 (freelance) 

Art Director

Cape Etc magazine

–––

Inyati Publishing

 December 2001 

 – January 2001 

Senior Designer

SA Motorsport magazine

–––

Strobe Communications

 December 2000 

 – May 1999 

Teacher in Graphic Design and History
of Art

–––

Herzlia Senior

High School

curriculum vitae

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