Jeremy Sealy-Fisher

After many years of experience in a wide range of design fields, Jeremy has worked with hundreds of clients. Ranging from small local charities all the way to major multi-national corporations and offering services from desktop publishing to full brand development; his adaptive design methods strongly follow the “learn, unlearn, relearn” philosophy to stay ahead in a varied and ever-changing design market.

Experience

Working a freelancer and contractor for most of his career, Jeremy started out in a small design collective working on local brands and start-up businesses. He soon moved to Johannesburg and became a mainstay for the talent agency Ad-talent as a “crisis designer”. Dispatched to various design agencies suffering from a severe overflow of work as a sort of “fixer” to deal with high pressure work with tight deadlines. Eventually he was recruited by the multi-award-winning presentation think-tank Missing Link as a senior designer. He applied his adaptive design thinking to presentation design, often working with C-suite teams to develop strategies and execute their high-profile corporate conferences. Before joining Pulsar, he worked as a freelancer with his own company Eye to Mind Design, continuing as the go-to designer for clients that needed high-pressure work done right.

Key attributes

Adaptive design:  Being a sort of designer “gun-for-hire”, Jeremy uses solid design principles to adapt to client’s needs. But instead of simple versatility, he makes sure that methods are developed for clients to apply going forward, so that a crisis stays solved.

‍Methodological:  Following the “form follows function” school of thought, he believes that if you form solid methods, you form the framework for solid solutions. Instead of simply patching up a problem Jeremy strives to make good design consistently replicable by giving clients the tools they need to make sure they can send the message they want.

‍Pro push-back: “If someone pays for your expertise, why would you give them something you know won’t work?” With his diverse experience, Jeremy prioritises client’s effective needs over giving them something that they want but is ineffective. He strongly believes a true professional should be trusted to reach the best solution even if it means disagreeing.  

More about Jeremy

He has a love for nature and wildlife. As such, his online meetings are sometimes interrupted by wild birds, knocking on his window, looking for treats.

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