CREATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM · v.2026

Designing systems
that think in product,
ship in clarity.

I design systems, products, and experiences that translate complexity into clarity.

OPERATORRANDBURG
Katleho Sekhoto
Creative Director · UI/UX Strategist · AI-Driven Product Thinker
18+
YRS
7
MARKETS
6
DOMAINS
// PROFILE.MODULE

A systems thinker designing across disciplines.

01 / MODULE
Katleho Sekhoto
OPERATOR · KATLEHO SEKHOTO
JHB · ZA

Eighteen years across multimedia, brand, fintech, banking, telecoms and AI-assisted product systems. I build creative operating systems for institutions and ideas — African-rooted, globally fluent.

Banking & Fintech
Capitec, BankservAfrica, PayShap
Telecom & Hardware
Huawei across 7 African markets
Media & Broadcast
CryptoBanter daily creative
Founder Track
Mokabuku · MzansiFam · Sekhoto Kin
"Imagination is a glimpse of the future."
// CAPABILITIES.MODULE

Six surfaces. One operating logic.

02 / MODULE
01

Brand Systems

Identity, naming, voice, visual language and the operating logic that keeps them coherent at scale.

02

Product & UX

Wireframes, prototypes, design systems and flows informed by global UX standards and local context.

03

AI-Native Design

Generative image, copy and asset pipelines that compress creative cycles without compromising craft.

04

Art Direction

Campaign creative, key visuals, motion, and editorial direction across markets and channels.

05

Digital Platforms

WordPress architecture, CMS integration, front-end, and lightweight modular delivery.

06

Market Strategy

Township and emerging-market thinking integrated with established corporate playbooks.

// SKILLS.HUD

Live capability readout.

03 / MODULE
12 / 16 INDEXED
96
Art Direction
DESIGN
18+ yrs across brand, campaign, motion.
92
UI / UX Systems
DESIGN
Figma, design tokens, component libraries.
94
Brand Development
STRATEGY
88
Product Thinking
STRATEGY
From concept to scaled deployment.
90
Strategic Design
STRATEGY
86
AI-Assisted Workflows
AI
Firefly, MidJourney, Google AI, GPT.
82
Generative Design
AI
95
Photoshop / Illustrator
PRODUCTION
84
After Effects / Premiere
PRODUCTION
72
Sound Production
PRODUCTION
93
Figma / Adobe XD
DESIGN
90
Prototyping
DESIGN
// 4 ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES LOCKED · REQUEST ACCESS
// WORK.ARCHIVE

Selected systems in production.

04 / MODULE
// 3 CASE FILES LOCKED · REQUEST ACCESS TO VIEW
// EXPERIENCE.TIMELINE

Eighteen years, one trajectory.

05 / MODULE
2023 — Now
Capitec Bank
Visual Communications

Agile creative delivery across five departments, reporting to head office, remote-first.

  • Wrike-based sprints
  • Exco showreels
  • Cross-team change management
2021 — 22
BankservAfrica · PayShap
Graphic Designer (PayShap)

Embedded with the PayShap Head of Marketing for South Africa's national payments launch.

  • Brand naming
  • Launch creative
  • Event content production
2021
Regal Distributors · CryptoBanter · Tsebo
Designer · Contract

Three short engagements: tender production, daily broadcast design, and corporate presentation systems.

2019 — 20
Telecoms (Senior)
Senior Graphic Designer

Strategy integration from print to digital, animation scripting, HTML emailers, smart-SMS.

2016 — 19
Huawei Technologies
Senior Graphic Designer · Studio Lead

Built the African internal creative studio. Scaled 1 → 7. Localized across seven markets.

  • Studio leadership
  • Huawei Fan Club
  • Cross-market campaigns
2010 — 16
Mokabuku Communications
Founder · Creative Director

Township-rooted agency. Brand, UI/UX, web, motion, sound and creative writing.

2007 — 08
Durrant & Viljoen · Bhubezi Printers
Junior → Mid Graphic Designer

Annual reports, packaging die-cuts, BTL and OOH illustration, preflight and print.

2005 — 07
The Auto Trader · Strategic Persuasions
Freelance DTP · Junior Designer

Magazine layout, print proofing, image retouching, concept development.

// PROTOTYPE.LAB

R&D, in controlled motion.

06 / MODULE
LIVE PRODUCT

MzansiFam

Family-first digital archive and communication platform.

PROTOTYPE

Sekhoto Kin Connect

Identity-aware lineage UX, designed for low-bandwidth Africa.

// 4 EXPERIMENTS UNDER NDA · REQUEST ACCESS
// CONTACT.CHANNEL

Open a channel.

07 / MODULE

For systems, products, brand and creative direction — I take a small number of engagements at a time.

STATUSACCEPTING BRIEFS
BASERandburg, Johannesburg
TIMEZONESAST · UTC+2
FORMATSRETAINER · SPRINT · ADVISORY
REMOTEGLOBAL