About

Hello, I'm Cosy.

Visual communications professional with nine years in the creative industry. Senior Designer at Argility Technology Group by day, founder of Weekly Innovations after hours. UCT-certified UX, NQF6 Diploma, and a fresh Brand Management course from Red & Yellow.

Based Tembisa, GP
Years in 9 (2016 → Now)
After hours Founder · Weekly Styles
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The short version.

Where the design and the operator both come from. Honest, not corporate.

I've been creative for as long as I can remember. As a kid, that often got me into trouble — drawing on desks and clothing whenever inspiration struck. The curiosity stayed. It just shaped who I am today.

As I got older, I channelled that into more meaningful work — sketching people, experimenting with design, eventually winning competitions and presentations. Along the way I figured out something just as important as design itself: communication. I naturally became the peacemaker in my circle — listening, connecting, expressing ideas clearly. That balance between creativity and communication is what defines me.

I went on to study Graphic Design at varsity, where everything I learned felt instinctively familiar — like I'd been preparing my whole life. After graduating, I stepped into my first role as a designer at Argility Technology Group, where I've spent nine years growing — developing visual identities, supporting brand communication, and learning how design supports strategy, not just aesthetics.

Alongside the day job, I started building Weekly Innovations in 2016 — what's now a four-venture group across creative, finance, automotive, and streetwear. The same eye for clarity that shapes my design work shapes the businesses too. Both lives feed each other.

Now I feel ready to step fully into both sides of who I am: designer and communicator. Eager to contribute through visuals — and through messaging, storytelling, and strategic thinking that connects brands with people in meaningful ways.

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Two lives,
one operator.

Designer by day. Founder after hours. Both sharper because they share the same eye.

By Day

Senior Designer

Argility Technology Group

Leading design across Cquential WMS, Fleet Domain, and ATG brand campaigns. Multi-channel campaigns lifted brand recognition by 80% over my tenure. Comfortable in the Adobe stack, fluent in WordPress + Elementor, confident from typesetting through to UX research.

After Hours

Founder, Weekly Innovations

Est. 2016 · Four ventures

Built Weekly Innovations as the umbrella for ventures solving overlooked-market problems — OneFee for fair short-term loans, Wheels & Daily Runner for accessible motoring, Styles for streetwear that reflects where we come from. Same operator, same standard, different audiences.

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What I actually do.

Five competencies that show up across every project — in the design work, in the ventures, in the day job.

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Graphic Design

The core craft. Logos, brand systems, print, digital, editorial — nine years of shipping production-ready work across every surface a brand touches.

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Visual Strategy

Brand identity, typography, layout systems, and infographics that turn complex briefs into clear visual stories.

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Digital & UX/UI

UX research, wireframes, prototypes, and web assets — UCT-certified, eight years of shipping with engineers.

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Marketing & Comms

Digital marketing strategy, social media content, and internal comms. Crisis communications when things get hot.

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Brand Management

Stakeholder liaison, brand guidelines, voice and tone development. Fresh from Red & Yellow short course in 2025.

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Storytelling

Communication is design. Whether it's a logo, a landing page, or a venture pitch — the story matters as much as the surface.

"That balance between creativity and communication is what defines me."
— Cosy Manaka, Founder
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Career, chronologically.

Where I am now, and the path that got me here. Includes the unglamorous early stops because they shaped how I work with people.

2016 → NowArgility

Senior Designer

  • Led conceptualisation and execution of multi-channel visual campaigns — increased brand recognition by 80% over the period
  • Design high-quality digital assets across social, email, and partner channels (Cquential, Fleet Domain, ATG)
  • Apply UX principles to website layouts and digital interfaces, improving user retention
  • Manage the full design lifecycle: brief → concept → production → handover, across print and digital
2016 → NowWeekly Innovations

Founder & Creative Director

  • Founded and run the umbrella group across four ventures — creative, finance, automotive, streetwear
  • Owns brand strategy, creative direction, and operational standards across the group
  • Solved a decade of overlooked market problems with design discipline applied to finance, retail, and lifestyle
2014 — 2015Boschveld College

End User Computing Tutor

  • Tutored EUC students alongside studies — sharpened communication, teaching, and stakeholder skills that still shape my client work today
2012 — 2017Earlier roles

The unglamorous foundation

  • Waiter at O.R. Tambo International — service under pressure
  • Cashier & customer service rep at Mr. Price Sport, Woodmead
  • National key account assistant at AOT Security
  • Data capturer at EOH, Midrand
  • Each role taught something the design schools didn't — service, systems, working with people who aren't designers
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Where I learned.

Formal qualifications, in chronological order. PDF copies of certificates available on request.

2025
Brand Management — Short Course
Red & Yellow Creative School of Business
2021
User Experience (UX) Design — Short Course
University of Cape Town
2016
Diploma in Computer-Based Graphic Development (NQF 6)
CTI Boksburg College
2012
Information Technology Certificate
AOT Security
2012
National Senior Certificate (Matric)
Allanridge Comprehensive School
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Why Weekly Styles
exists.

I built Weekly Styles because the streetwear I wanted to wear didn't exist on the shelves here. The marks people in my circles would recognise — Mosotho, Bomma, Soweto, Ngizokushaya, Nkabi — aren't in any department store. They're in our households, our slang, our family braais. They deserve good cloth.

Each piece is made-to-order. I'm not running a warehouse, I'm running a studio. You configure your build, I confirm it on WhatsApp within the hour, we cut and finish, and we deliver it in person. Cash on arrival. No middleman, no markup for shelf space.

Same operator as everything else I make. Same standard. If you'd trust me to design your logo, you can trust me to make your tee.

Ready to build one?

Five brands, two fabrics, three placements. Cash on delivery, produced locally.

Start a build