Muzammil Ibrahim

Head of Visual Arts

Karachi, Pakistan
I am a graphic designer Working in karachi for about the past 20 years with experience in most aspects of the design industry - print, advertising, multimedia and internet design. I'm well versed in most aspects of modern design production coupled with vigorous project management skills.

“Mission of designers is to make obsolete the smart things they did last year by doing smart things this year. its a heavy task, and designers are busy folks, sailing away on flights of fancy, pooh-poohing Taboos, reviving the classics, inventing new heresies, scandalizing the elders”.

Work Experience

BLITZ

Head Of Visual Arts

June 2015 - Present Pakistan

MI Design Studio

Creative Head

July 2010 - Present Karachi, Pakistan

Dexteam

Snr. Art Director

Responsible for developing and executing creative concepts for leading-edge marketing and web solutions. Regularly liaising with the technology team to ensure the best creative solutions are realised, implemented and delivered.

Idea generation, concept development and visualisation for major clients, Some of the key project the me and my team worked on, worth mentioning are as follows...
Designed and launched Philips malaysia's 1st ecommerce website blipmy.com along with its social media promotion campaigns,designed social media campaign Apps for malaysia bank may bank, designed a RedBerry Tablet App called "crime check" available on google play for malaysia, Desiged and launched social media campaigns for HBL (habib bank limited) one of the largest bank in Pakistan. Also Designed HBL's website and HBL's "ALWAYS ON" internet banking re-launch digital campaign ..
July 2013 - March 2015 Karachi, Pakistan

Synergy Advertising

Creative Manager

Appointed to work within a large creative department in one of the Pakistan’s prime advertising agency. Clients include Air Blue, Microsoft , National Bank of Pakistan, Shaan Foods, Samsung and Gold Crest to name a few. I was involved in the Pitch campaign design and development for the National Bank of Pakistan which we won and other major projects.

Managing a team of graphic designers to come up with creative solutions for clients, Meeting prospective clients with project pitches and presentations, Designing and artwork preparation for print projects including brochures, catalogues, print advertisements, magazine advertisements, posters, direct mail & POS projects.
September 2007 - July 2013 Pakistan

ICON Design

Snr. Creative Manager

Visualizing themes and concepts for all design projects, including corporate advertisements, promotional collateral and new media projects

Designing & development of web sites, web banners & software interface for Icon Design clients including TCS Sentiments Express, Ressichem Building chemicals

Designing and developmentn of all advertising and marketing collateral for TCS Sentiments Express the biggest gift delivery service company in Pakistan, as per the event calender like mother’s day, father day, valentine’s day and others.

Managed the creative team of five for international clients like Philips-Lighting (Pakistan), IBM Pakistan, BASF The chemical company and local ones like Metropolitan Life Assurance Company Of Pakistan, Gum Corp. , Ruby Styles Inc., MEW( Mehran Engineering Works and others

Along with the “icondesig n” team successfully launched
Vey; a bottled water brand which is considered among the best water brands in Pakistan.

Designed and developed the diary and celender campaign of 2005 for the Metropolitan Life Assurance Company of Pakistan.

Designed and developed various flash animation presentations and websites for the corporate sector.
February 2004 - September 2007 karachi, Pakistan

Moxie (Inc.)

Creative head

Conceptualized the theme and look of Pakistan’s first PC based game, Death Trap, in collaboration with a game development company, Neural Arts (www.neuralarts.com)and APTECH Pakistan.

Developed the graphical outlook for a multimedia
CD-Rom developed for Dubai Municipality in alliance with Engineering Systems (Pvt.) Ltd, a subsidiary of one of Pakistan’s oldest engineering solutions provider, Engineering Associates.
Visualized the corporate identity for Moxie (Inc.), a US based company setting up offices in Pakistan.

Designed an international print campaign for Nizam Din and Sons, a leading canvas exporter and dealer in refugee relief supplies to UNHCR, Red Cross and Medicines Sans Frontier.
September 2002 - January 2004 Karachi, Pakistan

APTECH Worldwide

Head Designer/ Design Consultant

Lead the company’s in-house design department which was responsible for creating all the promotional materials for prospective students, corporate clients, seminars and course launch ceremonies.

Conceptualized and directed the company’s promotional campaigns for all its franchisees in 19 centers throughout Pakistan.


Managed the company’s relationship with its advertising agency, Manhattan Leo Burnett, and approved all materials generated by the agency for the company’s marketing campaigns

Administered the web development team in visualizing and developing the company’s web site so that it may effectively communicate the company’s corporate identity.
January 2002 - May 2002 Karachi, Pakistan

Oxycom

Visualizer/Designer

Designed print campaigns, promotional materials and outdoor advertising materials for Roche Pharmaceuticals.

Assisted in launching of one of Pakistan’s leading ISPs, Worldtel MECCA (Pvt.) Ltd, directing designing of all print materials, planning and execution for IT exhibition and launch party.

Developed corporate identity and corporate brochures for Regency Resorts, a holiday resort company and Lal Qila, a local restaurant.
July 1998 - December 2000 Karachi, Pakistan

Education

Karachi School Of Arts

Diploma in Fine Arts and Commercial Design

(Equivalent to a design degree programme)

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.”
(Albert Einstein)
1994 - November 1998 Karachi, Pakistan

Government Degree College

Intermediate

Karachi, Pakistan

The Pakistan National High School

MATRIC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Languages

English (Advanced),
Urdu (Native),

Skills

Comfortable With Working In A MAC And Windows (PC) Based Environments, Flash And Photoshop., Freehand, Illustrator,

Additional Information

Clients worked on:
Habib bank limited (HBL)
National Bank of pakistan (NBP)
Philips (Malaysia)
May Bank Malaysia
Metro Driving Academy (Malaysia)
Worldtel (ISP)
Roche Pharma
Lalqila Restaurant
Regency Resorts
Benzer Apperals
Ahmed Foods
Mabzi water
ABN-AMRO Bank
P&G Pakistan
Union bank
Marmonix Marbels
Nizam Tent
APTECH
SKF Ball Bearings
Dubai Municipality
Philips ( Lighting )
BASF Chemicals
Vey Drinking water
Cybernet ISP
Aroma Drinking water
Hollywood Grill Restaurant
Takaful Pakistan Limited
Pak-Kuwait Takaful Co.Ltd.
Bank Islami
TCS
Sentiments Express
Ressichem (Building Chemicals)
Nabiee Qasim Pharmacuticals
Softnology
Meraj
Kernelpop
Metropolitan Life Assurance
SM Traders
S&S Estate
IBM Pakistan
Gelcaps Pakistan Ltd.
Cera-e-noor
Mr. Burger
DHA Golf Club
Sama Books
Air Blue
Samsung
Shaan Foods
Pak-libya
Pak-Brunei
Biztec
AL-Ghurair GIGA
EVA Cooking Oil
Langnese Honey
NAFA Funds
DHA Cogen
and Growing