SHAHEER AKBAR

BIOGRAPHY

NATIONALITY

Always learning new things and going the extra mile when
providing ideas, work and research. Im aspiring to pursue a
career in every field that interests me.. currently, as a hobby I
am a photographer, digital artist, writer and movie enthusiast.

designer and motion graphics

American

DOB

April 3rd, 1996

Arlington, Virginia USA

LANGUAGE

English
Farsi/Persian
Learning Arabic

SKILLS

Fast Typer
Latest Softwares/Programs
Flexible
Quick

LOCATION

Im a young motivated designer, animator, artist and explorer.

I hope to change the current corporate mindset to understand

the new coming generation, we are a generation grown with
the best human techonology to date. We learn twice as fast,
are able to produce twice as fast and god willing to succedd
twice as fast.
Im an open book, you will find me fun to hang out with!

EDUCATION

Keystone National High School

2014

online school for American

students living abroad.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Vision Towers (Apt. 1504)

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Brand Moxie

CONTACT

The ideal intelligent marketing agency focused on creative branding

and advertising across Abu Dhabi. Also publishers of Tempo Magazine, a widley distributed magazine focused on youth
across Abu Dhabi.

shaheerakbar1@gmail.com
9942 330 056

EXTRA

Since I was a kid Ive always had a passion

in the world of arts. Creating and producing
meaningful work in the style of storytelling.
Touching the viewer by insuring an edutainment environment in my work, always
aiming to go the extra mile and inspire.

twofour54s main building

next Khalifa Park

September 15th, 2013 - February 4th, 2014

graphic design and motion graphic design Internship

SOCOOOL

(Ajyaal Media)

twofour54s main building

next Khalifa Park

Owning the largest portfolio of local and original cartoon characters

in the UAE, famous for Emirati cartoons Hamdoon, and Haboor. Also
publishers of 999 Magazine, a kids focused magazine distributed
across the whole GCC.
February 22nd, 2014 - present
graphic design, motion graphics, and associate producer

PaperHouse }

Dalma Mall, Abu Dhabi UAE

PaperHouse is a brand under SOCOOOL (Ajyaal Media), producing and selling iconic trended items in Abu Dhabi,
SOCOOOL also sold merchandise of our creations such as Hamdoon and others. PaperHouse has gain much
popularity and now soon will have two shops opening in Ras Al Khaimah.
May 15th, 2014 - present
designer, photographer and acting associate creative director

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Illustrator

InDesign

Basic Web Coding

Premiere

Photoshop

I have lots of skills and knowledge

on almost all Adobe products,
hands on experience in social media
marketing and managing, aswell
as basic web coding/design skills
in Wordpress and Adobe Muse.

PERSONAL NOTES
Many may find my age contradicting my experience, but I pledge all is true. I am a hard working motivated kid
who truly put all his time, effort and thought when completing projects and tasks. I have been lucky and very
fortunate to be given the chance to to work with leading companies in TwoFour54. Completing my internship
at Brand Moxie I have gained great experience in intelligent marketing and event planning. Working to coordinate outside my comfort zone and learning new things.
I have gained so much being with Ajyaal Media, a true agency that embraces Emirati culture and traditions in
the form of art. I started as a graphic design intern and quickly rose up to being hired 3 months later, I was responsible for client work such as designing wall, floor, table and interior designs for popular public events in Abu Dhabi.
Hands on work for the popular 999 Kids Magazine series, designing pages, and finalizing them for print. I was in
charge of coordinating creative ideas for upcoming projects. My outstanding efforts in the company have led to
my promotion for a new role in the company by the board and directors, my role being in the creative department,
I involved myself in the business aspects by managing other coming interns, attending client meetings, and
producing proposal for possible ideas and future projects. These works has fortunately promoted me to Associate
Producer in the company, I have gotten the experience at coming at projects not only from a creators point of view,
but also a business strategic mindset.
Aside from working, I have completed my high school 1 year earlier than my Graduate year.. this allowed me to
take on working at TwoFour54, I decided to take a Gap Year from my college to pursue my ambitions. I have not
not doubted the decision till this day, I am a promising candidate with almost 2 years of on field real work experience. Moving forward, I am also a writer on Tempo Magazine and highly interactive with the activities in the
creative community around the UAE.

PORTFOLIO
My portfolio consists of everything I have done in my experience, ranging from working in the creative department,
business aspects and aspired work in digital art, photography, writing and much more.

KEY PROJECTS
Haboor Animated T.V Short - a short outreach project to raise awareness for the Emirates Houbara birds, a species
that almost went extinct in 2001, in collaboration with the International Fund for Houbara Conservation while
at Ajyaal Media, I have successfuly oversaw the production of this work.
In charge of the design work for this T.V short, also working along side my teammates to insure the production
is seen through. Having to coordinate with our Animation team in South Korea, as well as communicating that
information to our Directors. I have successfully completed the project with my team, also leading the post-production
phase of the product, having to communicate with a sound designer to research elements for the short film.
The short film was finished with me finalizing all post-production work, including subtitles, final audio mix, and
credit scene animations. The Haboor animated short was screened across Abu Dhabi cinemas for six weeks, and
now have completed the design work for the DVD and poster box arts.
Haboor 2 is now in production.

watch Haboor by searching

Haboor Animated Short Film on YouTube!

Ghareeb Animation - as part of the 43rd UAE National Day celebration, our team at Ajyaal Media has produced a
short animated short dedicated for those away from home. My role in the project was to animate all scenes that
were provided by our artist. I also completed the projects post-production, keying sound, transitions and final
video output for YouTube and DVD print.

watch this video by searching Hamdoon - Ghareeb on YouTube!

The Power of Video Games - a personal project highlighting the success of video games, my animation has recieved
great feedback and noimated at a private award show for talented youth in the region. Ive won the award for Most
Appealing Animation..

Haboor App - as Ajyaal Medias on going project with Haboor, I was forunate to lead the Haboor App with creative
brainstorming for the levels and concept art. I was working side by side with our artist to produce a fun edutainment app for children to learn about the Emirates Houbara bird.
I have successfully produced a app concept animation to help visualize what we are making, after completing this
we have moved on and now producing the app itself. I had heavy involvment in the app production in terms of
animation, sound and game engine involvment.
The Haboor app will be available for iOS users April, 2015.

999 Kids Magazine - Ajyaal Media has been producing 999 Kids Magazine issues for the last several years along side
Abu Dhabi Police, I assisted in designing specific pages, new design ads or any errors/changes in the text. 999 Kids
Magazine is a successful magazine catering kids in a fun edutainment environment about career and future choices,
the magazine is distributed and sold across all of the Gulf region in supermarkets, bookstores, and select
distribution points.

OVERALL PROJECTS - GRAPHIC DESIGN

SOCOOOL Newsletters - small and short montly newsletters distributed around the creative community. I was
handling content and design of the newsletters.

Eid Greeting Cards - nice and adorable designed Eid greeting card envelopes, this was distributed and sold at Ajyaal
Medias shop in Dalma Mall Abu Dhabi, Paper House.

OVERALL PROJECTS - GRAPHIC DESIGN

IFHC Label Designs - for the International Fund for Houbara Conservation, these are label designs for their conservation site in Sweihan Abu Dhabi, these are to educate the visitors who visit the Houbara birds.
Ive designed upto eight boards, but only one is shown below.

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Asian Houbara Bustard

(Chlamydotis Macqueenii)

Description:

Asian Houbara are large-bodied birds with long legs

and a slender neck. They are known for their sandy
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Male Houbara weigh about 2.2 kg while females

weigh an average of 1.2 kg, with wingspans of up to
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Range:

The Asian Houbara has a wide distribution range

from the Arabian Peninsula Pakistan, and Iran, all
the way through to the Central Asian countries of
Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. The main populations breed in spring in Central Asia then migrate
in autumn to the south of their range. In the early
spring, they migrate back to their breeding sites but
some resident populations breed and dwell in the
southern part of the range, including the Arabian
Peninsula and Iran.

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IFHC Roll Up Designs - roll up designs to promote the activities going on in the Kids Corner section of the International Fund for Houbara Conservation booth (featured in events such as ADIHEX).

Watch Haboor Cartoon!
Timings - 

09:30 am - 10:30 am
11:00 am - 11:30 am
01:30 pm - 02:00 pm
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Color a Houbara Egg
Timings - 

10:00 am - 10:30 am
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
04:30 pm - 06:00 pm

Enjoy the Snake &

Ladder game with us!

OVERALL PROJECTS - GRAPHIC DESIGN

IFHC School Activity Sheets - as part of teaching and edutaining children about the Emirates Houbara bird, Ive also
worked with out Educational Advisor to produce appealing school activity sheets for childrens across Abu Dhabi.

also worked with our Educational Advisor to create powerpoint

presentations for Grade 5, Grade 6 and Grade 9
IFHC Story Book - coordinating with the artist, I have designed and finalized print for the first Houbara story book,
that is now exclusive and narrarated in many popular events across Abu Dhabi.

OVERALL PROJECTS - GRAPHIC DESIGN

IFHC Event Designs - worked to create a full booth customized for our character Haboor at Abu Dhabis ADIHEX,
working with Interior designers to coordinate wall, floor, and table designs. Also web designed pages of Haboor for
web developers to create a coloring and facts page about Houbara birds for students to learn while attending the
event.

Hraiz & Saalek - an Ajyaal Media production, designing poster arts for events such as Comic Con. As well as finalizing
the design and print of the two comic book series (volume 1 only).

OVERALL PROJECTS - GRAPHIC DESIGN

I have many graphic design works that have been completed and produced for several occassions, Ive only listed
some of the larger ones completed, I will be happy to present more upon request. The gallery below are just graphic design works that I have done that is scattered across all styles of catagories.

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

Ministry of Energy - a short project in collaboration with Ministry of Energy in Abu Dhabi, this project was to present
the achievements the Ministry has succeeded in the year of 2014. The animation has been presented in events and
meetings the Ministry of Energy has attended.

Gridflux Infographic - a collaboration with friends for a college project, designing a campaign to promote a website.

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

Style Is Nothing - experimenting with typography (collaborative project).

The Individual- old content animation in collaboration with an illustrator and video editor.

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

SOCOOOL Timeline - a corporate timeline video of the companies achievements and successes.

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

Welcome to Ajyaal Media - a corporate video of the companies mission, vision and services. I have worked to make
the animation, illustrations and captured the footage seen in the video.

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

Just as my graphic designs, I also have many animation and motion graphics spread across different styles of
catagories, one of which I have done many social media animations.. for Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

OVERALL PROJECTS - ANIMATION/MOTION GRAPHICS

OVERALL PROJECTS - DIGITAL ART

As part of my hobby, I am also a learning digital artist.. the beauty of digital art is merging reality with imagination.
I share my work on social media website Instagram, this led to a direction of opportunity for myself, I was approached
by big name accounts like SimplyAbuDhabi and InstaAbuDhabi.. as of now I will actually have my work published in
Simply Abu Dhabis quarterly exclusive luxury magazine. It is distributed to UAE Royals, Politicians, CEOs, and VIPs.
This was an honor I was very fortunate to have come my way.

OVERALL PROJECTS - DIGITAL ART

OVERALL PROJECTS - PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography has all always been a passion of mine, I was able to use this skill at Ajyaal Medias shop PaperHouse.
As an acting creative helper for the business, I was told my photographs has significantly risen up the sales.. the
photographs were used and posted on PaperHouses Instagram account, which accumulates over 5,000 followers.
The photographs reminded the viewers why the shop is worth their time, and I was happy to use one of my
hobbies as a portal way to enhance my career in the creative field.

Ive also worked on color grading the photos in post-work, increases the contrast and enhancing the saturation to
give a beautiful vibrant photo. Also mixing a style of graphical element for more of a visual appeal to viewers.

OVERALL PROJECTS - PHOTOGRAPHY

OVERALL PROJECTS - PHOTOGRAPHY

You may view all photographs by

visiting PaperHouses Instagram page
(@pg_gifts). I have taken approximately a total of 450 photos in the last
several months!

OVERALL PROJECTS - PHOTOGRAPHY

Lastly, a collection of my personal favorite photographs..

OVERALL PROJECTS - PHOTOGRAPHY

OVERALL PROJECTS - PHOTOGRAPHY

THANK YOU
Thank you for your time,
I hope my portfolio has interested you, I hope to collaborate on exciting new projects to come.
If you need anything, please feel free to contact me shaheerakbar1@gmail.com
(p.s - my website will be available soon! so you wont need to scroll throught a 27 page portfolio!!!)