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Hi, I'm Faizan Ahmed, a creative design professional with over 10 years of experience in illustration, content design, and UI for print, digital, and educational platforms. Currently, I lead a talented team of designers at The Citizens Foundation, where we create impactful visuals for nationwide learning initiatives. I'm passionate about turning ideas into engaging visuals that tell compelling stories. My work spans across various formats, including books, learning materials, and branding assets. I have hands-on experience working across Pakistan and managing a global freelance portfolio. In addition to design, I enjoy photography and animation, which help me bring creativity to life in all my projects.…Hi, I'm Faizan Ahmed, a creative design professional with over 10 years of experience in illustration, content design, and UI for print, digital, and educational platforms. Currently, I lead a talented team of designers at The Citizens Foundation, where we create impactful visuals for nationwide learning initiatives. I'm passionate about turning ideas into engaging visuals that tell compelling stories. My work spans across various formats, including books, learning materials, and branding assets. I have hands-on experience working across Pakistan and managing a global freelance portfolio. In addition to design, I enjoy photography and animation, which help me bring creativity to life in all my projects.

Faizan Ahmed

Visual Effects Artist, Creative Director, Graphic Designer, +2

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Hi, I'm Faizan Ahmed, a creative design professional with over 10 years of experience in illustration, content design, and UI for print, digital, and educational platforms. Currently, I lead a talented team of designers at The Citizens Foundation, where we create impactful visuals for nationwide learning initiatives. I'm passionate about turning ideas into engaging visuals that tell compelling stories. My work spans across various formats, including books, learning materials, and branding assets. I have hands-on experience working across Pakistan and managing a global freelance portfolio. In addition to design, I enjoy photography and animation, which help me bring creativity to life in all my projects.…Hi, I'm Faizan Ahmed, a creative design professional with over 10 years of experience in illustration, content design, and UI for print, digital, and educational platforms. Currently, I lead a talented team of designers at The Citizens Foundation, where we create impactful visuals for nationwide learning initiatives. I'm passionate about turning ideas into engaging visuals that tell compelling stories. My work spans across various formats, including books, learning materials, and branding assets. I have hands-on experience working across Pakistan and managing a global freelance portfolio. In addition to design, I enjoy photography and animation, which help me bring creativity to life in all my projects.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Faizan Ahmed, a creative design professional with over 10 years of experience in illustration, content design, and UI for print, digital, and educational platforms. Currently, I lead a talented team of designers at The Citizens Foundation, where we create impactful visuals for nationwide learning initiatives. I’m passionate about turning ideas into engaging visuals that tell compelling stories.

My work spans across various formats, including books, learning materials, and branding assets. I have hands-on experience working across Pakistan and managing a global freelance portfolio. In addition to design, I enjoy photography and animation, which help me bring creativity to life in all my projects.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Urdu

Fluent

English

Intermediate

Work Experience

Visual Design Team Lead at The Citizens Foundation (TCF)

October 1, 2024 - Present

Promoted to lead the Visual Design team within the Flagship Program Design Department. Managing and mentoring a team of six designers, including illustrators and graphic designers, responsible for delivering high-impact visual content across all design projects. Leading design and production of all books, learning materials, and branding assets for national programs. Overseeing creative direction, workflow planning, and quality assurance across print, digital, and curriculum-related design tasks. Providing strategic visual leadership on new initiatives and supporting the educational mission. Collaborating closely with curriculum developers, program leads, and external vendors. Fostering innovation through mentorship, design critique sessions, and skill development.

Senior Creative Design Specialist at The Citizens Foundation (TCF)

September 30, 2024 - July 21, 2025

Joined as Graphic Designer contributing extensively to the in-house English curriculum series Learning English with the Iqbals (LEWTI). Played a key role in illustration and layout of learning materials used in over 1,700 schools, impacting 160,000+ students. Designed and illustrated 7 LEWTI textbooks, 7 teacher guides, 7 workbooks, 15 read-aloud storybooks, flashcards, AV aids, and 100 storybooks for the Lab School incorporating play-based learning. Created visuals for e-learning teacher training modules. Conducted school visits for user-centered design insights. Supervised and mentored junior designers and freelance illustrators.

Graphic Designer at NYC WEBAPPS

February 28, 2015 - July 21, 2025

Worked as project-based graphic designer creating presentations, marketing materials, sales content and user interface for telephony apps.

UI Designer at NYC WEBAPPS

December 31, 2014 - July 21, 2025

Part of the UI team, responsible for wireframes, and designing websites, mobile apps, and marketing material.

Graphic Designer at SpotOn360

November 30, 2014 - July 21, 2025

Content designer for social media campaigns and designer of mockups for mobile applications.