Naveed Hussain Email & Phone Number

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

As the Art Director at NASFIA, I lead both remote and in-house creative teams in crafting high-quality 2D animation and motion graphics for diverse projects. My core responsibilities include:• Visual Direction: Designing and directing the look and feel of 2D animated storybooks, ensuring a cohesive and engaging visual narrative.• Team Leadership: Providing constructive feedback to illustrators, 2D animators, and editors to elevate the quality of our creative outputs.• Project Management: Coordinating and managing ongoing design, animation, and book publishing projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project goals.• Talent Acquisition: Approaching, selecting, interviewing, and recruiting candidates for animation and illustration roles to build a strong, dynamic team.• Client Engagement: Writing detailed client proposals and developing proof of concepts to attract and secure new business opportunities.• AI Integration: Leveraging AI tools, including advanced audio technologies, GPT, content writing tools, and image enhancement, to streamline creative processes and drive innovation.• Client Project Management: Handling animation projects with a focus on setting timelines, developing budgets and quotes, and ensuring project compliance and smooth coordination.• Internal Marketing: Planning, developing, and directing animated content for marketing our internal products, guiding the team to produce compelling video animations.•Strategic Communication & Negotiation: Enhanced strategic communication and negotiation skills, contributing to improved business acumen in directing creative projects.

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Developed the 2d animation pipeline, process & streamlined the workflow for the production of 2d animated books for the lambkinz app.

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

I teach undergraduate students in Communication Studies and Film, focusing on practical, project-based learning across the following courses:• Concept & Content Development: Fostering creativity and creative thinking for generating new ideas across media, social media, and video.• Art Direction: Guiding students in visual styling and design for campaigns, sets, and films.• Copywriting: Teaching the art of persuasive writing for media and advertising.• Design Thinking: Encouraging innovative problem-solving using a human-centered approach to design.Key Responsibilities:• Deliver interactive, hands-on learning experiences with timed quizzes and real-world projects.• Regularly update course outlines and design tailored projects and assessments.• Support students in participating in ZCOMS Art Fest during the Spring semester.• Grade assignments, provide personalized feedback, and ensure course comprehension.• Respond to student queries and emails throughout the week to offer continuous support.

Consulting on Art Direction, Animation Production, Visual Development & Storytelling

• Conceptualizing ideas & scenarios for translating best selling books into visual narratives.• Developing storyboards & sequential imagery for whiteboard videos.• Compiling & developing black & white illustrations for 2D animation.• Generating style frames to create visual feel for short films & narratives.

Karachi, Pakistan

• Visualizing & concepting characters, environments, props & visual effects for 3D animated films.• Researching & exploring various visual/art styles to fit project requirements.• Drawing, Designing & Painting various assets based on the story for 3D modelling.• Storyboarding & visualizing entire scenes from written film scripts to sequential imagery with multiple cameras, POVs, dynamics, expressions & movement.• Polypainting & texturing UV-ed 3D characters & props for film production pipeline.• Planning & designing promotional material for outdoor & social media campaigns for film projects.Film CreditsSitara: Let Girls Dream (A Netflix Original) - Concept Artist - 2019-203 Bahadur: Rise Of the Warriors - Senior Concept Artist - 2018Freedom Fighters (Nominated for Emmy Awards 2020) - Illustrator - 2017

Pakistan

At IQRA University, I taught courses in Concept Art and Animation, providing students with a strong foundation in both the creative and technical aspects of storytelling and design. My responsibilities included guiding students through practical, project-based learning while fostering their artistic and technical skills.• Concept & Storytelling: Focused on narrative development for media, covering techniques such as the 3-act story structure and the Hero’s Journey, with practical examples from film and television series.• Digital Sculpting: Taught students to create expressive characters from scratch in ZBrush, including sculpting, posing, and polypainting.• Concept Art for Animation: Covered character, environment, and prop design for animation narratives, exploring storylines, mythologies, and world-building to create concept art that communicates ideas.Key Responsibilities:• Designed and delivered interactive, project-based lessons to enhance both technical and creative skills.• Provided hands-on guidance and feedback to ensure students' understanding of course materials.• Regularly updated course outlines, developed relevant projects and assessments, and graded assignments.• Encouraged creative problem-solving and helped students develop their artistic portfolios.

Karachi

• Introducing design students to Fundamentals & Principles of Graphic Design & Imaging Editing.• Lecturing students on typography, layout design, illustration, branding & identity design.• Demonstrating students about audio & video editing workflows using industry standard programs.• Training students about chroma keying, video composting & motion graphics for video content.• Designing relevant exercises & assignments in areas of illustration, layout design & image editing.• Preparing & executing seminars & workshops on numerous aspects of multimedia & design.• Evaluating students & providing critique based on the quality & execution of their work.• Engaging students in storytelling for indie video production & animation.• Guiding & accompanying students on field trips & industry visits for rich learning experience.• Managing student attendance & assignments marks on online portal system.• Meeting parents & guardians to discuss monthly student performance.• Mentoring students during their semester projects & portfolio reviews.• Grading design students on their final semester projects & presentations.• Assisting career counsellors in handling specialized admissions inquiries & demos.• Marketing the institution & its courses through outdoor, print & digital media advertising.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies, Graduated With 3.7 Cgpa

Activities and Societies: Photography Society Video Editor for Convocation 2011 Photographer for Calender 2011

Higher Secondary School, Pre-Engineering