
Sheeraz H. Kohyar
Brand Design · Art Direction · Marketing · Brand Experiences Partnering with brands to build identity systems and bring them to life across marketing and digital experiences
Salary / Daily rate
Berlin, Germany
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
I’m a Brand Designer and Art Director working at the intersection of brand, marketing, and digital experiences. I partner with brands and businesses to build identity systems and bring them to life across marketing and brand experiences. My work often begins where ideas are still forming, translating early conversations, strategy, and positioning into visual systems that give brands clarity, coherence, and room to grow. Over the past 10+ years, I’ve worked across agencies, startups, and product teams, shaping work that spans: • Brand identity and visual systems • Marketing campaigns and communication design • Digital experiences and UX/UI • Content and brand storytelling Rather than treating design as decoration, I see it as a way to structure ideas and create meaningful connections between brands and people. Previously, I co-founded and led creative direction at The Creative Room, working across startups, cultural initiatives, and commercial brands. Today I collaborate with companies as a design partner, helping translate brand thinking into clear, cohesive design across platforms. Portfolio www.thebard.online
Work experience
Brand Designer & Art Director (Freelance)
Jun 2024 - Present
2 years 5 months
Helping teams turn early discussions, rough ideas, and complex problems into clear, human-centered design and storytelling. I enjoy working from the very first discussions through execution and evolution shaping visual identities, design systems, and campaign work that make sense to real users. My approach balances structure with creative freedom, clarity over decoration, and usefulness over noise, allowing strong ideas to grow into thoughtful, reliable design across digital and print. My work typically spans: • Brand identity and visual systems • Marketing and campaign design • Digital and product experiences • Art direction and visual storytelling Recent collaborations include: • Linear Digital • Nordstern • FITOMAT
Graphics & UX/UI Design (Design Management)
C4 Berlin
Feb 2023 - Jul 2024
1 year 6 months
Berlin, Germany
At C4 Berlin, I worked across design management and hands-on execution, helping teams turn strategic ideas into clear, usable, and well-crafted digital experiences. I was involved from early conversations and concept development through design, delivery, and iteration shaping visual systems, UX/UI, and digital assets that made sense to users and aligned with business goals. Working closely with clients, developers, marketers, and project managers, I brought structure to complex problems while leaving room for exploration, ensuring design quality, consistency, and thoughtful decision-making across projects and platforms.
Partner | Creative Head
The Creative Room
Jan 2017 - May 2023
6 years 5 months
Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Co-founded The Creative Room as a space to explore design beyond execution where ideas could be discussed, challenged, shaped, and brought to life with care and intention. Led creative direction and hands-on design across branding, UX/UI, campaigns, and content projects, working closely with clients and collaborators throughout each project’s full lifecycle. Built a practice grounded in craft, honesty, and storytelling, focusing on work that resonated, lasted, and evolved rather than simply meeting briefs across startups, cultural projects, and commercial environments.
Growth Marketing & Design Manager
epekworks
May 2021 - Mar 2022
11 months
Berlin, Germany
Led product and visual design for a digital platform while supporting growth-focused brand communication and campaign initiatives. Collaborated with developers and product stakeholders to design scalable UX/UI systems and performance-driven visuals, contributing to a stable product experience, clearer positioning, and sustainable, quality-led platform growth.
ValuStrat
Mar 2018 - May 2021
3 years 3 months
Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Manager Marketing Experience
Feb 2020 - May 2021
1 year 4 months
Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Held the position for leading and optimizing growth marketing and brand communication across multiple regions, aligning campaigns, market research, and internal and external communication with business objectives. Drove clarity in positioning by analyzing regional market bases, customer segments, and competitive landscapes to inform messaging frameworks and campaign strategy. Oversaw visual and verbal communication across all channels while managing third-party agencies and vendors, ensuring consistent brand execution, operational efficiency, and smooth end-to-end delivery. Progressed from Creative Lead to Manager, Marketing Experience.
Creative Lead
Mar 2018 - Mar 2020
2 years 1 month
Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Creative Lead
Team Reactivate
Nov 2016 - Mar 2018
1 year 5 months
Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan
- Managed and led the Studio Creative Team, collaborating closely with account managers, developers, and clients to ensure creative alignment across all channels as well as countless new client pitches. - Directed end-to-end design execution for high-impact communication and marketing campaigns, setting the visual language and maintaining quality standards throughout. - Led creative workshops with clients and third-party vendors, acting as a key liaison to align creative vision and execution. - Spearheaded the design and rollout of internal digital tools, including onboarding apps, activation portals, and dashboards for Unilever Pakistan’s HRBP department as part of their digitization initiatives. - Key Clients: Unilever (Corporate, HRBP, Dove, Sunsilk, Pond’s, Vaseline), Interwood, Amreli Steels, Bose, Ocean Mall, Lotte ChocoPie, Jam Hearts, and more.
Creative Designer
Synite Digital
Jan 2015 - Mar 2016
1 year 3 months
Karachi, Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan
- Supported the design team in delivering creative assets across digital, print, and campaign channels. - Contributed to communication design, infographics, social media creatives, digital ads, mobile and Facebook apps, microsites, and print materials including OOH and catalogs. - Assisted in visual development and storyboarding for “Born To Bake” Pakistan’s first digital reality baking competition by Olper’s Cream. - Collaborated on campaigns for clients such as Engro Group, Microsoft, Nokia, Yamaha, Moor (film), Omore Ice Creams, Wi-Tribe, Josh FM99 and more.
Freelance Fine Artist
Sep 2010 - May 2012
1 year 9 months
Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Beginning of career as Fine artist, mainly working with Paintings and Sketches/Drawings in multiple mediums. Started as a hobby eventually leading to group exhibitions and intercity shows. This can be claimed as a starting point of my journey in design.
Education
Media University of Applied Sciences
M.A. Communication Design & Creative Strategies, Design and Visual Communications
2022 - 2024
2 years 7 months
Former HMKW
Iqra University (Official)
Bachelor of Media Sciences, Advertising
2011 - 2015
4 years 1 month