Shaker Raafat

Creative direction for brands that outgrow their own guidelines.

Working across fintech, banking and entertainment in MENA — building brand systems, campaigns and the creative infrastructure that holds them together at scale.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Currently at Visa Open to new work

Every brand has a language. Most are just waiting for someone to write it down.

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Selected work
Visa · 2025 — present

Cutting partner production time up to 70% with gen-AI.

Digital Media Creative Lead

Creative consultant to Visa's banking partners across the region — running workshops that build in-house creative capability, and leading generative-AI initiatives that turned a fragmented partner-creative process into a fast, repeatable one.

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Siemens Energy · Global

Reshaping the creative for a flagship global event.

Creative lead — event system & localisation

A premium creative system for Energy Week, built once and localised across five regions — Latin America, Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and MENA — carried into communications in 90+ countries.

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Tabby · 2022–25

The motion language that scaled with a unicorn.

Brand motion lead — system design & direction

Defined Tabby's motion language — timing, easing, transitions and a reusable animated-asset library — then directed its application across launches, partnerships and always-on social as the brand grew from 4M to 14M+ users.

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Showreel

The above, moving.

Loads only when you press play.

Open to what's next.

Riyadh-based, working across MENA. Brand systems, creative direction and AI-led production.

s.raafat.s@gmail.com