Yusuf Ahmed | Creative Director
Art Direction, Production Design, Digital Design, Branding
Yusuf Ahmed a creative director focusing on visual storytelling 📍 based in an Los Angeles. Exploring design 🎨 and art direction. Creating visuals that builds worlds people want to step into.
I’ve built ideas for brands shaping culture — from Google and Spotify to Tinder and Walmart — blending strategy, design, and emotion into work that connects. Every project is a collaboration with incredible producers, designers, writers, and editors, united by one goal: to craft ideas that look beautiful and feel alive.
NOWNESS | The Long Hour, Creative Direction2025
A Neo-Neo Original
The film pays homage to classic Nat Geo documentaries. The idea that humans could one day be the subject of these films, in that same style, was fascinating to us. This film not only explores the concept of time but also a post-technological society.
CONTENDER | Website, Branding, Creative & Art Direction2025
Branding
Website
ALEMEDA | EP Cover Art, Creative & Art Direction2025
BRICK MAGAZINE | Mereba, Creative & Art Direction2025
CURTIS HARDING | The Power, Creative Direction2025
MAMI BY MARIFER | Gender Fluid, Producer
2025
AMOREAME | Third Space, Art Direction & Production Design2025
WALMART | Holiday Season feat. Love Jones, Art Direction2025
Tapping into some of the most recognizable and nostalgic characters; Darius (Larenz Tate), an aspiring writer, and Nina (Nia Long), an aspiring photographer, share an instant connection after a chance meeting at a Chicago club. The two run into one another again in a mutual record store, and Darius buys Nina one of his favorite vinyl albums to hook her on the sound of jazz, analog.The fans have been asking to see what happened between the couple, so we collaborated with Walmart to confirm that Darius and Nina stayed together and added a fun twist with their new teenage daughter
Love Jones
The holidays are the perfect time ✨ for family. Walmart invites Nina & Darius back to Chicago to show us how they spread the love 💝 with Walmart.
SASHA KEABLE | Take Your Time, Art Direction & Prodution Design2025
WALMART | Holiday Season, Art Direction2025
Holiday Season
The holidays are the perfect time to spread the love 💝 with Walmart. The gift 🎁 makes the moment & the moment makes the gift. Recentering the holiday around the gift-giving experience.
Walmart re-centers the holidays around the gift-giving experience. Telling real stories about gifts to feed your boundless imagination.