Campaign’s Creative Faces to Watch 2022 – Nidal Bou Ghanem, Motion Designer/Animator, Acorn Strategy

Campaign’s Creative Faces to Watch 2022 – Nidal Bou Ghanem, Motion Designer/Animator, Acorn Strategy

Age: 28

Suha Hamid, Art Director, Acorn Strategy: Nidal is Acorn Strategy’s Motion Designer, but that really is an understatement of the skill, curiosity, integrity, attention to detail, and sheer genius he deploys in every task. He takes communication and truly brings it to life through motion design.

Not only is Nidal an exceptionally talented motion designer, he’s also never content to rest on his laurels. Instead, he constantly seeks out new methods to help come up with creative videos and eye-catching animations.

Clients are invariably satisfied by Nidal’ work, describing it as smart, stylish, thought-provoking yet entirely relevant to their brand and target audience.

Career highlights

My name is Nidal and I am interested in how things move. I have spent most of my professional career in the field and in doing so found myself animating things for some very interesting brands and entities. After graduating from university with a degree in graphic design my interest was piqued by animation, and I found myself interning at an animation studio and studying online to further my skill set. Working in a creative field is rewarding, especially when you know that what you create is being seen by a wide audience. Even more so when they watch while smiling.

Guiding principles

If you are going to create something. Do it as though you are moulding yourself because, in the end, it reflects who you are, work to be proud of what you have made first and then show the world. Enjoy what you do and get paid for it.

Side hustle

My side hustle mostly leans on animation work for people who find my work and call me. Sometimes it’s a need for an animated logo and sometimes it’s more than that. But if I’m being frank, it’s just more of what I currently do. And it’s fun too…