Campaign’s Creative Faces to Watch 2026 – Ahmed Shohoud, Art Director, FP7 McCANN
Campaign’s Creative Faces to Watch 2026 – Ahmed Shohoud, Art Director, FP7 McCANN
Age: 30
Country: Saudi Arabia
Nominated by Saadi Alkouatli, Executive Creative Director:
Ahmed is a nonstop positivity and learning machine. Always pushing boundaries and trying to push the envelope on different levels.
Career highlights
Ahmed Shohoud is an Art Director with experience across Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, working on regional and international brands. He specialises in building culturally relevant ideas rooted in strong visual storytelling and craft. Known for combining strategic thinking with bold execution, Ahmed works across integrated campaigns, brand platforms and film.
His work reflects a modern Middle Eastern creative voice focused on clarity, emotional impact and long-term brand value. He is part of a new generation of creatives redefining how regional stories are shaped and presented on a global stage.
Guiding principles
I believe strong ideas travel across cultures. My work is guided by clarity, cultural intelligence and emotional storytelling. I aim to create ideas that feel locally authentic but globally relevant, always pushing for craft, simplicity and long-term brand impact over short-term noise.
Side hustle
Outside advertising, Ahmed explores film and photography as personal creative disciplines.
He develops cinematic visual projects that focus on atmosphere, human emotion and cultural identity, constantly refining his eye for composition, light and storytelling beyond commercial briefs.
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