Maria Khan
Lahore
Summary
Dynamic Director of Art and Design at ARAS Technologies, specializing in 2D/3D animation and strategic marketing initiatives. Demonstrated success in delivering cutting-edge visual solutions and elevating brand presence. Skilled in mentoring teams and implementing user-centric designs, fostering project success through innovative collaboration.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Director Art, Design and Digital Marketing
ARAS Technologies
05.2025 - Current
- Engage directly with clients to understand requirements and deliver tailor designs and marketing strategies.
- Direction, creation and finalization of 2D/3D animations, digital paintings, character designs, and UI elements.
- Supervise and mentor junior team members in Art, Design, and Marketing department to ensure consistent quality and growth.
- Coordinate closely with the coding team to integrate visual assets seamlessly into games and applications.
- Design and execute digital marketing campaigns aligned with business goals.
- Produce engaging social media reels, clips, posts, and short films for enhance brand visibility.
- Finalize and approve high-quality designs for mobile/computer games, apps, website and youtube video's graphics.
- Lead the design and visual branding for websites, ensuring alignment with client requirements.
Senior Graphic Designer, Multi-Media Artist & Marketing Coordinator
Bigello | Online Growth Hackers & Website Developers
01.2019 - 04.2025
- Worked on several products by managing materials, developing and implementing advertisement campaigns.
- Come-up with new and apply-able quick solutions for marketing campaigns to give it a wide range of views by selecting targeting audience.
- Collaborated with clients to define design briefs and marketing objectives, delivering innovative visual solutions.
- Designed and developed illustrations, 3D models, logos, and websites, focusing on user-friendly interfaces and appealing layouts.
- Created engaging digital and print materials, including TV commercials, banners, brochures, and social media visuals, tailored to client needs.
- Conducted market and competitive analysis to inform design decisions and optimize campaign effectiveness.
- Coordinated with teams and managed materials, ensuring smooth execution of design and advertising campaigns.
- Mentored junior designers, offering guidance on new tools, techniques, and market trends.
- Maintained design assets, inventory, and reports to support ongoing projects and campaigns.
- Incorporated client feedback and performed thorough quality checks to deliver high-quality, error-free final products.
Freelancer Graphic Designer
fiverr
Lahore, pakistan
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Developed graphics, illustrations, and concept art for diverse games and apps.
- Created animated short videos for toddlers to enhance language learning.
- Communicated with clients to gather requirements and tailor designs accordingly.
- Produced logos, sketches, and layouts to effectively convey design concepts.
- Served as a freelancer on various client-based online projects and illustrations.
- Participated in Fiverr as an animator to gain experience in animation techniques.
Senior Graphic Designer, Animator & Team Lead
Duo Labz | Software House
02.2015 - 11.2018
- My core responsibilities were to present concepts of IOS and Android games, meeting or communicating with international clients to reach out the requirements of a project and to give brief quick sketches of layout to help them to get their ideas in a workable way.
- Our on board long lasting clients was MALINSU Technology Malaysia; in collaboration with them I have designed various motor racing 3D Games in UNITY.
- Lead the team to guide the art style along with colors, text style, icon design, concept art, character design, illustration, 2D/3D asset’s and character’s animations and layout design to make it more workable and to meet the deadline of any big or small projects.
- Design, review and finalize interactive User Interface (UI) as per needs of our consumers.
- Rigging of game characters and assets, digital painting of textures to make it look more detailed and less polygons characters are one of my specialties.
- Revising the game design so it fits with the client’s requirements and budget.
- Revising each and every assists of project to meet the requirements, also integrate changes before delivery.
- Worked on various in-house and client based website designs.
Senior Computer Graphics Artist
Appimize | Game Studio and Software House
03.2014 - 11.2014
- Specifically working on Digital painting, concepts art, illustration, character design, game assets of many clients based and in-house projects.
- Define the design of game should represent the demand of our clients by research and analyzing functional layout of the game to make it user friendly and to fulfill the requirements.
- Selection of colors, images, layout design, font style, game icon, logos along with the selection of display of different poster adds and website adds on various platforms to target the specific audience.
- Especially worked on 3-Point Light in digital painting to enhance the quality of work.
- Worked on various dress up and beauty salon client based games.
- A well-known in-house project was MAGICANIA designed 2D and 3D props including concept art and post painting of various assist with vibrant colors and user friendly UI and interface to give it a dynamic look to compete the market.
Senior Computer Graphics Artist & 2D/3D Animator
K2-Labs of Game-view Studios
09.2013 - 03.2014
- Company Overview: An International Game Studio
- Designed different characters of in-house games.
- Concept art of various assets and digital graphic environment of games.
- Specifically worked on 2D/3D animation of characters and props of games to make it more interesting and eye catchy.
- Digital painting of background images and scenes.
- Privileged to work with a huge team of world famous iOS and Android game DREAM FISH.
- An International Game Studio
3D Animator & Digital Camera Person
Creative village Studio
02.2012 - 09.2013
- Animated different characters, morphed them with different facial expressions to create magical effects on the 1st animated Series in Pakistan MAIN AUR MERE DOST (Translated: “I and my friends”) which was on-aired on Geo News network, Pakistan in 2013.
- Worked on Motion Capture animation of characters.
- Worked as camera person in whole series.
- Worked under direct supervision of Art Director of project including brain storming, concepts and story boarding.
Set Designer
WAQT News
01.2013 - 07.2013
- Worked on different TV program’s set design to make them more attractive and vibrant on TV.
- Designed the News Studio’s set in 3D Max, which was approved by the CEO of TV channel and implemented accordingly.
Internship as Graphic Designer
MIDAS (Pvt) Ltd
01.2012 - 03.2012
- Company Overview: Advertisement agency
- Worked on various brands as a Graphic designer including Olper’s milk, a leading product of ANGRO Foods Pvt Ltd.
- Designed advertisement campaign of “Stylo Shoes” majorly participated in research work by visiting head office to define targeted audience and color palette of print media such as posters, hoardings, magazine and newspaper adds, broacher including creative writing, logo design, concept art and Digital marketing.
- Redesigned Logo of “Eden Housing Society Pvt Ltd, Pakistan.”
- Advertisement agency
Education
Masters of Fine Arts - Graphic design, Major in 3D Animation
Lahore College for Women University
Lahore01.2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.) - Graphic design and visual communication
Lahore College for Women University
Lahore01.2009
Intermediate - Fine arts, History and Education
Himayat-E-Islam College
Lahore01.2005
Matriculation - Arts and Computer
Little Harvard School System
Lahore01.2003
Skills
- 2D/3D animation
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Web design
- Graphic design and illustration
- Marketing strategy and advertising
- Research methodologies
- Photography and videography
- Calligraphy and typography
- Sculpture and miniature painting
- Digital and traditional painting
- User interface design
Career Achievements
Creative Team Member, passionate about creating, developing, and delivering the best quality content. Enjoys working with others to achieve and exceed team goals. Lead with intelligent intent to give others a sense of value and appreciation at the task. Works well in team environment. Love the aspects of creating visually stimulating compositions of design. I have done many print media campaigns of well-known brands which undergo the process of concept art, character design, illustration, research, copywriting, storyboarding, creative writing, digital design and interactive Multi-Media to give the final shape of overall branding including posters, hoardings, flyers, press adds and magazine adds. I have designed different interactive media including websites, mobile games and apps throughout my professional years and privileged to work in the first animated series of Pakistan (MAIN AUR MERE DOST, I and my friends) as 3D Animator and camera Person. I am a passionate learner, good in multi-tasking and diversified team Leader.
Academic Research Projects
- Short 3D animated film named Chicky chick
- 3D product modeling
- Illustrated (Story book, poem book)
- Logo design
- Art Department Prospectus
- The Toy Shop
- Freedom (perfume)
Designed Campaigns
- FedEx
- Garnier Fructis
- Opler’s milk
- Hepatitis C (World Health Alliance)
- Children performing Art Festival (Tweens Opera, OTBS)
Tools And Software
- 3D Max
- Maya
- Blender
- Anime studio
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe premiere Pro
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- In-Vision Studio
- Microsoft Office
- Word Press
Subjects And Skills
- 3D Animation
- Web design
- Illustration
- Marketing strategy & Advertising
- Graphic Design
- Multi-media
- Calligraphy
- Sculpture
- Typography
- Research methodology
- Miniature Painting
- Drawing
- Film Making
- Documentary
- Drafting
- Photography
- Storyboards
- Copywriting
- Press media
- History of Arts
Fields Of Interest
- 3D Animated movies
- Digital/Traditional painting
- Baking(Designer/Fondant cakes)
- Cooking
- Calligraphy
- Photography
- Illustration
- Yoga
- Cycling
- Sculpture
- Web browsing
- Social networking
Show Reel
https://vimeo.com/mariakhan116
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/@mariakahn116/featured
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- Title: Graphic Designer, Multimedia Artist & Marketing Coordinator
- Date of Birth: 1987-01-16
Extracurricular Activities
Attend Puppet making workshop and participated in puppetry. Attend different art and calligraphy exhibitions of local and international artists.
Disclaimer
I, Maria Khan, declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Director Art, Design and Digital Marketing
ARAS Technologies
05.2025 - Current
Senior Graphic Designer, Multi-Media Artist & Marketing Coordinator
Bigello | Online Growth Hackers & Website Developers
01.2019 - 04.2025
Freelancer Graphic Designer
fiverr
01.2017 - 01.2019
Senior Graphic Designer, Animator & Team Lead
Duo Labz | Software House
02.2015 - 11.2018
Senior Computer Graphics Artist
Appimize | Game Studio and Software House
03.2014 - 11.2014
Senior Computer Graphics Artist & 2D/3D Animator
K2-Labs of Game-view Studios
09.2013 - 03.2014
Set Designer
WAQT News
01.2013 - 07.2013
3D Animator & Digital Camera Person
Creative village Studio
02.2012 - 09.2013
Internship as Graphic Designer
MIDAS (Pvt) Ltd
01.2012 - 03.2012
Masters of Fine Arts - Graphic design, Major in 3D Animation
Lahore College for Women University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.) - Graphic design and visual communication
Lahore College for Women University
Intermediate - Fine arts, History and Education
Himayat-E-Islam College
Matriculation - Arts and Computer
Little Harvard School System
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