Creative Team
Iman Shamsuddin
Creative Lead
Leads visual execution, from brand identities to mascots, and guides the creative designers.
About
Iman Shamsuddin leads creative execution at AICREATIVV. She joined in 2023 as Lead Creative Designer, after the team first worked with her at the National Theatre Festival Brunei 2022, and she turns brand strategy into identities, visuals and characters while guiding the designers around her.
Character design is where she shines. For Wadokai she researched local wildlife and based the mascots Tata Ao and Tata Aka on the Surili monkey. For BDCB's Usinwise she built a whole cast, giving each character a shape that matches its personality, and she led creative design on the Usinwise website. She also co-designed the TAFIS visual brand and logo, and was Design Lead for Baiduri Bank Lifestyle.
Her advice to new designers: understand a character's purpose before you draw it, and don't forget the tiny props. Her love of design started at nine, playing with WordArt on the family laptop.
What Iman does
- Identity design: Turns brand strategy into logos and visual identities that reflect each client's vision.
- Character design: Creates mascots and character casts with personality, story and consistent turnarounds.
- Creative execution: Oversees concepts and visual execution so the team's work stays consistent and on brief.
- Guiding designers: Supervises interns and designers, answering questions and helping them grow.
Recent wins
- 2026, Win: Creative design for the Usinwise website, Led creative design on BDCB's Usinwise website, built with Imamull Qhaeer.
- 2025, Win: The Usinwise character world, Designed Sprouts and friends for BDCB's Usinwise, each shaped by its personality.
- 2025, Win: Wadokai mascots Tata Ao and Tata Aka, Created AICREATIVV's first mascots, inspired by Brunei's Surili monkey.
- 2024, Win: TAFIS rebrand for MOFE, Designed TAFIS's new visual brand and logo with Amal Osmera.
- 2024, Project: Cycle 6, Kontena Park
- 2024, Project: Lifestyle, Baiduri Bank
- 2024, Project: 40th National Day Commemorative Coin, BDCB
- 2023, Project: Branding & Identity Design, Kitani Kreatif
- 2023, Project: Mental Health for Students, JIWA & HPC
- 2023, Project: WAH Booklet, Health Promotion Centre
- 2023, Project: National Strategy for Salt Reduction Brunei Darussalam, HPC
- 2023, Project: Lifestyle, DST
- 2023, Project: National Theatre Festival Brunei (2023), 247 Studios
- 2023, Story: Iman Joins AICREATIVV as Lead Creative Designer, AICREATIVV blog
- 2023, Story: AICREATIVV Expands With Two New Members, AICREATIVV blog
- 2022, Project: National Theatre Festival Brunei (2022), 247 Studios
Projects
- BDCB - Usinwise Website (2026)
- MOFE - TAFIS: Brunei's Government Financial System (2024)
- Kontena Park - Cycle 6 (2024)
- Baiduri Bank - Lifestyle (2024)
- BDCB - 40th National Day Commemorative Coin (2024)
- Kitani Kreatif - Branding & Identity Design (2023)
- JIWA & HPC - Mental Health for Students (2023)
- Health Promotion Centre - WAH Booklet (2023)
- HPC - National Strategy for Salt Reduction Brunei Darussalam (2023)
- DST - Lifestyle (2023)
- 247 Studios - National Theatre Festival Brunei (2023) (2023)
- 247 Studios - National Theatre Festival Brunei (2022) (2022)
On the blog
- Iman Shamsuddin’s Guide to Purposeful Character Design
- Iman Joins AICREATIVV as Lead Creative Designer
- AICREATIVV Expands With Two New Members
- Majidah Khirul: Learning to Trust Her Own Eye
- July 2026: Welcomes, Goodbyes, and Everything In Between
- Syed Inayat and the Practice of Asking
- Introducing Hariisah: Curious, Confused, Becoming Confident
- The Year, Starting Here: January 2026 Highlights
- December at AICREATIVV: Closing Chapters and Looking Ahead
- Majidah Khirul: Her Design, Her Story, Her Becoming
- What Bangkok Taught Us About Creativity
- Reflections, Reunions, and Resets: October at AICREATIVV
- A Collection of Firsts: Wadokai 2025
- Behind the Curtains of NTFB 2025
- History Made Personal: Batrisyia Graduates
- Threads of Heritage, Bonds of Teamwork
- Frames of Us at AICREATIVV
- Away From the Desk, Back to the Sea
- A Night of Gratitude, Growth, and AICREATIVV’s Future
- AICREATIVV’s Home Just Got Bigger: The Team's Thoughts
- New Space, Same Spirit: AICREATIVV’s Next Chapter
- IBTE Digital Marketing Finals!
- AICREATIVV x IBTE Business Campus: Inspiring Future Interns
- Muna Blends Business with Design as AICREATIVV’s New Intern
- Branding and Marketing 101: 4 Key Lessons for Business Owners
- Haziyah Paints Her Career Path with an Internship at AICREATIVV
- Behind the Curtains of a Theatre Festival: 3 Lessons Learned
- The Crash of Ages: Newsflash - Millennials Had It Tougher, GenZs!
- AICREATIVV Leads the Creative Industry for Brunei’s 18th National Youth Day
- AICREATIVV Comes Full Circle at the UBD Startup Centre Open House
- AICREATIVV Gets Inspired at the LUMEN Exhibition
- The Clash of Ages: Millennials vs Gen Z
- AICREATIVV Expands From 2 Members to 7!
- NTFB 2022 Case Study entry is now Live
In the Spellbook
- Spellbook #65: Nobody clapped (Part 1/3)
- Spellbook #61: They're looking at nothing
- Spellbook #60: 420 days
- Spellbook #59: Look dumb, seriously
- Spellbook #57: When did this become normal?
- Spellbook #56: Two iPads and a screen
- Spellbook #53: One marketing person, but 8 jobs?
- Spellbook #51: Great portfolios don’t mean great teams
- Spellbook #50: How not to talk
- Spellbook #47: 3 habits that destroys team morale
- Spellbook #46: We had one chance to get this right
- Spellbook #44: We keep starting over without realizing it
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