OPHIR
SHERIFF
About
I am an Israeli creative director, concept artist, illustrator and designer, who works with a varied range of styles and specialises in tackling unique visual development processes, design team assemblies and utilization of tech tools in development pipelines.
I've been working in the field professionally since 2015, mostly as a concept artist in the video games industry, but also as a freelancer with experience in advertising, animation, branding and motion graphics. I'm currently serving as the creative lead for Candivore's VC.
Before that I was the VP Creative Director of BETA - A Paramount Backed Incubator, and it's sub company Rimon Studio. I'm Currently teaching at Holon Institute of Technology and have taught at Shenkar Academy as well.
Born in 1993 and raised in Tel Aviv. Educated in Ben-Gurion University in Economics and Management and in Bezalel Academy of Arts in Visual Communication.
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Awards & Recognition
2024 // Red Dot Design Award
Creative Director for the NickWatch, winner of Red Dot product design 2024 winner.
NickWatch was created under the JV WatchinU and design partnered with Teague.
2022 // Meta's B2C bootcamp
Participant of Meta's exclusive B2C bootcamp with "Nick Academy", an edutainment startup.
2020 // Carters Award for Israeli Comics
Winner of the Israeli Comics award for body of work exploring medium-form relations between mobile platforms and comics.
2020 // "Draft-Sketch" by Keren Makor
Participant in Keren Makor's development bootcamp for series with the show "Qliphoth".
2019 // "Hop, Skip & Jump" Development Award
Winner of a development award and grant for my work on the show "The Garden Keepers".
2018 // "Print Screen" Grant award
Winner of a development grant for the video game "Welcome to Stanistan".
2016-2020 // Bezalel excellency awards
Excellency awards for academic achievements in my 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year.