Beginner To Advanced
Arabic & English
Online
1 Hr 8 Mins
2000 L.E
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Kholoud Kamal
Senior Art Director @Freelancer/ Consultant
Kholoud Kamal is a Senior Art Director, consultant, fine artist, and content creator with 12+ years of experience in the advertising industry. She built a career leading and executing impactful creative campaigns for well-known brands and organizations, with recent roles including Art Director at Manara School, Sagerlabs (Dubai), and Forbes Middle East, as well as Art Director positions at BAM and AKQA (where she also worked as a Senior Graphic Designer).
This course teaches you how to think like an Art Director and turn any client brief into strong, clear creative visual ideas. You’ll learn how to break down the brief, generate concepts, research visual references, build professional mood boards, and translate your idea into a visual scenario with storytelling, feelings, and confident presentation skills, so your content feels strategic, consistent, and client-ready.
How to think like an Art Director and build a clear creative vision.
The essential Art Director skills needed to lead a creative team.
How to break down a brief and generate multiple strong ideas from it.
Creative thinking tools you can use to unlock better concepts faster.
How to research visual references and build a strong visual direction.
How to create a mood board, present it to a client, and defend your choices.
How to turn an idea into a visual story (visual scenario, feelings, storytelling) and present it confidently with a clear rationale
1- Intro
A quick overview of what you’ll learn and how the course is structured.
2- How to Think Like an Art Director
Learn the art director's mindset: turning goals into clear visual decisions.
3- Essential Skills for Any Art Director
Build the core skills needed to lead visuals, teams, and creative outcomes.
4- Part Two: How to Break Down the Brief and Generate Ideas
A step-by-step method to decode briefs and turn them into strong concepts.
5- Creative Thinking Tools
Practical frameworks and prompts to unlock more original directions faster.
6- Part Three: Researching Visual References
How to find, filter, and use references that elevate your concept (not copy it).
7- Part Four: Mood Board
A guided process to build a mood board that communicates the vision clearly.
8- What Does a Mood Board Mean?
Understand what mood boards communicate and what they should never include.
9- How to Present the Mood Board to the Client and the Team
Present your board with clarity so everyone aligns and decisions get easier.
10- How to Translate the Idea into a Visual Scenario
Turn the concept into a concrete scene: subjects, setting, style, and details.
11- Composition and Storytelling
Use layout, hierarchy, and framing to guide attention and meaning.
12- Storytelling and How to Make the Viewer Feel the Story
Techniques to create emotion, tension, and connection through visuals.
13- How to Explain Your Idea and Present It with Confidence
Learn a simple speaking structure to sell your direction without overexplaining.
14- Writing the Rationale and Why We Chose This Idea
Write a clear rationale that links the concept to the brief and audience needs.
15- Outro
Wrap up and key takeaways we discussed in the course
16- Get your Certificate
Claim your certificate upon completing the course.
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Upon completion of all lessons in your course, you'll receive a signed certificate from The Copywriter.
Our courses conducted primarily in Arabic but since many advertising terms are in English, we're in the process of adding subtitles to our recorded material.
