Sbu Mkhwanazi
Layered creative studio wall with campaign posters, screens, and design artifacts

Creative Director / Campaigns / Film / Digital Ideas

I make ideas impossible to ignore.

Fourteen years shaping work that moves through culture: from brand platforms and films to digital ideas built for participation.

Let's work
Brand Direction Campaign Concepts Film & Content Web design Art Direction motion graphics

Open to roles, collaborations, and sharp briefs.

I turn culture into campaigns.

Recognised thinking across film, digital, social, integrated campaigns, and award-stage creative work.

Cannes Loeries Creative Circle Bookmarks Webby

Selected work

Real campaigns, launches, films, digital ideas.

Chicken Licken campaign creative

01 / Campaign

Chicken Licken

Distinctive retail energy and brand humor shaped into campaign work built for instant recognition.
Creative award recognition for outdoor advertising

02 / Awarded

SAVANNA

Industry-recognised outdoor thinking with the simplicity and craft to survive outside the boardroom.
Toyota Sign the Smile integrated campaign

03 / Integrated

Sign the Smile

A participation-led platform connecting brand behavior, public interaction, and digital touchpoints.
Toyota website campaign screen

04 / Digital

Toyota

Web-led campaign thinking built around clear storytelling, interaction, and conversion moments.
KFC Comic Con campaign code easter egg hidden inside a gaming website

05 / Gaming

KFC

Gaming sites turned into a Comic Con hunt, hiding code easter eggs for fans who knew where to look.
Mobile campaign mockup

06 / Social

Mobile Stories

Social-first formats designed for phone behavior: quick recognition, modular assets, and repeatable campaign momentum.
Old Mutual Life film still of a tender South African family moment

07 / Film

Old Mutual Life

Life Connect told through intimate South African moments, making protection feel human, local, and emotionally clear.
Adidas campaign visual

08 / Culture

Adidas

Sportswear attitude and cultural fluency shaped into direct, confident visual storytelling.

Creative direction is not decoration.

It is the discipline of making the right idea feel inevitable.

Simple enough to land Sharp enough to travel Crafted enough to last
Polaroid portrait of Sbu

Art prints

Limited portrait prints, made to order.

Select a piece and send an order enquiry. I will confirm size, paper, availability, price, and delivery before anything is final.

What I bring

Taste, structure, speed, and the nerve to get strong work made.

01

Concept Development

Campaign platforms, creative territories, launch ideas, and routes that can survive client rooms and culture.

02

Visual Direction

Photography, typography, layout, motion cues, and campaign systems with a clear visual point of view.

03

Brand Storytelling

Narrative, voice, pitch structure, social formats, and content ideas that make the brand easier to feel.

04

Team Momentum

Direction for designers, writers, producers, founders, and clients when the brief gets noisy and the work needs clarity.

Positioning

For agencies, brands & studios that need the work to feel brave and finished.

Currently looking for:

  • Creative Director roles
  • Brand and campaign consulting
  • Film, content, and launch projects
  • ATL and digital art direction

Let's build the next thing

If you need me

info@sbumkhwanazi.co.za