Khaled “Kal” Ashour — Corona, California Available for remote & contract work

Selected work · 1994 — 2026

Concept
to Shelf

Twenty-five years designing the thing, the box it ships in, and the brand that sells it — for beauty, consumer goods, entertainment, and telecom.

Disciplines
Product · Package · Brand
Practice
IDEAZ for Art & Technology
Experience
25+ years
Education
BFA, CSU Fullerton
Status
Open to contract

Selected work

10 projects
OORA Labs fragrance brand identity
BRD-01 · 2026

OORA Labs — botanical fragrance identity

Luxury fragrance · full brand system

Built the brand from zero: moodboard and creative direction, brand guidelines, wordmark and typographic system, packaging briefs, landing page, and a reusable social template studio. Positioned deliberately for a Gen Z buyer without losing the restraint a luxury fragrance needs.

Brand identityPackaging briefTypographyWebSocial system
ColorBright10 product catalog and sell sheet
PKG-02 · 2026

ColorBright10 product catalog

Professional hair color & care

A 19-SKU catalog and spec sheet across color, treatments, pomade, and tools — case configurations, shade numbering, and product photography — plus a print-ready wholesale order form and sell sheet built for field sales.

CatalogSell sheetPrint production
Hollywood Style USA cosmetics packaging
PKG-03 · 2009—2011

Hollywood Style USA packaging

Cosmetics · package designer

Took concepts to shelf-ready cosmetics packaging using 3D modeling and rendered scene work, alongside web design and development for the brand. Received the company's Design Concept Award.

Package design3D modelingAward
Moehair USA packaging and graphics
PKG-04 · 2015—2018

Moehair USA

Professional hair care · package & graphic design

Product and package design across a professional salon line, with the supporting graphic system and motion graphics for launch and retail.

Package designProductMotion
Zinoh product and exhibit design
PRD-05 · 2007—2008

Zinoh Inc.

Product designer / art director

Translated conceptual briefs into manufacturable products, then carried the same language into identity branding and trade show exhibit and display design.

Product designIdentityExhibit
DISH Network advertising and exhibit design
ADV-06 · 2004—2010

DISH Network

Creative designer

National magazine advertising, print collateral, web pages, animated banners, and trade show exhibits for a major satellite television brand. Received the company's Award of Excellence.

AdvertisingPrintWebExhibitAward
Sling TV campaign design
ADV-07 · 2019—2021

Sling TV

Graphic designer

Seasonal campaign design across digital advertising, web pages, and display and exhibit materials for a streaming television service.

CampaignDigital adsWeb
Mad Engine product graphics
PRD-08 · 2020

Mad Engine

Graphic designer · apparel

Concept-to-finish product graphics, motion advertising, printed marketing materials, and trade show display design.

Product graphicsMotionPrint
Formula 348 Botanicals sales collateral
PRT-09 · 2026

Formula 348 Botanicals

Botanical wellness · sales collateral

Print-ready field sales materials designed for use in the room — legible order flow, clear product hierarchy, built to survive a photocopier.

Print productionSales collateral
International Cartoons character and animation work
MOT-10 · 1994—1999

International Cartoons

Designer / art director

Character design, 2D and 3D animation, and compositing for multilingual animated production — including character development alongside Disney animators — plus building and running the training program for incoming compositors.

Character design3DCompositingArt direction

Capabilities

What I take on

Product & package

Concept development, dielines and structural packaging, 3D product modeling and rendering, retail display and exhibit design, spec sheets, production-ready files and press oversight.

Brand & identity

Brand systems and guidelines, logo and wordmark design, typography, packaging briefs, moodboards, campaign and social template systems.

Digital & motion

Web and landing page design, UI/UX, digital advertising, motion graphics, video editing and compositing.

Tools

Figma · Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dimension, After Effects, Premiere · Blender · Cinema 4D · Modo 3D · Final Cut Pro · WordPress · generative AI tools for concepting, imaging, and copy workflows.

How I work

Direct with founders and marketing leads, from brief through delivery. Comfortable on retainer, project rate, or revenue share. Fully set up for remote collaboration across time zones.

Let's build
the next one.