Ophir Sheriff

Ophir Sheriff is an Israeli creative director, concept artist, illustrator and designer, born in 1993 in Tel Aviv. Ophir specializes in building unique visual development processes, assembling design teams and integrating tech tools into production pipelines. He has worked in the field since 2015, mainly as a concept artist in the video game industry, alongside work in advertising, animation and branding. Among other roles, he has served as a creative lead at Candivore and at Paramount’s innovation incubator in Israel. His awards include the 2024 Red Dot Award as creative director of NickWatch and the Carters Award for Israeli Comics (2020). Ophir has taught at several design academies in Israel and holds degrees in Economics and Management from Ben-Gurion University and in Visual Communication from Bezalel.