The People

Talent that builds
the work behind the work.

Talisman is a tight, opinionated team of directors, designers, engineers and operators. No agency layers, no junior hand-offs — the people you meet are the people who build.

IMRAN SAJID

SYED ASAD ALI KAZMI

ZOYA JAMSHAID

SHOAIB ALI

ALI ARSALAN

KHADIJA SALEEM

SYED ALI YAZDAN

SYED MUNTZER

AWAIS KIBRIYA

THE TEAM

Faces behind the work.

Imran Sajid

DIRECTOR

Shoaib Ali

DESIGNER / CTO

Syed Ali Yazdan

AI PROMPT ARTIST & ENGINEER

Syed Asad Ali Kazmi

MARKETING HEAD

Ali Arsalan

FULL STACK & AI DEVELOPER

Syed Muntzer

ACCOUNTING EXPERT

Zoya Jamshaid

2D/3D & AI CONTENT CREATOR

Khadija Saleem

UX & UI DESIGNER

Awais Kibriya

BRAND AMBASSADOR & CLIENT HUNTER

9

Core Team

15+

Years Together

20+

Feature Films Credited

100%

Client Retention

Profiles

The full roster.

Nine operators covering creative direction, design and engineering, applied AI, full-stack development, content creation, UX/UI, brand ambassadorship and the business spine that keeps everything shipping.

Imran Sajid

DIRECTOR

Imran Sajid

Imran leads Talisman with fifteen years of experience steering creative production for feature film, gaming and immersive studios. He sets the studio’s creative compass and owns every client relationship end-to-end.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Creative Direction
  • Studio Operations
  • Client Strategy
  • Production Pipelines

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Shoaib Ali

DESIGNER / CTO

Shoaib Ali

Shoaib heads design and engineering — bridging visual craft with the systems that ship it. From concept art to deployed product, he architects the workflows that keep our output cinematic and on-time.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Product Design
  • Concept Art
  • Engineering Leadership
  • Design Systems

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Syed Ali Yazdan

AI PROMPT ARTIST & ENGINEER

Syed Ali Yazdan

Ali sits at the intersection of generative art and applied AI. He builds the agents, prompt systems and creative tooling that let our team output at studio-scale without losing taste.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Generative AI
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Agent Architecture
  • Creative Tooling

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Syed Asad Ali Kazmi

MARKETING HEAD

Syed Asad Ali Kazmi

Asad leads marketing — shaping how Talisman shows up to the world. From positioning and campaigns to partnerships and pipeline, he turns craft into demand.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Brand Marketing
  • Growth Strategy
  • Campaign Direction
  • Partnerships

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Ali Arsalan

FULL STACK & AI DEVELOPER

Ali Arsalan

Arsalan builds the full stack and the AI layer behind Talisman’s products — from web platforms and APIs to autonomous agents that automate creative and business workflows. He ships clean systems that scale.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Full Stack Development
  • AI Agent Architecture
  • Automation Systems
  • API & Platform Engineering

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Syed Muntzer

ACCOUNTING EXPERT

Syed Muntzer

Muntzer keeps the studio honest — clear scopes, clean books and reporting our clients can actually read. The quiet operator behind every on-budget delivery.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Finance Operations
  • Project Accounting
  • Forecasting
  • Reporting

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Zoya Jamshaid

2D/3D & AI CONTENT CREATOR

Zoya Jamshaid

Zoya shapes Talisman’s visual voice across 2D and 3D content, AI-assisted creative and brand storytelling. She blends SEO thinking with brand enhancement — making sure every asset is discovered, beautiful and on-message.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • 2D & 3D Content
  • AI Content Creation
  • SEO & Brand Visibility
  • Brand Enhancement

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Khadija Saleem

UX & UI DESIGNER

Khadija Saleem

Khadija designs interfaces that feel inevitable — from wireframes and prototypes in Figma and Illustrator to polished, hand-crafted layouts refined with AI tooling. She balances research, taste and methodical craft to make every screen both beautiful and usable.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • UX Research & Strategy
  • Figma & Illustrator
  • Canva Visual Systems
  • AI-Assisted Design

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Awais Kibriya

BRAND AMBASSADOR & CLIENT HUNTER

Awais Kibriya

Awais is the voice of Talisman in the market — building relationships, spotting the right-fit clients and turning conversations into long-term partnerships. He represents the brand at every touchpoint and makes sure our craft reaches the people who need it most.

✦ AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Brand Representation
  • Client Acquisition
  • Partnership Development
  • Market Outreach

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How We Work

A small team, on purpose.

We stay small so every project gets the people you hired — not a rotating cast of juniors. Embedded, accountable, and obsessed with the craft.

SENIOR BY DEFAULT

Every brief is led by a director or principal. No hand-offs.

EMBEDDED DELIVERY

We slot into your tools, standups and timelines — not the other way around.

AI-AUGMENTED

Our pipeline runs on custom agents, so output scales without diluting craft.

TRANSPARENT

Weekly reviews, clear scopes and zero surprises at delivery.

“We’ve spent fifteen years quietly building the work behind the work. Talisman is what happens when the same team finally puts their name on the door.”

Imran Sajid

Imran Sajid

Director, Talisman Interactive

Careers

Want to build with us?

We hire slowly and deliberately — artists, engineers and operators who care about craft. If that sounds like you, drop us a line.

Ready to transform
your business?

Let’s build something extraordinary together.

“We bridge the gap between human creativity and AI-driven efficiency — for studios who refuse to look generic.”