ZAKEE SHARIFF CREATIVE CONSULTANCY

Zakee Shariff Clothing & Printed Silk Jersey Dress. Photo Jessica Sargeant

Zakee is a multidisciplinary creative director, textile designer, and transformation-led consultant working across fashion, art, interiors, and brand experience. An artist and printed textile designer with 30 years of experience in drawing, painting, using colour, and creating printed textile designs for fashion and interior, she has spent over 28 years running her own creative studio and clothing collection, holding creative integrity under commercial pressure — from the position of both the maker and as a collaborator with a diversity of creative and licence partners.

Her practice sits at the intersection of art and design, rooted in print, colour, beauty, and emotional resonance. She carries an unusual capacity to combine this breadth of making experience with her practice as a transformational coach for creatives, holding a clear understanding of both the financial and business realities of running a company, and an acute awareness of what is needed to nurture a beautiful creative vision and guide a team in deep flow to bring that vision to life within the budget available.

Zakee works with a distinctive visual language that moves fluidly between disciplines, bridging the intuitive and the strategic, the conceptual and the realised. She collaborates with designers, luxury brands, and creative teams to bring depth, clarity, and cohesion to their work, developing ideas that feel both meaningful and commercially strong.

If you want to connect, explore have an idea for a project or collaboration, email the studio studio@zakeeshariff.com  You can explore past work in her archive.

HOW ZAKEE WORKS

CREATIVE DIRECTION Concept, narrative, and collection direction. Art direction for campaigns, shows, and presentations. Visual identity and aesthetic refinement.

PROJECT-BASED CONSULTANCY Print identity, colour development, and material direction. Artwork for surfaces, interiors, and product. Space activation and visual presence.

TEXTILE DESIGN LICENCE & COMMISSION Original print and pattern design for fashion, interiors, and product. Repeat design, placement, colour, and hand-crafted textile development.

WORKSHOPS & TEAM SESSIONS Creative mentorship and leadership coaching. Talks, panels, and sessions that help teams reconnect with purpose and direction.

ONE-TO-ONE ADVISORY A confidential space for founders and creatives navigating transition, growth, or the development of a personal creative vision.

ARCHIVE & HERITAGE CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT Deep engagement with existing archive material. Translating heritage into a living creative direction rooted in a house’s own history and identity.

POSITIONING

Artist & Designer   Creative Director & Strategist   Coach & Communicator

CLIENTS INCLUDE

Saint Laurent, Liberty, Paul Smith, Selfridges, Victoria & Albert Museum, Nike, Colette, Medicom Toy, Channel 4, Brownswood Recordings.