Nurul Hidayah Adnan

Nurul Hidayah Adnan

Creates Magic Visuals in Kuala Lumpur, She/Her

About

NURUL HIDAYAH ADNAN (b.1995, Johor) is fondly known as Yaya. She received her education in Bachelor of Media Arts majoring in Animation in UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

Yaya works on various projects, including graphic design, branding, video editing, animation, in-store advertising, and more. Her previous clients include AEON Malaysia, BOH Plantations, and Prudential.

Education

2016 — 2018
Sydney, Australia

Major in Animation and Film, graduated with Honours
College of Fine Arts (COFA)
WAM 70.83 – Class 2 Division 2

2013 — 2016
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Covering wide range of media design: Graphic Design, Advertising, Animation and Broadcasting
CGPA 3.86

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Freelance Artist at Tot Bonkers Enterprise
Kuala Lumpur

Work on multiple multimedia projects with different clients

2020 — 2023
Petaling Jaya

Creates engaging graphic visuals for all Kakiseni events, proposals and social media postings.

2020 — 2023
Petaling Jaya

Ideate and create events Key art visuals. Create multiple design materials for clients such as Prudential, UNDP, and MAVCOM

2017 — 2020
Supervisor/Houseman/Housekeeping at Adina Apartment Hotel
Sydney

Started as a Housekeeper and in time was promoted to Houseman, to Supervisor by maintaining excellent work ethics and professionalism.

2015 — 2017
Creator & Graphic Designer at Laypark Studio & Cafe
Rembau

Co-created with Hanis Yusof; Laypark Studio Cafe providing printing and designing services for students inside campus and external clients.

2017 — 2017
Sydney

Designed the company profile and handling the design jobs. Directed and assisted in the process of making the videography jobs received.

Projects

2023
Ali In the Forestland at Malaysia Forest Fund (MFF)

Collaborated with a team of designers and artists to create Ali in the Forestland, a 3-minute animation for MFF to promote the beauty of Malaysian forests with combinations of traditional folklore.

2023

Produced visuals for the 18th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards event on 15th May 2023 at PJPAC Stage 1, themed "A New Day, #SetiaPadaSenimu"

Since its inception in 2002, the BOH Cameronian Arts Awards has been dedicated to recognizing and honouring exceptional performances in dance, music, theater, and musical theater from the previous years.

2023
MAVCOM Annual Report at Malaysia Aviation Commission

Design and conceptualised MAVCOM's Annual Report. Worked on 2019's edition till now

2022
Prudential Promo Flyer Designs (2020 - Present) at Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad

Design and conceptualise their monthly promo flyers

2022
SeniMAD 2022 at Kakiseni

Designed all visuals for SeniMAD Programme 2022 (Seni Making A Difference)

2022

The ePemula programme is one of the initiatives announced under Budget 2022 launched at Dewan Tun Canselor, MMU in Cyberjaya by the Prime Minister, YAB Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, on 15 April 2022.

Created the key art design for the event and all designs collateral including the launch gimmick animation.

2021

The programmes proposed hope to open up avenues for the the performing arts industry and those who are affected by the pandemic to return to the scene. Create and animate the key art design for the campaign

Side Projects

2023

Ideated and designed the visuals for the AEON AFP Fashion Show booth, situated in the center of IOI Putrajaya City Mall on 24th June 2023.

With the client announcing further collaboration with Comic Fiesta, the whole booth was designed as pages of AEON shojo manga, a story of a fashion-savvy girl meets a Tokyo tourist in search of new outfits, sparks fly, and fashion boundaries are redefined.

2022

Production assistant for Talitha Tan - gave u my h3@rt music video

2022

Spooky Wet Dreams; Dewa Kotaraya Album Art. Collaborated with Lizzie Zany & Mimi Jamal

2021

Creative Director for visuals of Sayap Bagimu project by AEON Malaysia. Design and animate the all motion graphics for their media programmes;

  • AEON Raikan (television game show, aired on TV3, October 2021)
  • AEON Bagaimana Kalau (short TV series, aired on TV3, October 2021)
2020

Made animations inserts for Cashless Society, TechFest 2020; aired in Astro (September, 2020)

Exhibitions

2023
Malaysia

Exhibiting animation content for Malaysia Forest Fund (MFF) titled Ali in the Forestland, during International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM) 2023.

2022
Malaysia

Selected as one of ten artists to participate in Seni Kripto Art Residency initiated by Filamen. The artwork created during the residency were exhibited during Immersio 2022 and will be a permanent art collection for DAG (Digital Art Gallery by Filamen)

2018
Australia

A&D Annual 2018 Media Art category exhibitor

Volunteering

2022 — 2022
GMBB

Exhibition of Japanese Printing movement in the 1970s from 14 artists

2020 — 2020
Sydney

Setup and pack all the shooting equipment and assisting the lighting for every scene on the shooting site under the guidance of Kupa Warner (Director of Photography) for the short film “Terrorist, the”.

2017 — 2017
Creative Director at KUASyd
Sydney

Creative Director in Kelab UMNO Australia Sydney (KUASyd)

Awards

2018

Highly Commended Entry for A&D Annual 2018 Logo Design competition

2016
ARTified Best Artwork Award from KKTM Rembau

ARTified Best Artwork Award for Digital Media Department

Features

2022

Graphic Designer, Kekabumi Collective