Antar Walker – who joins MPC’s London advertising studio as Design Creative Director - is a truly multi-disciplinary designer and director with world-class experience spanning over 8 years in advertising, design, animation, film and digital. The industry’s top creative awards have applauded his projects and he has worked for some of the world’s most iconic brands including Nike, Apple, BMW, Tate Modern, Land Rover, Burberry and Chanel.
Antar joins MPC from the acclaimed design and motion studio ManvsMachine – where he worked in London for 18 months before moving to help set-up their new endeavor in LA. During his time in the States, Antar was integral to establishing their new studio, propagating studio culture and thought processes, along with playing a role in hiring the best talent available to grow and nurture a successful new team.
Antar will work closely with Ryan Jefferson Hays who joined MPC in 2015 to spearhead a new era for the Design team. Alongside this, Antar will also continue to direct through MPC Creative.
Graham Bird, Chief Commercial Officer said “As one of the world’s best artists and directors within Design, we have been following his work for some time and are now delighted to have him on the team. Not only will our clients benefit from his exceptional talent, but he will work with Ryan to help drive a new vision for Design within our advertising business”.
Antar said “MPC’s reputation and proven track record in producing innovative, award-winning work creates a very exciting opportunity to forge a new creative offering throughout the company. There’s now an opportunity to apply design and visual innovation to the power of animation and VFX tools to create memorable, brave new content for all manner of brands, agencies and directors. I look forward to working with MPC
and it’s clients to continue it's legacy of excellence into new and emerging fields of design, motion and interactive content”.
MPC is an Academy Award winning creative studio. As world leaders in visual storytelling for over two decades, with VFX studios in 9 cities globally, MPC are renowned for adding visual wonder and creative expertise to the advertising, music, contemporary art and film industries; crafting work across the full spectrum of comms platforms and emerging technologies. The studio’s unique combination of talent, technology and craft
delivers experiences that are more distinctive and memorable. Recent projects include Disney’s The Jungle Book, Channel 4’s We’re the Superhumans and Samsung ‘Ostrich’.