IF YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING,

MAKE IT
ICONIC.

SELECTED WORK

IDEAS MADE
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.

Selected projects were developed during Ahmer’s tenure at global advertising agencies, including WPP, IPG, and Dentsu, and at social impact agency Matter Unlimited.

CAMPAIGNS

THE WORK.

EVERY WOMAN TREATY

Uniting the World to End Violence Against Women and Girls.

OBAMA FOUNDATION

OBAMA FOUNDATION

We are the ones.

Merck for Mothers

MERCK FOR MOTHERS

All for ending maternal mortality

CHASE

Chase campaign for digital adoption.

OLAFUR ELIASSON / LITTLE SUN

Art Powering Hearts

MASTERCARD

New York City Priceless Cities launch campaign.

HOSH

Celebrating the boundless creativity of Native American artists.

MARRIOTT

All Marriott US Brands

IXIM

Accelerating Conscious Living.

SYNERGOS

Build Trust Works.

BRANDING

MORE THAN A LOGO

Every mark comes with the system around it: the type, color, imagery and rules that keep a brand recognizably itself, everywhere it lives.

Ahmer Kalam

FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR

AHMER KALAM

Ahmer spent more than two decades building brands and campaigns at Y&R, McCann and Dentsu, for clients including JPMorgan Chase, Intel, Marriott, Mastercard and Citibank. His work has earned Emmy nominations, Cannes Lions and Clios, and is part of MoMA’s permanent collection.

Through Design Hierarchy, he now works directly with founders, foundations and movements.

“When design, narrative and conscience converge, movements gain clarity.”