Selected campaign work by Allen Rankin

Creative Director — South Africa

Craft that converts. AI where it counts.

Seventeen years of brand campaigns, photography and film — now with a production engine most studios can't match.

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adidasPUMAUmbroNew BalanceVansPukpipHi-TecEngenReebokTekkie TownStudio 88Pick n PaySalomonHuawei

Two ways in

One studio.
Two doors.

Different briefs need different engines. Both end in imagery that sells.

Door one

Creative Direction
& Production

End-to-end campaigns for brands that need the full machine — concept, art direction, photography and film, delivered to global standards.

  • Brand campaigns & launches
  • Photography — product, lifestyle, fashion
  • Film & motion content
  • Art direction & design
Brief me

Door two

AI Product
Imagery

Studio-grade product imagery without the studio — for products too fast-moving, too seasonal, or too cheap to justify a shoot cycle. Directed by a creative director, not a prompt.

  • Product & packaging hero shots
  • Lifestyle & campaign scenes
  • Full catalogue libraries
  • Motion loops & animated posts
Brief me

The approach

Craft leads. AI works quietly underneath. You'd never know — and that's the point.

Direction first

Every image starts with a creative decision — light, lens, story, brand. The tool never chooses. Seventeen years of taste does.

Real craft, real culture

Work rooted in South African specificity — the light, the language, the humour — built to stand next to anything shot in a studio anywhere.

Speed without the shortcut

Full imagery libraries in days, not shoot cycles. Revisions in hours. The pace of AI with the standards of production.

Your product stays yours.

Client images and products are never used to train AI models. Your assets, references and unreleased work stay confidential — the same as any production house you'd trust with a launch.

Allen Rankin, Creative Director

About

Allen Rankin

Creative director with seventeen years across brand campaigns, photography, film and design — from global sportswear launches to homegrown South African brands.

Now building imagery with an AI-powered production engine directed by the same eye. You're not hiring a freelancer — you're partnering with a creative director.

17Years in craft
11+Major brands
SABased in South Africa

Start a project

Tell me what
you're building.

A campaign, a catalogue, a launch, or something that doesn't have a name yet. Send the shape of it — I'll come back within one working day.

South Africa.

Replies within one working day.