Shahnaz Ahmed Bio

Shahnaz Ahmed

Founder and Co-Director, KnitAid

London

Currently Senior Designer at Livity, a youth marketing agency benefiting the lives of young people. Shahnaz has worked on creative development and lead design on a variety of projects for clients including BBC, Barclays, Cancer Research UK, Google, Victim Support and Unilever.

Shahnaz has also co-founded KnitAid. Knit Aid is a social enterprise helping knitters to help others in need.

Knit Aid was set up as a response to the refugee crisis in Europe, in particular the many refugees that had travelled to France and have been living in cold and harsh conditions.

Shahnaz Ahmed

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