Alfonso is the Director of Aya and Yusuf. He exquisitely brings the stories to life in his work on the series’ storyboards, animatics and animations. Alfonso ensures the Aya and Yusuf series are in line with the vision set out by the leadership team.

Alfonso has been working in animation for over 17 years, and has been Director and Animation Supervisor of POCOYO for over 10 years. Pocoyo is an award-winning Spanish preschool comedy animation; broadcasted on major children’s networks in Spain, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Dubbed by famous English actor Stephen Fry.

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Alex is Head of Production & Development for the Aya and Yusuf series. In her role, Alex oversees the entirety of the production with her creative flair and attention to detail. She is a Creative and Art Director for Film and TV and owner of D.Bond, a VFX/Animation studio whose credits include TV series DA VINCI’S DEMONS and HOUSE OF CARDS, as well as feature films ENDER’S GAME and PIXELS. She works closely with Alfonso Rodriguez, Director of acclaimed Spanish kids series POCOYO.

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Mónica is a passionate and talented illustrator working with the AYA Animations team on the development of the art for the Aya and Yusuf series. She brings the characters and environments to life with her alluring sketches.

Mónica has worked on several books with various publishers and agencies both in Europe and the United States. Within the animations industry Mónica is a character designer, background artist and color/texture artist for feature films and pre-school TV series such as award-winning Puffin Rock and Pocoyo.

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Angela is a dedicated and proficient illustrator for the Aya and Yusuf series. She works closely with Mónica Armiño to deliver quality artwork for the project. Angela has been a designer and illustrator for over 10 years with experience in digital art, character design and animation.

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Tala Odeh and Holly Wallace began working in PR together at Memac Ogilvy, an award-winning global creative agency. Through creative storytelling and strategic thinking, Tala and Holly manage all external communications of AYA Animations. From website content to PR pitches, they handle all-things press and social media.

Holly Wallace and Tala Odeh began working in PR together at Memac Ogilvy, an award-winning global creative agency. Through creative storytelling and strategic thinking, Tala and Holly manage all external communications of AYA Animations. From website content to PR pitches, they handle all-things press and social media.

AYA Animations strives to offer all content in both Arabic and English; and without Batool, this would not be possible. Batool is the English-Arabic content translator working with the communication and social media teams to offer an authentic bilingual experience.

Batool has a BA in English literature, and a higher studies Diploma in Linguistics. Previously, she worked as a freelance translator and has taught Arabic as a foreign language in the UK for many years.

Obai oversees a number of production-related operations for AYA Animations leveraging over 19 years of experience in sound design and engineering specifically within the cartoon and animation fields. Obai is also a talented voiceover coach/director for the character “Aya” as well as the voice over and sound effects supervisor for the upcoming series Aya and Yusuf.

Previously he has worked on hundreds of episodes, songs, commercials, and short films including “Cloud Kumo”, a film that won a student Academy award. Obai was the sound designer and mixer for this project in 2016 which was granted the silver award for the “Alternative” category. Obai has also served as a sound engineer with major animation companies in the MENA region such as Spacetoon, Space Power, Tiger Production and Star Animation.