MOATAZ ABOAMER
Creative, Designer & Animator
Moataz Aboamer
+44 07471572522
I’m a UK-based Creative Designer, Illustrator, Motion Artist, and Video Editor with more than a decade of experience transforming complex ideas into visually compelling stories. Currently, I work as a Motion/Graphics Designer at The New Arab in London, where I create animated explainers, social media assets, and branded visuals that tackle urgent political and social issues. My portfolio spans journalism, humanitarian advocacy, and commercial projects, blending sharp editorial storytelling with impactful, audience-focused design.
Over the years, I’ve collaborated with organizations such as the ILO, FAO, IOM, GIZ, ICARDA, and the Danish Refugee Council, producing campaigns on human rights, labour justice, migration, and child protection. I’ve also worked with brands like Amazon and Hyundai, balancing artistic creativity with communication goals. Holding a Master’s degree in 3D Computer Animation from Bournemouth University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Minya University, I combine strong academic foundations with practical expertise.
I’m highly skilled in the Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) as well as Cinema 4D, Blender, and Maya. My creative services span graphic design, illustration, caricature, infographics, motion graphics, animation, filming, and video editing, always rooted in storyboarding, concept development, and ethical design principles. At the core of my work is a commitment to purpose-driven storytelling, turning complex subjects into accessible, emotionally resonant visuals that inform, engage, and inspire action.
About me
Motion graphics
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This showreel features my work at The New Arab over the past six months, showcasing the range of graphic services I offer. These include designing and animating social media templates (both static and motion-based), creating infographics and animated explainers, and developing complete brand concepts such as thumbnail styles and website visual direction. I handle the entire production process independently from creative direction and infographic design, animation, sound design, and video editing.
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Graphic design
I designed this carousel template as part of my role at The New Arab news platform using Adobe Express. The template is fully editable and user-friendly, allowing newsroom journalists to quickly replace text and photos. It comes in five color themes based on the category, with an option for designers to download and add animations if needed.
Motion graphics
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I created this animated video template as part of my role at The New Arab news platform. The template is fully editable and designed to be user friendly, enabling newsroom editors to quickly update text and footage. It comes in three different dimensions, including horizontal and square formats, optimized for YouTube and X platforms.
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Motion Graphics
These are parts from an explainer video I produced for The New Arab about the impact of Trump’s tariffs on Middle Eastern countries. I was responsible for the entire production process, including direction, voice-over recording, infographic design, animation, music, and video editing. You can watch the full video here
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Motion Graphics
These are parts from an explainer video I produced for The New Arab about the Palestinian Nakba. I was responsible for the entire production process, including direction, voice-over recording, infographic design, animation, music, and video editing.
Motion graphics
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I created this animation video about child migration for IOM. I was responsible for all aspects of the video, from direction and storyboarding to directing the voice-over performer, creating illustrations and the color palette, animating, and finally editing the video.
Storyboard
Illustration&Animation
Motion graphics
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This is a promotional video showcasing a series of animations I created for Amazon as part of a project designed to inform their workers about their rights, responsibilities, and best practices in the workplace. I was responsible for all aspects of production, including direction, storyboarding, character design, animation, and video editing.
Motion graphics
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I created these animated intros for the Pit Stop Challenge YouTube channel, which focuses on Formula 1. I was responsible for all aspects of the videos, including creating illustrations of Formula 1 drivers, animating them, and editing the final intros.
YouTube
Motion graphics
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This is a personal project I created for Tropicana Juice. I was responsible for every aspect of the advertisement, including modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, simulation, rendering, and final editing.
Motion graphics
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I created this mixed media motion video for a famous Egyptian music band called WestElbalad. I was responsible for all aspects of the video, including art direction, creating collage-style designs that visualize the lyrics of the song, animating that visuals based on music tonalities, and finally editing the video.
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Graphic design
These are two of the many cover designs I created for The New Arab news website. I work with editors to understand the historical and political context, then build a visual narrative using layered imagery, typography, and composition. By combining archival photos, graphic elements, and symbolic details, I create covers that capture the article’s essence and engage readers instantly.
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Graphic design
These are another two cover design I created for The New Arab features desk. Each design begins with a briefing from the article’s author, followed by a visual draft by me. Once a concept is approved, I refine the composition to align with the publication’s identity. On average, each design takes only a couple of hours from start to finish.
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Graphic design
These are another two cover design I created for The New Arab features desk. Each design begins with a briefing from the article’s author, followed by a visual draft by me. Once a concept is approved, I refine the composition to align with the publication’s identity. On average, each design takes only a couple of hours from start to finish.
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Graphic design
These are some of the caricature illustrations I created for The New Arab news website. Each design starts with researching the subject’s key features, then sketching, refining the line work, colors, and expressions to strike the right balance between humor and critique, delivering artwork that complements the editorial tone and connects with readers.
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These page are part of report layout I designed for ILO. It’s one of so many communication materials including posters, brochures, publication, and books, for both print and online use.
Graphic design
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These pages are part of booklet layout I designed for ILO. It’s one of so many communication materials including posters, brochures, publication, and books, for both print and online use.
Graphic design
Graphic design
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These brochures are some of many communication materials I designed for GIZ for both print and online use.
Motion graphics
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I created this animation video for Hyundai Egypt. I was responsible for all aspects of the video, from direction and storyboarding to creating illustrations and the color palette, animating, and finally editing the final video.
Comics design
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I created these series of comics for DRC. The project was to create 8 comics tell stories of real 8 refugees from Rohingya and Hazara that live in some Asian countries such as Iran, Bangladesh and Malaysia.
Character design
Comic illustration
Illustration
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These are two of over 60 illustration posters I created for ILO. The project is helping to raise awareness of topics like Labour rights, best practices in enterprises and child labour. The posters were printed and distributed to factories and enterprises in Egypt.
Infographic
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This is one of many infographics I created for ICARDA. This infographics were part of project about best practices of on-farm irrigation and desert farming in Egypt.
Traditional drawing
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These are a few of hand drawing projects, I completed during my undergraduate studies in Fine Arts. Over five years, I studied drawing, colour theory, and design fundamentals, which provided me with a solid foundation and fuelled my passion for visual development and animation.
Pencil on paper
Character design
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Some of my character designs showcase my experience as a 3D modeler, rigger, and animator. I have a thorough understanding of how to design characters and create model sheets that avoid any issues that could affect the 3D pipeline later on.
Icons design
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I created these icons for Tahrir Academy’s educational platform. Established in 2012 in Egypt, Tahrir Academy has become the largest online educational library in the Arab world and the Middle East.
Digital painting
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Personal digital painted caricature of former Libyan dictator Muammar Al Gaddafi.
3D Animation
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This is my masters’ graduation project. It's two minutes short animation movie called ”Escape
Room”. The story about a sheep finds himself inside a room with two doors with screen window showing the outside world and a Rubik cube on table. He wants to leave and tries to solve the Rubik cube to find himself into an endless maze of rooms. I was responsible for all the project aspects from developing the idea and storyboard, concept design, modelling, texturing, animation, rendering and editing.
Final render
Storyboard
Substance Painter texturing
Animation testing
Environment testing
Zbrush sculpting
3D Animation
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In this project I designed, created model sheet and modelled a vehicle, based on the characters of “Danny and Nick” from “Hot Fuzz” movie that developed by “A Large Evil Corp” studio. The aim was to make the vehicle becomes as part of the same universe of the characters.
Concept art
Wireframe
Render testing
Storyboarding
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I created this storyboard for the cinematic intro of Panda cheese game that have been created by SWI game studio I worked for. The game was a part of a huge campaign Panda cheese did in Egypt.
Storyboarding
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I created this storyboard for a TV ad have been created for Uber Eats by Revival Pictures studio that I worked for. The TV ad was a part of a campaign Uber Eats did in Egypt.
Storyboarding
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That was a full concept storyboard for a 360 interactive video as a part of a campaign for Listerine by Revival Pictures studio.
I look forward to collaborate with you. Let’s create something meaningful!
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