MoatazAboamer

Visual Storyteller, Motion Designer & Art Director

I'm a visual storyteller, motion designer and art director with more than ten years of work for UN agencies, international NGOs, newsrooms and brands.

I trained in fine art at Minya University in Egypt and later completed an MA in 3D Computer Animation at Bournemouth University. Before motion became the centre of my practice, I storyboarded more than sixty episodes of an Egyptian animated series, modelled characters for an animation studio and drew concept art for games.

For ten years I produced animation, infographics and posters for the International Labour Organization, working with its offices from Cairo and Baghdad to Yangon, Tirana and Geneva. I have made explainers for The New Arab's newsroom in London, data graphics for investigations at The Sentry, films for the FAO and IOM, and comics for the Danish Refugee Council. I have also directed an animation series, leading a team of animators and voice artists.

Today I design motion for SiGMA World's international summits from Limassol, Cyprus. Most of my work starts with something hard to explain — a labour statistic, a money trail, a migration route — and ends with something people can follow.

In numbers

10+Years of visual storytelling, motion and design
60Motion and animation pieces for the ILO, localised into Arabic, French, Spanish, Burmese and English
100+Infographics on national labour statistics and economic indicators
40+Illustrated posters on labour rights, displayed in factories across Egypt
60+Episodes storyboarded for the Egyptian animated series 'Bessant we Diasty'

Experience

2025 — NowSiGMA WorldMotion DesignerLimassol
2024 — 2025The New ArabMotion / Graphic DesignerLondon
ContractThe SentryMotion / Graphic DesignerWashington, DC
ContractICARDAGraphic DesignerCairo
2015 — 2024International Labour Organization (ILO), UNMultimedia ProducerGeneva
2023 — 2024Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNMotion DesignerRome
2020 — 2023GIZIllustrator / Graphic DesignerCairo
2020 — 2021Danish Refugee Council (DRC)Illustrator / Motion DesignerCopenhagen
2020 — 2021Elaraby GroupArt Director / Motion DesignerCairo
2018 — 2020International Organization for Migration (IOM), UNMotion DesignerCairo
2015Revival PicturesArt Director / Motion DesignerCairo
2012 — 2014Tahrir AcademySenior IllustratorCairo
2011 — 2012Small World InteractiveConcept ArtistCairo
2010 — 2011Algazera Animation Studio3D Character ArtistCairo
2008 — 2009Coincide Animation StudioStoryboard ArtistCairo