Abdulrahman Esailan, VFX & Motion Design × AI Automation
Abdulrahman Esailan (عبدالرحمن عسيلان) is an Adobe Certified VFX and motion design professional based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with 16+ years of cinematic experience since 2010. Since 2024 he also builds AI-automation systems, "AI employees", that run business operations 24/7 on a self-hosted n8n stack driven by large language models.
Services
- Cinematic VFX & motion design, compositing, motion graphics, 3D and titles with After Effects, Mocha Pro, Blender and Premiere Pro.
- On-set VFX supervision, shot planning, live-action integration and VFX coordination.
- AI automation / AI employees, self-hosted n8n agents (invoicing, AI accountant, HR, ops, remote ops agent) with human approval loops for anything sensitive.
Selected clients & employers
focus WPI, Sliders, Saudi Binladin Group (Dunia Productions), SANS, Saudi Enaya, Qanoniah, Rotpunkt, Uturn Entertainment, Wed Productions, Made in Saudi Films, Benchmark.
Career
- 2026 - now: Senior Motion Designer, FRWD, Jeddah.
- 2025 - 2026: Interactive Artist (VFX / Motion), focus WPI, Jeddah, plus leading the studio's first AI-automation pilots.
- 2023 - 2025: Visual Effects Artist, Sliders Agency, Jeddah.
- 2022 - 2023: Animator, Benchmark, Jeddah.
- 2021 - 2022: Visual Effects Supervisor, Dunia Productions (Saudi Binladin Group).
- 2017 - 2021: Senior VFX & Motion Graphics, Wed Productions, Jeddah.
- 2014 - 2016: Visual Effects Artist, Made in Saudi Films, Jeddah.
- 2014: Visual Effects Artist, Uturn Entertainment, Jeddah.
- 2010 - 2014: Visual Effects Freelancer, Jeddah.
Credentials
Adobe Certified Professional, Visual Effects & Motion Graphics (After Effects); DSLR Filmmaking (2013); Computer Science studies, Taibah University.
Contact
Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (GMT+3). Works in Arabic and English. Open for freelance VFX/motion work, VFX supervision and AI-automation builds. Connect on LinkedIn or via esailan.com. Arabic version: esailan.com/ar.