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 2007. Since 2024 he also builds AI-automation systems — "AI employees" — that run business operations 24/7 on a self-hosted n8n stack driven by Claude and DeepSeek.
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, Claude Code ops bot) 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
- 2025 — now: 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.
- 2007 — 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.