About
AI can never replace good taste.
Eight years of motion design, five of them at Business Insider. I earned my Bachelor's in Design from Loyola University New Orleans, where a passion for animated music videos and visualizers pulled me toward motion. Most of my inspiration comes from vaporwave, Memphis design, and Islamic art.
I've worked across media companies, hospitals, banks, unions, musicians, and local businesses. My style ranges from Memphis-inflected flat design to mixed-media photocollage to vaporwave and neo-psychedelia, built mainly in After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, and Procreate.
I'm extending that toolkit into 3D with Blender and Cinema 4D, and folding AI into the workflow as a tool, not an author — Claude for design and build, Gemini and GPT Image for photo editing and cleanup. The tools are fast; the direction, taste, and final call stay with me. I've designed, vibe-coded, and shipped full websites for clients this way.
Based in the NYC metro area. Taking on freelance motion, brand, and web work now.
hamzahsemail@gmail.comFreelance
2018 — PresentMotion & Graphic Designer — Remote
Brand identity, explainer videos, visualizers, and merch for hospitals, banks, musicians, and local businesses.
Selected: CWA, logo. MNK Marine Consultants, designed and coded the site. Fresenius Medical Care, animations showing how their dialysis machines work. New Orleans Palestine Film Day, posters and social. Lyric videos and merch for indie musicians.
Business Insider
2021 — May 2026Motion Designer II — New York, NY (Remote)
Lead designer on World Wide Waste and Risky Business. Built the World Wide Waste style guide from scratch and animated dozens of episodes with millions of views each. Contributed to dozens more series, including an Emmy-credited The True Cost, a Webby-winning Food Wars, and Rise and Fall, featured on HBO.
FatHappy Media
2018 — 2021Motion Designer — New Orleans, LA
Storyboarded and animated explainers and ads for schools, banks, and hospitals, including IBERIABANK, LCMC Health, and Tulane. Worked directly with sound designers to build each piece as a single audio-visual object.
Bachelor's in Design, Loyola University New Orleans, 2013 — 2018