Client: MagnatesMedia Role: Motion Graphic Designer Purpose: YouTube Documentary / Narrative Enhancement Platform: YouTube (Long-form Video Content) Style: Narrative-Driven Motion Graphic with Editorial Illustration

This project focused on bringing to life a documentary-style YouTube video titled "The Most Controversial Restaurants in the World", produced by the MagnatesMedia team. My main task was to visually interpret and enhance the narrative by designing compelling motion graphics and custom visuals to support the storytelling. This long-form content was part of a high-engagement video series designed to educate and provoke thought through strong visual storytelling.

Clean, sharp compositions aligned with MagnatesMedia’s visual storytelling style

High-contrast editorial illustration with semi-minimalist detail to enhance controversial topics

Dynamic transitions, parallax movements, and layered scenes to maintain visual flow and audience retention

Use of stylized 2D motion graphics to illustrate historical facts, characters, and restaurant interiors

Interpreting the script and narration into storyboard-ready visual sequences

Creating all motion graphics and animated elements using Adobe After Effects

Designing custom visual assets in Adobe Illustrator and editing images in Photoshop

Ensuring each visual is contextually relevant, emotionally aligned, and supports the flow of the video

Maintaining MagnatesMedia’s visual branding while introducing creative visual cues that reflect the controversial tone

The final video contributed significantly to viewer engagement by translating a dense and nuanced script into a vivid visual journey. The combination of motion graphics and illustrated elements helped convey complex themes in a digestible and compelling way, aligning with the channel’s mission to educate and entertain. The video garnered strong audience feedback and contributed to the channel’s continued growth in the educational-documentary niche on YouTube.

Used to animate, time, and assemble all motion graphics and composited scenes, supporting smooth transitions and narration flow.

Created all vector-based illustrations and infographic elements, maintaining clarity and stylization across scenes.

Prepared and retouched image-based elements used as backgrounds or characters, ensuring they matched the desired visual tone.

Together, these tools enabled a highly efficient and creative workflow, resulting in a polished video that supports both the script and the brand’s quality standards.