Esteban Henriquez

13+ years in motion design and creative operations. Built from individual contributor to Head of Motion & Systems, leading a 12+ person department serving the world's top 20 pharmaceutical companies across European and American markets.

My work lives at the intersection of craft and systems thinking. I don't just animate — I build the production infrastructure that makes great animation repeatable at scale. At Bluenovius/Rednovius B.V. I designed role architectures, QA frameworks, performance management systems, and led the company's transition to interactive video — creating a FigJam-based documentation system that let non-designers independently map complex user journeys.

On the craft side: deep After Effects expertise (expressions, controllers, mogrt systems), Lottie/Bodymovin workflows, and a production system for Freepik's Flaticon library that was adopted company-wide without anyone asking me to build it.

Currently working at the frontier of AI-augmented motion — producing complex production-grade projects used as training references for frontier AI models, and building responsible AI workflows for creative operations.

My AI production stack includes Seedance, Veo, Higgsfield, MurfAi, GPT Image 2, and Nano Banana. I've developed an internal framework for responsible AI use in motion that balances creative acceleration with IP awareness.

Outside work: developing an AI-assisted animated short film rooted in Colombian magical realism, co-founding a fintech startup and a fine jewelry brand, and teaching motion design at university level for 10 years.

Based in Barranquilla, Colombia. Working globally, async-first, across European and US timezones.