Bashir Zahedi

bashir.zahedi@bihe.org | zaahead@gmail.com

Profile

Bashir Zahediamrei is a multidisciplinary designer whose practice spans architecture, motion graphics and visual storytelling. With more than a decade of experience in broadcast media, education and spatial design, he fuses cultural insight with rigorous technical craft. His work explores narrative, space and identity, informed by his Bahá’í background and a commitment to resilience, social justice and clear visual communication. Now based in the UK, he leads design systems and event branding as Senior Designer at Volant Media while lecturing at BIHE in architectural technologies and visual storytelling.

Education

03/2021 – 09/2021
Escape Studios
Houdini (20 weeks), short course, completed
London, United Kingdom
03/2017 – 12/2017
CAAI
Convergent Architecture Studios, short course, completed
Tehran, Iran
09/2009 – 09/2017
Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE)
Bachelor of Architecture, partially completed
Tehran, Iran
09/2007 – 05/2009
Mazandaran University
Bachelors in Mathematics (discontinued due to government-imposed restrictions on Bahá’í students)
Babolsar, Iran

Experience

07/2017 – Present
Baha’i Institute for Higher Education
  • Instructor, Architectural Technologies II – Fundamentals of geometries, 3D modelling and spatial analysis
  • Instructor, Transforming Visual Storytelling – Focus on motion graphics (starting July 2025)
  • Lecturer, Master of Media Studies – Content for social media, investigative journalism, visual analysis
Tehran and remote
01/2020 – Present
Volant Media UK Ltd.

Senior Designer
  • Redesigned on-air graphics for unified visual language
  • Developed scalable design systems
  • Mentored designers and fostered collaboration
  • Implemented geographic mapping for news storytelling
  • Directed branding for major events like the 2024 US Election
Creative Designer
  • Conceptualized social and political campaigns
  • Designed identities for programmes like Special Interview
  • Directed visuals for cultural and live events
  • Created editorial graphics for daily news
  • Automated design templates for efficiency
London
06/2018 – 12/2019
Self Employed
  • Designed and built Villa Heyrat and Babaei’s House
  • Project management, construction admin, 3D visualization
Nowshahr, Iran
06/2017 – 06/2018
Mado Architects
Tehran, Iran
07/2016 – 06/2017
Pragmatica Studio
Tehran, Iran
11/2014 – 02/2016
Hamkar Pars Boom
  • Urban design: districts 9, 17, 18
  • Urban flyover animation
Tehran, Iran
08/2011 – 11/2014
Tiwall.com
Tehran, Iran

Technical Skills

Adobe: After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Audition
3D: Cinema 4D, Blender, 3ds Max
Procedural: Houdini (Intermediate)
UI/UX: Figma
Typography: Glyphs (Basic)
Web: HTML/CSS, JavaScript (Intermediate), XML

Soft Skills

Concept Development, Problem Solving, Research, Adaptability, Social Awareness

Interests

Languages & Nationality

Nationality: Iranian (UK protected status and leave to remain)

Languages: Persian (Native), English (Fluent), Arabic (Basic)