About
Video editor with 5+ years of experience turning raw footage into high-retention, platform-ready content — 2+ years freelance and 2+ years in an editing agency.
Specializes in short-form ad creative (gaming, organic, and bonus ad formats), YouTuber long-form content, and UGC-style clipping campaigns.
Fluent across the full post-production pipeline: story-driven cuts, motion graphics, color grading, sound design, and captioning.
Comfortable owning a project end-to-end, from raw footage to final client-ready deliverable, and adapting tone and pacing to match brand and platform.
What I'm looking for
Seeking roles in short-form video production, editing, and content creation. Experienced in pacing, hooks, visual polish, and dynamic editing (Premiere Pro) tailored for platforms like YouTube Shorts and TikTok to drive viewer engagement
Experience
Freelance Video Editor
Self-Employed
Jan 2022 – Present
Edited long-form and short-form content for multiple YouTubers across niches, including anime commentary, scripted narrative videos, and reaction content.
Launched and produce Mood Frame, a meme-style YouTube Shorts channel using cropped film/TV clips paired with bold caption cards, modeled on the Frame242 format.
Ran UGC-style clipping campaigns, including a founder/CEO quote-clip channel and a developer-tool promo campaign, following platform-specific warmup and hashtag strategies to maximize organic reach.
Handled full post-production: rough cuts, pacing, color grading, sound design, captions, and final export for multiple platform specs (YouTube, TikTok, Shorts/Reels).
Used ffmpeg and AI-assisted tools for advanced cleanup work, including object removal/inpainting and automated jump-cut workflows for talking-head content.
ffmpegAI-assisted editingColor Grading
Video Editor
Video Production Agency
Jan 2019 – Dec 2021
Delivered a consistent pipeline of client-facing video content, managing multiple concurrent projects and deadlines within an agency workflow.
Edited paid ad creative for client accounts including Tremor, structured across Gaming Ads, Organic Ads, and Bonus Ads categories, with invoicing tied to deliverables per category.
Collaborated with account and creative teams to translate briefs into finished cuts, iterating based on client feedback and platform performance.
Video EditingAd CreativeClient Collaboration
Education
Virtual University of Pakistan
Bachelor's Degree · Mass Communication
Skills
CaptioningColor GradingSound DesignMotion GraphicsAI-assisted editingCapCutAdobe After EffectsAdobe Premiere Pro
Languages
English (Limited working proficiency)
