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Fernando P.
Senior Video Editor
Brazil10+ years experienceAvailable in 2 weeks$5,000/mo
Compare at US rates $15,000/mo?
AI Experience
🤖 ChatGPT - Trialled a rival tool before settling on this one as the preferred choice for editing work.
🧠 Claude - Drafts video scripts as part of the editing workflow.
Notable Highlight
Senior video editor with 10+ years of experience across social media, YouTube, and branded content. Held a Head of Marketing role at a major investment firm in northeast Brazil, overseeing social media, email marketing, and video production. Worked at JM on large owned-media channels including Being Society and Life Society, with exposure to high-volume entertainment content.
Worked on projects tied to major studios including Sony, MGM, and Universal. Piloted and launched new shows in the beauty content space. Built a video department from scratch for a US-based crypto and real estate investment firm.
Proficient across Meta platforms, TikTok, YouTube, and video ads. Strong working knowledge of AI tools in editing workflows, including Premiere GPT, Adobe Podcast, ChatGPT, and Claude.
Experience Summary
- Senior video editor with 10+ years of experience across marketing, social media, YouTube, and branded content.
- Served as Head of Marketing at a major investment firm in northeast Brazil from 2019 to early 2021, overseeing social media strategy, email marketing, and video production.
- Worked at JM, a French startup, editing for owned media brands Being Society and Life Society, including entertainment content tied to studios such as Sony, MGM, and Universal.
- Transitioned into the beauty vertical, producing and editing pilots for new shows.
- Led video department operations at a US-based investment firm in the crypto and real estate space, building the video department and workflow from the ground up over nearly two years.
- Currently supports entrepreneurs at a previous company, a US company founded by Brazilians, assisting with company setup in the US.
Key Achievements
- Became Head of Marketing at a major investment firm in northeast Brazil, the largest investment firm in that region.
- Oversaw company recognition with multiple awards during tenure.
- Worked at JM, a unicorn startup.
- Worked on Being Society, which had approximately 5 million subscribers.
- Collaborated on content partnerships with major studios including Sony, MGM, and Universal.
- Launched new shows and created pilots for the beauty content team.
- Built a video department from scratch for a US-based crypto/real estate investment firm, including workflow architecture and software implementation.
Skills
- Video editing: Senior video editor with 10+ years of experience.
- Social media content: Experience across Meta platforms, TikTok, YouTube, and video ads.
- Content repurposing: Worked on repurposing long-form and studio content for social platforms, including entertainment and beauty content.
- Production scope: Has handled social media strategy, email marketing, video shooting, directing, and editing.
- New show development: Experience helping launch pilots and new shows.
- Motion graphics: Can work with After Effects and do motion graphics, but described himself as a video editor first, not a motion graphics specialist.
- Tools: Adobe Premiere (10 years), After Effects, Reaper for audio/podcasts.
- AI tools: Uses Premiere GPT, Adobe Podcast, and Claude for scripts/animation.
Work Experience
Video Editor and Content Creator
a previous company · United States of America · June 2025 - Present
- Edit raw content for social media, apply platform best practices, perform color correction and audio cleanup, and enhance videos with effects, music, and transitions to deliver high-quality, engaging output.
- Implemented organization tools and naming conventions to streamline video content management.
- Doubled content output and grew YouTube channel subscribers twofold in the first four months.
Lead Video Editor
RV · United States of America · Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
- Edit raw video footage to create high-quality, engaging, and visually appealing videos for various purposes, including RV' website, ads, and social media.
- Edited over 650 videos.
- Generated more than 200k views across two brands.
- Implemented naming conventions, video editing SOPs, and overall video branding on two channels.
Senior Video Editor
a previous company · France · Dec 2021 - Jun 2023
- Edited optimized videos for Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram for Laugh Society, Binge Society, and Beauty Studio.
- Served as a key editor in developing Laugh Society's Snapchat presence and edited Beauty Studio's new shows.
- Edited the fastest-growing video on Laugh Society at the time.
- Worked on content for Binge Society (over 9 million subscribers), editing material from MGM, Sony, and Universal.
- Contributed to Laugh Society reaching its first 100k subscribers.
- Edited videos with over 10 million views.
Head of Marketing
AI · Brazil · Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
- Led audiovisual production and provided art direction for Instagram and Facebook posts.
- Created and managed social media strategies, email marketing campaigns, and Facebook Ads.
- Supervised intern progress and tasks.
- Created marketing campaigns for over 20 live events.
- Edited over 200 videos.
- Contributed to the company being recognized as one of the top 20 new investment offices in Brazil.
Video Editor
PI · Brazil · Sep 2016 - Jul 2019
- Handled video production and managed YouTube channel analytics.
- Wrote blog posts and optimized content for SEO.
- Generated over 1 million views on YouTube.
- Created more than 100 blog posts.
Editor
WN · Brazil · Mar 2012 - Sep 2016
- Worked as a translator and writer for WN, the largest Rock and Heavy Metal news site in Latin America.
- Wrote over 6,700 articles.
- Accumulated more than 26,650,660 clicks on articles.