Open to remote roles · works US hours
Brief to final cut, handled.
Creative director, project manager and video editor in one remote hire. I set the look, run the team and the deadlines, and cut the videos myself.
- Client accounts a month
- 35
- Team videos a month
- 180+
- Deadline per video
- 48h
- Videos I've edited
- 400+
What I do
What I can take off your plate.
Three jobs that usually need three people. Hire me for one, or all of them.
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Creative direction
For the client who isn't happy yet
I research the client's niche, design their branding and set the direction every video follows. When a client isn't happy with their videos, I redesign the branding and reset the direction.
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Project management
For the agency with more clients than hands
In my current role I run 35 client accounts a month, 4–10 videos each, on Monday and Frame.io. Every video is due within 48 hours, and the team ships 7–8 a day.
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Video editing
For the brand that wants videos that look designed
400+ videos edited over 5+ years: long-form, short-form, documentary and colour, with the branding built in. The work is right below.
Process
How a project runs, start to finish.
The same four steps, whether I'm running a team of editors or editing a video myself.
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01
Research the niche
Before anything gets made, I look at what's working in the client's niche and what their audience already watches.
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02
Set the direction
Branding, visual style and references, written into a brief the editors can follow without guessing.
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03
Plan it on Monday
Every video gets an owner, a status and a deadline. The standard is 48 hours from footage to delivery.
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04
Review on Frame.io, deliver
Feedback goes on the exact frame, revisions turn around fast, and the final reaches the client on time.
Why me
Not just another hire.
Typical hire
- An editor who only cuts
- A designer who never opens the timeline
- A manager who has never edited
- The same template for every client
- Deadlines slip between hand-offs
- Slow replies, different time zone
Hiring me
- Directs, designs and edits
- Branding and video in one consistent look
- Runs 35 client accounts a month
- Researches each niche before the first cut
- Every video tracked to a 48-hour deadline
- Remote, works US hours, replies the same day
Experience
Where the reps came from.
- Manage 35 client accounts a month, each getting 4–10 videos, with every video due within 48 hours.
- Run the editing team's work on Monday and reviews on Frame.io, delivering 7–8 videos a day.
- Design the branding for every new client and set the creative direction their videos follow.
- Redesign the branding and reset the direction for clients who aren't happy with their videos.
- Research each client's niche before production, so the look and the videos fit what works there.
- Edited promotional and social media videos for digital marketing campaigns, improving content consistency and brand presentation across platforms.
- Collaborated with creative teams to develop motion graphics and visual systems that kept brand identity consistent across video assets.
- Refined pacing, narrative flow and clarity in corporate and educational videos.
- Handled color correction, audio cleanup and visual polish to a professional standard.
- Delivered high-quality edits under tight deadlines for corporate and marketing clients.
- Edited talking-head, educational and promotional content focused on clear messaging and viewer retention.
- Designed and maintained consistent visual styles — titles, lower thirds and motion elements aligned with client branding.
- Edited 150+ videos across YouTube, social media and educational platforms.
- Specialized in long-form videos (5–60+ minutes), including multicam podcast and talking-head content.
- Designed custom motion graphics, animations and 3D visual elements tailored to client branding.
- Improved audience retention through better pacing, clean cuts and structured story flow.
Tools & skills
What's running under the hood.
Clients
A few words from people I've worked with.
Questions
What people usually ask.
Mainly a full-time remote role as a creative director, project manager or senior video editor. I also take on a small number of video projects.
That's my current job: I manage 35 client accounts a month and the editors' deadlines, and I design each client's branding and creative direction.
Every video lives on a Monday board with an owner, a status and a deadline. Reviews happen on Frame.io, with notes pinned to the exact frame. The standard is 48 hours per video.
Yes. I'm based in Faisalabad, Pakistan (GMT+5), remote only, and I work US hours. I use whatever the team already does: Slack, Google Chat, Monday or email.
24–48 hours per video, depending on length and complexity. References and footage come in through Google Drive, notes on Frame.io, and the final goes back to Drive.
“I don't think every cut needs to be noticed. The best ones usually aren't.”
Saim Zafar
Contact
Hiring, or have a video to make?
I reply the same day, during US hours.