Kevin S. Whitford
Video Editor, Branded Content
Phoenix, AZ · (626) 555 0194 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/kevinswhitford
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Five years editing commercial, branded and social campaigns
INDUSTRIES
Advertising agencies, retail and hospitality brands, healthcare marketing
SPECIALTIES
Short form storytelling, social versioning, motion graphics, color finishing
SYSTEMS
Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, Frame.io
CREDENTIALS
Adobe Certified Professional, Premiere Pro and After Effects
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in digital media, Arizona State University
Executive Summary
Video editor cutting branded and commercial work for regional and national clients, five years in the chair. Strong on story shape in sixty seconds, comfortable finishing in DaVinci Resolve and used to agency review cycles that move fast and change direction twice a week.
Signature Achievements
- Cut 140 campaign deliverables in a year across broadcast, social and in store formats.
- Edited a regional tourism spot that ran statewide for two seasons and won a local advertising award.
- Cut average client note rounds from four to two by building structured review links in Frame.io.
- Delivered a fourteen version social package inside 48 hours for a product launch that moved up a week.
- Trained two junior editors on the studio graphics templates and delivery specifications.
Professional Experience
Video Editor
Camelback Creative Works, Phoenix, AZ 2022 to present
Desert Bloom, a statewide tourism campaign for the Arizona Trailways Alliance, 2024, and roughly 30 client campaigns a year.
- Edit broadcast spots, social cutdowns and long form brand films from agency scripts.
- Build motion graphics, titles and lower third text in Adobe After Effects.
- Grade and finish in DaVinci Resolve and deliver to broadcast and platform specifications.
- Run client review sessions and turn notes into revisions inside the same day.
Junior Editor
Papago Media Studio, Tempe, AZ 2020 to 2022
Open Road, a branded documentary short for a regional credit union, 2021, and retail campaign work.
- Assembled selects and rough cuts for two senior editors across retail and healthcare clients.
- Prepared caption files, aspect ratio variants and archive packages for every delivered job.
- Managed project media, transcodes and shared storage for a four person post team.
Licensure and Certification
Adobe Certified Professional, Premiere Pro, 2021
Adobe Certified Professional, After Effects, 2023
Education
Bachelor of Arts in digital media, Arizona State University, 2020
Core Skills
Adobe Premiere Pro · Adobe After Effects · DaVinci Resolve · Social versioning · Motion graphics · Color finishing · Client review · Caption files · Delivery specifications · Media management