Senior Video Editor - Colorist - Videographer
CGTN (The Chinese Global Television Network)
Total years of experience :15 years, 7 months
The Chinese Global Television Network has many headquarters worldwide. One of them is Cairo bureau. Since I started working there as a video editor. Everything was good. whereas, our ambition to make something different. So we have set a precise plan to make something unique. that raises our final output to the next level.
➨ ACHIEVEMENTS :
• Studied then implemented the professional storytelling techniques in their news reports, feature stories and documentaries as well. Such as sequencing, creative transitions, adding special effects to emphasize reality, music that overlaps the narration with a creative way, professional color correction and color grading to add another emotional aspect to the watchers.
• Accomplished a test episode for a food series the perfect way. That has benefited the whole organization with actual 5 episodes after the unprecedented content submitted. Due to the great video editing work, creative audio mix and the impressive color grading.
• Developed their source media files to a unique archiving system. By using the integration of Final Cut Pro X, and Mac OSX . Using the metadata tools, Mac tags and notes, Folder structure and many more. I simply created a database for their files. To make everything easily reachable for the networked collaborative environment.
• Transformed the media storage devices to the RAID system. Which is ideal and globally recommended for the process.
• Trained a team of video editors to follow the same approach in post production. to produce the best quality in the least possible time.
Besides my full-time career, I'm working as a freelance video editor for my private clients world-wide. By acquiring the source media files then initiate my full workflow on it. Including Pre and Post-production, Color grading, and maybe some motion graphics along with titles, creative cinematic transitions and visual effects.
➨ ACHIEVEMENTS :
• I was able to present a complete project from the least given assets. Such as Skymountain Coffee and San Francisco in the USA.
• Presenting the whole work prior to the deadlines.
• Suggesting the best visual style based on the country's culture that I work for, By watching a massive amount of showreels worldwide for dozens of video editors.
• Got about 90% rating for my projects by my clients. Some of them are documented in the testimonials section of my website.
After a daily working routine for graphic presentations and periodic media coverage for events and festivals for 4 years. Rowad media has earned a contract to implement reports for a social program on MBC channel That’s called Maaly el Mowaten. Honorably, I was the main video editor and videographer there.
➨ ACHIEVEMENTS :
• Reduced the cost of additional 2 team members, Using my expertise I was working as a video editor, videographer, graphic designer. And all of them were performed efficiently.
• Earned many massive campaigns in Saudi Arabia, Based on the killer story-boarding submitted compared to the competitors. Such as marathons, Souq Okaz, prominent events, charity programmes, documentaries and short films.
• Implemented a lot of entire campaigns with my own starting from News paper ads, Tv commercials, Social media graphic and videos to the indoor and outdoor printables.
• Conquering many festivals in the arab world with some films. Such as Saqr Al Jazeerah. It was released at Alexandria Film Festival and earned the best documentary movie in the Arab world 2016. Referring to the professional post production made. That of course was a pleasure as the video editor of that film.
• Boosting the brand by redesigning the logo with a creative way, creating 2 showreels and many logo reveals for the agency.
I was a motion designer for outdoor LED screens, products and companies. and a video editor for their Ads. And was a graphic designer for indoors and outdoors campaigns. It was a comprehensive responsibility but was great anyway.
➨ ACHIEVEMENTS :
• Added my own creative touch to their Outdoor LED screens. By using complex animations, creative colors, and informative content.
• Designed a complete identity for a mall in Dammam KSA. Including all shops inside. That is called Grand Hyper Mall.
Faculty of Arts