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Wajahat Baloch
Karachi
Summary
Dynamic Video Editor with over 10 years of expertise in crafting compelling narratives through editing and animation for international and local clients. Proficient in a wide range of formats, including documentaries, short films, music videos, company manifestos, and social media content, resulting in millions of views and significant ROI. Adaptable to diverse storytelling and brand requirements, consistently driving successful outcomes for high-profile clients such as Mashreq Bank Middle East, Nike, Adidas, and DAWN News. A global portfolio includes collaborations with brands from the UK, Canada, UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Pakistan, showcasing a commitment to excellence across various cultural contexts.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Video Content Producer
CerealBox
2025 - Current
- Produced video ads for charity, garnering millions of views every week.
- Organized assets by collecting data from camera media, transcoding video, and audio files and managing file backup to digital asset management system.
- Wrote scripts for video ads.
- Created VOs from those scripts.
- Saw concepts through to completion by working to develop final edits, color and other elements in post-production process.
Head Of Video
Fundamentally Content
2023.06 - Current
- Managed and coordinated post-production video editing, motion graphics design, compositing, and quality assurance reviewing.
- Scheduled shoots and set up filming by communicating with talent and crew.
Head Of Video Department
Talent Trellis
2023.12 - 2025.06
- Produced all video content for the company and its clients.
- Edited podcast episodes and 14 reels per week from those episodes.
- Worked with my employer to make add to the production quality of the podcast.
- Produced all video content the company's clients would need.
- Produced promotional content for the company.
- Produced informative reels in the relevant niche.
- Coached a class of students in Video Editing and Film-making, as part of a program between my employer and the government of Pakistan.
- One of my students was then hired by my own employer, others starting their own professional journeys in Video Editing as well.
- Utilized AI tools like OpusAI and ElevenLabs to produce video content efficiently and effectively.
Senior Video Editor
Concrete Creative
2022.11 - 2024.01
- Produced videos for clients like Mashreq Bank, MATW, boutique hotels like Boutique Group, Nurai Island, and Aldar.
- Mentored a junior video editor and helped their growth as an editor.
- Created and reformatted content across various social media and digital platforms.
Video Editor
DAWN News
2022.08 - 2022.08
- Independence Day Documentary
Senior Video Content Producer
Tabani’s (TSA)
2021.09 - 2021.12
Senior Producer overseeing their studio, shoots, edits ranging from:
- Promo videos for admissions
- Scheduling, recording and editing lectures for a contractual project with ICMA
- In-house event photography
- Marketing videos for an entrepreneurship competition
- Working closely with the marketing team
- Teaching videography.
Assistant Director
Kia Motors
2021.09 - 2021.09
- AD (Asst. Director) in 4 ad-films for KIA Stonic
Cinematographer
Al-Karam
2019.07 - 2019.07
- Campaign DVC Shoot
- Cinematographer
Production Assistant
Modi Teri Maa Ki (Music Video)
2016.10 - 2016.10
- Handling production needs.
- Ensuring the shoot keeps running smoothly.
Production Manager
Chand Tara (Telefilm)
2016.09 - 2016.10
Lighting Specialist
Mariam by Mooroo
2015.09 - 2015.12
- Lux Style Award for best music video of the year
- Hundreds of thousands of views over a million altogether.
- Cinematography and Lighting
Digital Content Producer
Those 7 Minutes
2015.11 - 2015.12
- Planning, shooting and editing tech product reviews.
Asad Faruqi
- Oscar and Emmy winning cinematographer
- Worked on three documentaries
- Contribution: Assistant Cameraman
Education
Bachelors - Media Sciences
2016-01
Skills
- Video editing
- Script/copy Writing
- Client communication
- Script interpretation
- Deadline management
- Post-production workflow
- Color correction and grading
- Multi-camera editing
- Sound editing
- Motion graphics/animation
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe After Effects
Accomplishments
- Lux Style Award for Music Video of The Year Pakistan in 2016
- First full scale stop-motion music video of the country.
- Millions of views on social media and YouTube videos.
- Significant ROI.
- Taught a 4 month Video Editing course to a class of students ranging from teenagers to 50+ year old adults.
- One of those students also worked with me afterwards, with numerous others starting their professional video editing journeys elsewhere.
Interests
Timeline
Head Of Video Department - Talent Trellis
2023.12 - 2025.06
Head Of Video - Fundamentally Content
2023.06 - Current
Senior Video Editor - Concrete Creative
2022.11 - 2024.01
Video Editor - DAWN News
2022.08 - 2022.08
Senior Video Content Producer - Tabani’s (TSA)
2021.09 - 2021.12
Assistant Director - Kia Motors
2021.09 - 2021.09
Cinematographer - Al-Karam
2019.07 - 2019.07
Production Assistant - Modi Teri Maa Ki (Music Video)
2016.10 - 2016.10
Production Manager - Chand Tara (Telefilm)
2016.09 - 2016.10
Digital Content Producer - Those 7 Minutes
2015.11 - 2015.12
Lighting Specialist - Mariam by Mooroo
2015.09 - 2015.12
- Asad Faruqi
Senior Video Content Producer - CerealBox
2025 - Current
SZABIST Karachi - Bachelors, Media Sciences