Video Editor — Storytelling Specialist

Edits that turn raw footage into stories people actually finish watching.

Long-form YouTube content built around structure, pacing, and keeping viewers hooked until the very end.

Edited for ohnepixel (4.5M subs) and Harry Kersh — Harry's Food Tours

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About

Editing that keeps people watching.

I specialise in long-form YouTube content — food, travel, documentary stuff. The craft I care about most is pacing, narrative structure, and all the invisible work that keeps retention high from the first second to the last.

I've edited for ohnepixel, Harry Kersh (Harry's Food Tours), and a handful of other creators in the food and travel space. Every project, same goal: make people watch longer.

3+
Years editing
50+
Videos delivered
1M+
Views on content
Uldis Kipens editing
In the edit

Short-form & Humour

Not just documentary.
I get internet humour.

Good editing adapts to the format. These two shorts show I can match the energy, the timing, and the comedy style that drives engagement on gaming and creator channels.

Style Match — Gaming / CS2

ohnepixel — community edit

Edited to match ohnepixel's signature style. Fast cuts, reactive captions, the kind of dry internet humour his audience expects. Shows I can get inside a creator's voice without losing my own craft.

What this demonstrates: Reactive pacing, community-aware caption timing, genre-specific humour editing — the skills that matter for high-engagement short-form content.

Short-form — Food / Comedy

Harry Kersh — comedic short

Same creator, completely different format. This one leans into absurd comedy — proving the ability to adapt tone and pacing depending on what the content calls for, not just repeating one style.

What this demonstrates: Comedic timing, willingness to lean into absurdity, snappy sound design — shows tonal range beyond just serious storytelling.

Podcast Short · Edit House · DACH

Rainer Schanz im Tim Gabel Podcast

Short-form edit for the Tim Gabel Podcast featuring Rainer Schanz, former personal bodyguard of Angela Merkel. Precise caption timing that reinforces the spoken rhythm, plus clean audio-flow cuts that pull the viewer through the interview without losing a single natural moment.

Precision captions every word sits on the beat, not beside it. Captions as an active editing tool, not an afterthought.
Audio-flow editing cuts follow speech rhythm and emphasis, not a fixed frequency. Sounds natural, but is tightly structured.
Retention-optimised pacing opens on the strongest line, no dead intro, clean loop point at the end.

Long-form Work

When the story needs room to breathe.

Two long-form projects where every cut was a decision, not a default.

Storytelling Edit

Narrative-first long-form

Built around emotional arc from cold open to close, with every section earning the next.

Cold-open hook drops the viewer into the most compelling moment before context, forcing commitment in the first 8 seconds.
Dynamic pacing alternates fast-cut energy and held moments to reduce drop-off at the mid-video plateau.
Music as narrative tracks are cut to emotion, not the other way round. Swells and drops reinforce story beats.

Storytelling Edit

Character-led documentary style

Follows the subject's emotional journey using intercutting and sound design to build tension and release across the runtime.

Paper-texture overlays add tactile warmth and visual identity that separates this from generic travel content.
Intercutting for tension parallel storylines cut together at key moments to manufacture suspense without manufactured drama.
SFX layering ambient audio beds, foley accents, and score transitions create immersion beyond the talking head.

Proven Results

The numbers from Harry's Food Tours.

+15%
Average viewer retention improvement across edited videos
3.5x
View count relative to subscriber base on select videos
141k
Views on Best Pizza in London — single video
1M+
Total views across edited Harry's Food Tours content

“Looking great — the pacing is good and I love the visuals you added. Exactly the kind of edit that keeps people watching.”

HK
Harry Kersh — Harry's Food Tours

Trial Edit

Same footage.
Different editor.

Shape morphing between shots. On-brand motion graphics. SFX drops and a music fade that lets the story breathe.

Shape morphing transitions Custom motion graphics Brand colour grading SFX & music storytelling

Reviews

What clients say.

★★★★★

“Overall it's really good — the pacing is solid and it definitely holds attention. Just a few notes on the b-roll and the audio, but we're in a great place.”

HK
Harry Kersh
YouTube Creator — Harry's Food Tours
★★★★★

“Looking great — the pacing is good and I love the visuals you added. Exactly the kind of edit that keeps people watching.”

HK
Harry Kersh
YouTube Creator — Harry's Food Tours
★★★★★

“The pacing was spot on and the captions were really interactive — made the whole video feel energetic. Great work on the short-form test.”

EH
Edit House
Editing Agency — Short-form Project
★★★★★

“Overall it's really good — the pacing is solid and it definitely holds attention. Just a few notes on the b-roll and the audio, but we're in a great place.”

HK
Harry Kersh
YouTube Creator — Harry's Food Tours
★★★★★

“Looking great — the pacing is good and I love the visuals you added. Exactly the kind of edit that keeps people watching.”

HK
Harry Kersh
YouTube Creator — Harry's Food Tours
★★★★★

“The pacing was spot on and the captions were really interactive — made the whole video feel energetic. Great work on the short-form test.”

EH
Edit House
Editing Agency — Short-form Project

Frequently asked.

Everything worth knowing before we work together.

What type of content do you specialise in?+
Mainly long-form YouTube: food, travel, lifestyle. But as you can see with the shorts, I can adapt to fast-paced humorous content too. Whatever the format, I approach it the same way: make it hold attention.
What's your turnaround time?+
For a typical 10 to 20 minute YouTube video: first cut within 5 to 7 days. Rush delivery is possible, just reach out and we'll figure it out.
Which software do you use?+
Adobe Premiere Pro for editing, After Effects for motion graphics. I deliver in any format, optimised for YouTube or raw ProRes.
How many revisions are included?+
2 rounds of revisions as standard. Anything extra is a minor additional cost.
What do you need from me to get started?+
Raw footage, reference videos, a rough outline of the story, and your music preferences. That's it. I'll handle the rest.

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