Danish Ahmad
Hello I'm Danish.
Brampton, ON · Open to projects

Three and a half years in.
Still chasing the cut
that doesn't get scrolled past.

I'm a Senior Video Editor and Creative Director. I've cut for million‑subscriber YouTube channels, led teams of ten, owned content calendars for thirty brands, and shipped 40+ short‑form videos a week without dropping the standard.

The Story

From a curious kid in Mirpur
to a Brampton editing suite.

I started where most editors start: alone in front of a laptop, breaking apart videos I loved to figure out how they worked. That curiosity took me through a Bachelor of Science at NUST Islamabad, then into the world of post‑production where I learned that the difference between a good edit and a great one is almost always a single, brave decision in the timeline.

Today I sit in Brampton, Ontario, cutting at the intersection of cinematic craft and AI workflows — the two halves of post‑production that I think will define the next decade.

Career timeline

Four roles. One craft.

July 2025 — Present

Video Editor & Content Creator

FutureNow Inc.

Producing 40+ short‑form videos a week with an 8‑hour turnaround at broadcast quality. Building AI‑assisted, character‑driven entertainment content with Runway and After Effects, tuning every cut against retention curves.

November 2024 — June 2025

Creative Director

Digital Dizzles

Owned end‑to‑end branded content for 30+ clients. Built a standardised five‑step production workflow (Strategy · Capture · Edit · Manage · Reflect) that reduced revision cycles by 30% and led a cross‑functional team of 10+ creators across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.

December 2023 — October 2024

Video Editor & Videographer

Saqib's Studio

Edited long‑form and short‑form for a million‑subscriber YouTube channel. Ran on‑site production logistics — Canon operation, gimbal, lighting, crew coordination — and delivered cinematic post on commercial photography and video work in DaVinci Resolve.

November 2022 — December 2023

Video Editing Head

Deewar Studios

Led post‑production in a fast‑paced startup environment. Built a workflow system that bridged production crews with the editing suite, mentored junior editors on Premiere Pro best practices, scripting, and hook writing.

By the numbers

What 3.5 years looks like.

40+

Videos / week

Short‑form, broadcast quality, 8‑hour turnaround.

30+

Brand accounts

Owned monthly content calendars across industries.

10+

Direct reports

Cross‑functional team of editors, designers, creators.

1M+

Subscriber reach

Edited for a million‑subscriber YouTube channel.

30%

Fewer revisions

Process redesign at Digital Dizzles delivered measurable wins.

5

Step workflow

Strategy · Capture · Edit · Manage · Reflect.

The toolkit

The software
that earns its licence fee.

A short list of what's actually open in my second monitor on any given day.

Editing & Color

Adobe Premiere Pro · Expert DaVinci Resolve Final Cut Pro CapCut

Motion & Design

After Effects Photoshop Illustrator Canva

Audio

Adobe Audition ElevenLabs Sound Design · Mixing

AI Workflows

Runway Descript ChatGPT · Claude AI VFX · Prompt engineering

Production & PM

Canon · Gimbal · Lighting Asana · Trello · Notion Frame.io · Slack · Google Suite
Education & Continued Learning

Always a student of the craft.

BS

Bachelor of Science

National University of Science & Technology (NUST), Islamabad · 2019 — 2023 · CGPA 3.0

A‑Lvl

FSc. / A‑Level

PGC Mirpur · 2016 — 2018 · 78%

Pr

Premiere Pro 2025 — Cert.

LinkedIn Learning × Adobe · May 2026

Adobe

Intro to Premiere Pro

Adobe Video Training with Valentina Vee · May 2026

In‑Pgrs

Post‑Production Mastery

AI‑assisted workflows & advanced color grading · Expected 2026

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Interests

Regional Canadian documentary storytelling · Cinematic sound design · AI & creative tech.

Let's build something

If your story deserves a great cut,
let's talk.

Brand films, AI work, short‑form rotations, full content calendars — open to freelance projects and full‑time creative roles in Canada.

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