Video Editor and Post-Production Professional Business Cards

Video editors and post-production professionals are the storytelling technicians who take hours, days, or weeks of raw footage and transform it into the polished, emotionally resonant final product that audiences watch — structuring narratives, making critical pacing decisions, perfecting the rhythm of cuts, color grading, mixing audio, designing sound, adding visual effects, and integrating motion graphics to produce the final deliverable across every format from TikTok to theatrical feature film.

What Video Editor Cards Include

Your Skills and Specializations

Post-production disciplines:

• Video editing / picture editing — the core: assembly cut, rough cut, fine cut, final picture lock
• Color grading / color correction — primary and secondary color correction; LUT application; look development
• Motion graphics / graphics — title cards, lower thirds, animated graphics, kinetic typography
• Visual effects (VFX) / compositing — green screen, rotoscoping, tracking, composite shots
• Audio editing and mixing — sync audio, music editing, sound design, final mix
• Sound design — Foley, ambient sound design, SFX integration
• Subtitles and captions — closed caption, SRT, SDH creation
• Delivery and encoding — final export/encode for broadcast, streaming, theatrical, web

Software expertise — the most important credentials:

Non-linear editors (NLE):

• Adobe Premiere Pro — dominant in commercial, social, documentary, and corporate
• Avid Media Composer — dominant in broadcast TV, major documentary, feature film (network TV standard)
• Final Cut Pro X / Apple Final Cut Pro — popular with independent filmmakers and news; macOS only
• DaVinci Resolve — increasingly used as primary NLE in addition to color grading; free version widely used

Color grading:

• DaVinci Resolve — the industry standard for color; used in major theatrical and streaming productions
• Adobe SpeedGrade (legacy) and Lumetri Color in Premiere — common in commercial
• FilmLight Baselight — high-end broadcast and theatrical
• Color grading specific LUT design and application

Motion graphics and VFX:

• Adobe After Effects — industry standard for motion graphics and compositing
• Cinema 4D (C4D) — 3D motion graphics; often combined with After Effects
• Nuke — high-end VFX compositing (film/streaming)
• DaVinci Fusion — built into DaVinci Resolve
• Blackmagic Fusion — standalone compositing

Audio:

• Adobe Audition — audio editing and cleanup
• Pro Tools — professional audio mixing; industry standard in film/TV
• Logic Pro — common in music video, YouTube, podcasts
• Audacity — entry-level audio

Project management and collaboration:

• Frame.io — video review and approval (cloud)
• Wipster — video review
• LucidLink — remote shared storage
• ShotGrid (Autodesk) — production management (VFX and film)

Your Content Specialty

Narrative and long-form:

• Feature film editing
• Short film editing
• Documentary (feature and short)
• Episodic TV / streaming series editing
• Web series

Commercial and branded content:

• TV commercials (30-second, 60-second, :15 pre-roll)
• Product videos and explainer videos
• Corporate and B2B video content
• Brand films / brand stories
• Testimonial videos
• Event highlight reels
• Training and eLearning videos

Social media and digital content:

• YouTube video editing
• TikTok / Instagram Reels editing
• Podcast video production
• LinkedIn video content
• Short-form content

Broadcast and news:

• News package editing
• Talk show / magazine show
• Reality TV
• Sports broadcast

Music video and creative:

• Music video editing
• Concert / live performance editing
• Dance and performance video

Wedding and event:

• Wedding video editing / wedding cinematography post
• Event recap and highlight videos

Design for Video Editors and Post-Production Professionals

Portfolio-Forward

Video editing is entirely portfolio-driven. The single most important element on a video editor's card:

• QR code linking to your reel — a 1–3 minute demo reel or portfolio page; this is your most persuasive sales tool
• Vimeo link — Vimeo is the professional video portfolio platform; more professional than YouTube for client meetings

Color palette:

• Black + white: cinematic, premium
• Dark navy + white: professional broadcast
• Charcoal + red: editorial energy
• Black + gold: premium finishing / color grading specialty

Back of Card

1. "Video Editor | Colorist | Motion Graphics | Post-Production Supervisor"
2. "Adobe Premiere Pro | Avid Media Composer | DaVinci Resolve | After Effects | Final Cut Pro"
3. "Narrative | Documentary | Commercial | Corporate | Social media | Music video | Wedding"
4. "Color grading | Motion graphics | VFX compositing | Audio mixing | Delivery/encoding"
5. "Reel: [QR code] | Vimeo: [handle] | [email] | [phone] | [website]"

Checklist

• [ ] Primary NLE (Premiere Pro, Avid, FCP, DaVinci)
• [ ] Color grading (DaVinci Resolve — if specializing)
• [ ] After Effects (if motion graphics)
• [ ] Pro Tools or Audition (if audio)
• [ ] Content specialty (commercial, documentary, social, etc.)
• [ ] Demo reel QR code (essential)
• [ ] Vimeo or portfolio link
• [ ] Email (primary contact for project inquiries)
• [ ] Phone (for urgent production needs)
• [ ] Rate structure indication (optional: "day rate available")