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Daim A.

YouTube Documentary Video Editor | Storytelling & Motion Graphics

I edit YouTube documentaries, Podcast and story-driven videos with a focus on pacing, retention, visual storytelling, and polished motion graphics. I’ve worked across documentary-style YouTube videos, Podcast, faceless channels, talking-head content, and short-form content — but my strongest work is turning a script and raw assets into a video that feels intentional from the first frame to the last. What I bring to the edit: • Strong storytelling and pacing — every cut, visual, and transition has a purpose • Documentary-style editing with archival footage, screenshots, maps, graphics, and visual references • Custom motion graphics and animation when the story needs more than stock footage • Sound design, music selection, audio cleanup, and detailed audio layering • Color correction and grading for a consistent, polished look • Retention-focused editing that keeps the visuals moving without making the video feel over-edited • Clean talking-head editing with purposeful B-roll, graphics, captions, and pacing • Faceless YouTube editing built around the script, narration, and story rather than generic stock footage I work primarily in Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and Audacity, and I’m comfortable building an edit from a finished script, voiceover and references or working from raw footage and shaping the story from there. If you’re building a serious YouTube channel, documentary series, or content brand and need an editor who can become part of the production process rather than simply assemble footage, that’s where I can add the most value. Send me the script, voiceover, footage, or even a reference video you want to match. I can take it from there.

🇵🇰Rawalpindi, Pakistan$30/hr100% JSS4.89 (49)Since Sep 2019
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$988

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#48,833 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#5,751 / 52.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$365

Last 6 months: $5.9k

World#70,400 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#9,084 / 52.9k
Total earnings
$21k

Billed in all: $21k

World#137,345 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#13,451 / 52.9k
Per project
$278

$494 in the last 6 months

World#237,655 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#28,489 / 52.9k
Projects, last 6 months
12
100% fixed0% hourly
World#14,023 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#3,246 / 52.9k
Projects in all
75

Across 80 contracts

100% fixed0% hourly
World#39,547 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#6,025 / 52.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$20.9k+$365 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$20.4k$20.6k$20.8k$21.0kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 7% in Documentary

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  2. #27Podcast Episode163 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #8Top 17%
  3. #40Podcast Content292 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #6Top 14%
  4. #61Documentary Video669 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #21Top 9%
  5. #80Documentary1,177 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #12Top 7%
  6. #90Music & Sound Design1,322 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #3Top 7%
  7. #91Video Editing Software961 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #25Top 9%
  8. #129Sound Design1,381 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #12Top 9%