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Michael W.

Video Editor & YouTube Thumbnail Designer

Short-form video editing that keeps people watching: 9:16 talking head edits, clipping, Reels, Shorts, and TikTok. ★Top Rated • 5.0★ client rating, most projects delivered in 24 to 48 hours. Creators, podcasters, and brands hire me when they have long footage and need it turned into clips that hold attention and get shared. Here is what I take off your plate: • Talking head edits in 9:16 with tight pacing, jump cuts, animated captions, sound cleanup and audio quality enhancements • Clipping of podcasts, interviews, streams, and long-form videos into scroll-stopping shorts • Long-form YouTube editing paced for retention • Subtitles and captions in multiple languages • Thumbnails, logos, and brand identity to match your videos, so your whole channel looks consistent • Crypto, Forex : 7+ years in the ecosystem means I understand your audience and your terminology Why clients come back You get a fast clear communication, and edits built around retention, not just effects. My toolkit mixes Premiere Pro, CapCut, Photoshop, Illustrator, and FFmpeg, so each stage of the project gets the right tool, and batch jobs like format conversion or multi-clip exports get done fast. Send me your raw footage or channel link and I will tell you exactly what I would cut first. What kind of content are you making right now? TOOLS & STACK: Premiere Pro, CapCut, FFmpeg, Photoshop, Illustrator, Inkscape, ElevenLabs, Audacity, iZotope RX, Whisper, Topaz Video AI, Aegisub SKILLS: Short-form Video Editing, Talking Head Editing, Video Clipping, Podcast Editing, YouTube Shorts, Reels, TikTok, Social Media Cuts, Animated Captions, Burned-in Captions, Hardcoded Subtitles, SRT Files, VTT Files, Subtitle Creation, Subtitle Syncing, Transcription, Audio Cleanup, Noise Removal, Voice Cleanup, Upscaling, YouTube Video Editing, YouTube Thumbnails, Logo Design, Brand Identity, Web3 Branding, Crypto Content, PDF Conversion, PDF Editing, OCR, Document Conversion, Batch Image Processing, Video Format Conversion, Audio Extraction, Subtitle Syncing, File Compression, Batch Video Processing, Batch Format Conversion, Video Compression, Bulk Download, Online course, Tutorial video

🇪🇹Addis Ababa, Ethiopia$20/hr100% JSS4.88 (12)Since Mar 2026
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$308

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#97,241 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#417 / 1,609
Revenue, last 30 days
$190

Last 6 months: $1.9k

World#83,161 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#371 / 1,609
Total earnings
$1.9k

Billed in all: $1.9k

World#338,888 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#1,206 / 1,609
Per project
$126

$132 in the last 6 months

World#292,900 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#1,195 / 1,609
Projects, last 6 months
14
93% fixed7% hourly
World#11,058 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#28 / 1,609
Projects in all
15
93% fixed7% hourly
World#161,377 / 412k
🇪🇹Country#379 / 1,609

Earnings, last 30 days

$1.9k+$190 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$1.7k$1.8k$1.9k$2.0kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 15% in Amharic

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

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  4. #87Noise Reduction328 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #2Top 27%
  5. #120Audio Restoration607 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 20%
  6. #148Thumbnail881 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #1Top 17%
  7. #425Subtitles2,228 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #4Top 19%
  8. #473YouTube Thumbnail2,296 freelancers · 🇪🇹 #3Top 21%