I am an enthusiastic swiss-army knife who loves everything creative. If you need Creative Video Editing, Motion Graphics or Project Management ranging from boutique to corporate, you are in the right place!
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Throw me a new challenge and I will learn how to do it and deliver quickly and to high standard, usually with a side of dumb humour.
Oh how much fun I had with this one! The task was to make a 30s social media video out of a zoom interview. I was also provided with a blog post about the interview for extra context.
In today's social media jungle there are three key things you should always consider for your content: it has to stand out with originality; it has to give as much information in little time (but it has to be realistically digestible in that little time); it has to work with and without audio.
The blog post was the inspiration to create something that stood out from the usual split screen zoom call we've seen one to many times since lockdown, making it fun and dynamic and highlighting the salient points the author originally wanted to prioritise.
Showing the blog’s headline quickly contextualised it, the chapter headings summarise the words of the interviewee (freeing the video from heavy subtitling that’s often too much to read in a short time) and scrolling up and down the page makes it dynamic and eye-catching.
As a cheeky bonus, all the key information is always in the middle of the screen, making this work both in vertical and square format - this way you avoid wasting resources in resizing rounds.
hiring test for a Video Editor role
Software: Premiere Pro ❖ After Effects
BMI is a global Roofing and Waterproofing company, it has been a great place for my first corporate experience. Here I worked mostly on internal communication videos, but also had the chance to work on one of my favourite projects to date: Courtney's Story.
For this, I could experiment with script writing and storyboarding, working closely with Courtney to tell her inspiring story.
Simone Gallorini, my line manager at the time, has once again been a great guide and a brilliant videographer for this project.
Roles covered: Video Editor ❖ Motion Graphic Designer ❖ Script Writer ❖ Storyboarder
Software: Premiere Pro ❖ After Effects ❖ Audition
MinutiDiFisica
MinutiDellaTerra
MinutiDiFisica and MinutiDellaTerra are the official Italian Youtube channels of MinutePhysics and MinuteEarth, two successful educational channels.
In 2016 I wanted to share their great content with my Italian friends, and
had the privilege of putting together a dream-team of professional translators, scientific proof readers and dubbers.
I took care of the on-screen translation with some freshly-learned After Effects magic and reached out to the channels to get rights to open the Italian branch. It has been my first experience producing and managing an intricate team, and we successfully brought to life educational videos to a high standard of transcreation and voice acting.
Roles covered: Transcreation Producer
❖ Video Editor ❖ Project Manager
Software: Premiere Pro ❖ After Effects
Lucky Trip is a new and growing travel booking start-app. I've been asked to make a 10s video that follow the same style and feel of the other brand's video, choose a destination, research it, source the footage and put together a quick, fast paced video to promote the destination.
Hiring test for a Video Editor role
Software: Premiere Pro
TravelLin'daWorld
Seacily is a short video homage of my home's sea side, ever present in our life growing up - a video scrap album of calm, happy memories.
Roles covered: Videographer ❖ Video Editor
Software: Premiere Pro
A SIDE OF DUMB HUMOUR
You made it all the way to the end of the portfolio, I applaud your commitment!
If you've found the easter egg on the landing page, this isn't news for you: while doing
very serious work, I like to serve a side of
dumb humour.
In chilled times and stressed times a cheap pun might be ping-ponging in our chats. If this is your jam, you're my peanut butter.
Please enjoy a silly video from 2017 made to apply for a gig in lovely Australia. Pardon the poor sound quality and the occasional image jump: I wrote and put together the video in less than 24h.
You would think that finding out about an application that requires making from scratch two videos, one essay and a cover letter three days before deadline would put anyone off, but free travel across the globe will make for a very motivated sleep-free Linda.
For a little context, the assignment was to put together a funny fake ad convincing my compatriots to spend their holiday
money in Australia.
EXPERIENCE
I’ve started my freelance journey after helping to grow a startup agency (Fondness - they're cool and you should check them out). I’ve been lucky to kick it off as a Senior Campaign Manager for the Rolex team at Hogarth Worldwide, where I’ve met amazing people and learned more than I could hope for.
With over five years’ professional experience as a Video Editor and Creative Producer, I’m comfortable working out of my comfort zone, taking on tasks such as research, creating briefs, project management and even management of entire accounts. I've been involved in business development, presenting to new clients and winning new business. I've led talented animators, editors, designers, translators and dubbers around the world in team sizes ranging from boutique to corporate.
Throw me a new challenge and I will learn how to do it and deliver quickly, usually with a side of dumb humour. I enjoy diving into the details and engaging with clients at all levels. I’ve managed complex and mission-critical projects for global brands like Wella, Rolex and BMI. Drop me a message - I'm always up for a chat and for the next challenge!
Iphone Photography School
2023 | Contract
Video Editor
In this role I edited, color corrected, sound mixed and created motion graphics for Iphone Photography School. This company creates to the highest standars very clear, step by step video courses for all proficiency level of photography.
Hogarth Worldwide - Rolex
2022 | Freelance
Senior Campaign Manager - Rolex Team
Joined the Rolex team at Hogarth Worldwide to support them for two months as a stop-gap in between hires. Liaising with the Client, third party agencies and production teams to produce and deliver TV and Online advertisement to global markets.
BMI
2019 - 2020 | Full Time
Video Editor
Editing, Color Correction, Scripting, Sound Editing, Motion Graphics, VR Editing. Editing interviews and event promotional videos for Intranet with Premiere Pro. Designed and animated logo reveal for internal and external use with After Effects. Edited 30 minute videos in 4k for offices throughout the company. Created engaging animated Case Studies for social media with After Effects. Curated graphic content and banners with Photoshop. Wrote testimonial videos of employees, translating individual life experiences in an engaging story where personal life goals and experiences blend in a short and effective script; then edited, sound mixed and color corrected the videos.
Passion projects
2014 - present
Creative Video editor, Videographer & Script Writer
I’ve set my eyes on video editing softwares back in 2014. Since then I would go out in my beautiful Sicily, point my camera to the beauty that surrounded me and bringing it all together through the power of editing. From there, I’ve explored and grown my skills, writing scripts and creating different styles of videos, from sketches to alternative tourism advertisment. It’s been a great adventure!
Creative Video Editing
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Motion Graphics
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Project Managing
Fondness - Lucozade
2022 | Freelance
Creative Video Editor & Motion Graphic designer
After two years helping to grow the start-app creative agency Fondness full time, I had the pleasure to come back as a freelancer to support them during their amazing growth sprint, working on videos for Lucozade.
Fondness
2020 - 2022 | Full time
Creative Video Editor & Creative Producer
It’s a big list, get ready:
I did video editing, animation, creative production, shooting and photo retouching. After one year, I took on tasks such as research, creating briefs, project management and even entire account management. I've been involved in business development, presenting to new clients and winning new business. I've led teams of professional animators, editors and designers.
Minuti
2016 - 2021 | Freelance
Producer & creative video editor
In collaboration with the established educational youtube challens MinutePhysics and MinuteEarth, sourced and managed a team of professionals to create the Italian sister channels MINUTIDIFISICA and MINUTIDELLATERRA. I’ve managed through a tightly collaborative team of dubbers, translators and proof readers, while at the same time personally curating all the video magic to translate hand-written sentences on film. Created respective Facebook pages and overseen community management both there and on YoutTube. Brought the channels from zero to over 7.9k subscribers, exclusively through organic growth and a part-time publishing schedule.
L'Immaginario
2006 -2008
Photo Editing / masking
For a fistful of Euros a very young me would spend hours figuring out Photoshop and masking out photos for the
newspaper L’IMMAGINARIO.
