Hire the Best Editors in Oakland, CA

I turn raw footage, AI-generated content, and brand briefs into scroll-stopping short-form videos that perform, on every major social platform, for every type of brand. I don't just cut and add captions. I think like a strategist: what hook will stop someone mid-scroll? What pacing keeps them watching? What visual pattern will make them save, share, or click? That thinking goes into every single edit. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎯 CORE SERVICES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ Short-Form Video Ads (Meta · TikTok · Instagram · YouTube) Product-focused, movement-driven video ads built to convert. I create 7 to 60-second ads optimized for Meta paid campaigns, TikTok ads, and organic content. Strong hooks in the first second, clean pacing, and platform-native styling. Delivered in 9:16, 1:1, and 16:9 formats. ✅ UGC-Style Video Editing Authentic, human-feeling content that performs like real user-generated video — without the inconsistency. I edit UGC-style videos for DTC brands, e-commerce products, health and wellness brands, and app companies. These are designed to feel native to TikTok and Reels while hitting your conversion goals. ✅ Talking-Head Video Editing I specialize in editing talking-head content for creators and brands — cutting filler words and awkward pauses, optimizing hooks and pacing, adding dynamic captions in your brand font, overlaying b-roll and graphics where they strengthen the message, and delivering a polished, retention-optimized video that keeps viewers watching. ✅ B-Roll & Voiceover Video Editing Narrative-driven short-form content where b-roll carries the story and voiceover guides the viewer. I sync audio precisely, select the best clips for emotional impact, maintain smooth pacing throughout, and deliver a video that feels cinematic even at 30 seconds. ✅ AI-Assisted Video Production I use Runway AI, Sora, HeyGen, and Higgsfield to generate or enhance video content when raw footage isn't available or needs upgrading. This includes AI-generated scenes, avatar-based videos, enhanced b-roll, and creative transitions, all edited to feel seamless and professional. ✅ TikTok Carousels & Slide Content Engaging multi-slide carousel content for TikTok, combining strong visual design, clear messaging, and platform-optimized formatting to drive saves, shares, and follows. ✅ High-Volume Batch Editing For creators and agencies who need consistent output at scale. I handle batches of 30 to 60 videos per month with a 7 to 10 day turnaround. I follow your brand style guide across every video, maintain quality and consistency throughout the batch, and deliver everything organized and ready to post. ✅ Social Media Content Strategy Support Beyond editing, I can help with content ideas, posting frameworks, caption writing, and identifying which clips from long-form content will perform best as short-form. I stay current with what's trending on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts so your content always feels platform-native. ✅ Commercial & Website Video Production AI-assisted commercial videos for websites, landing pages, and brand presentations. I use AI generation tools alongside traditional editing to produce professional-quality commercial content at a fraction of traditional production cost. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛠️ FULL TOOL STACK ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Editing & Post-Production: • CapCut — trend-native short-form editing, dynamic captions, fast delivery • DaVinci Resolve — professional color grading, cinematic quality, precise audio • Opus Clip — long-form to short-form extraction and repurposing AI Video Generation & Enhancement: • Runway AI — scene generation, video enhancement, creative visual effects • HeyGen — AI avatar videos, talking head creation, lip-sync precision • ElevenLabs — AI voiceover, natural audio generation, multilingual support • Higgsfield — AI-assisted creative video workflows and motion design • Sora — AI video generation for creative and commercial content Platform & Distribution: • Adobe Premiere Pro compatible export • Platform-native formatting for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Facebook, LinkedIn ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 PLATFORMS & FORMATS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Platforms: TikTok · Instagram Reels · YouTube Shorts · Facebook · LinkedIn · Pinterest · Podcast Video · Website & Landing Pages Formats Delivered: • 9:16 Vertical (TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Stories) • 1:1 Square (Instagram feed, Facebook, LinkedIn) • 16:9 Landscape (YouTube, website, presentations) • Captioned + raw versions delivered for every project Video Lengths: 7 sec · 15 sec · 30 sec · 60 sec · 90 sec — matched to your platform and campaign goal

Steve Koppman is an experienced editor and writer with expertise in public policy, economics, politics, business and the telecommunications industry who has provided extensive English-language developmental and copy editing for Chinese economists and other non-native-English as well as native-English academics. He has contributed journalism, commentary and satire to a wide variety of major publications and websites including RealClearPolitics, The Nation, The Huffington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The (San Jose) Mercury News, Newsday, The East Bay Times and Baltimore’s City Paper among others. He is an author (Treasury of American-Jewish Folklore, Rowman & Littlefield) and has four years of daily journalism experience as a reporter, copy and editorial page editor and columnist. He has had short plays produced internationally and short stories, plays and essays in anthologies. He has a master's degree in public policy from UC Berkeley and worked as a government analyst at federal, state and local levels. He also worked for decades as an analyst of the communications industry, including for the Gartner Group, a role in which he provided expert advice as well as producing numerous reports on emerging industry topics. He has produced white papers and case studies for telecom carriers and equipment vendors on a variety of industry and technology topics relevant to their offerings, produced educational policy briefs for a think tank, contributed corporation profiles to a business almanac, served as assistant publicity director for a university and has extensive experience producing press releases. .

Hi there 😃 Let me help you create something spectacular, and help your brand find its Visual Identity. ✅ 5+ years' experience in graphic design ✅ Expert level ✅ Excellent knowledge of design principles, color theory, branding etiquettes, corporate identity, web and mobile technologies. What I can do for You: • Logo designs • Graphic design • Branding identity • Packaging design • UI/UX design • Social media design • Flyers, Brochure design • Movie poster designs • Business card design • And any image/photoshop manipulation - Perfectly done with my knowledge of Lighting, Shadows, Composition & Perspective. Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, Figma, Adobe after effects, Adobe Premiere Pro If you have a project/idea to discuss, feel free to click the "Invite to Job" button at the top right corner; even if you don't know exactly what you need. I'm always happy to help find that aesthetic sweet spot for you/your brand. Thank you!

Video editor and post production supervisor, specializing in commercial and non-fiction content. Let's collaborate!

Hello, my name is Alyssa and I am a video editor and a photographer. As a video editor I have experience creating engaging and polished visual packages for many different clients, including Adobe, Google Cloud, Cisco, Anthropic, RH and Patreon. I have done narrative, documentary and commercial work and have spent most of my career assistant editing for marketing agencies, by which I have learned every aspect of the post-production process, from media management to final delivery. In addition to video editing, I have experience with color correction, motion graphics and social media marketing. As a freelance photographer I run my own photography business. I am a photo editor, sell my work at art fairs, and I am currently building my portrait portfolio. I am interested in hiring clients for portraits, lifestyle and product photography. I shoot digital and 35mm film. I'd love to work with you!

I’m a proven content strategist and writer with 25+ years of experience helping technology companies translate technical concepts into content that’s engaging and easy to understand. I craft thought leadership, white papers, executive blogs, case studies, and marketing content that bridges technical detail and business strategy. Over the years, I’ve partnered with industry leaders such as Equinix, Cisco, HPE, and Splunk to develop compelling content and messaging that supports business growth, product launches, and brand differentiation. My work blends technical understanding with storytelling finesse, ensuring every piece drives results while maintaining clarity and engagement. Strengths and Skills Strategic Content Development: I design and execute content strategies aligned with business goals and market trends, specializing in technical and B2B technology sectors. Technical Writing & Editing: Skilled at translating complex technologies like AI infrastructure, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and networking into accessible, persuasive content. Subject Matter Expert Collaboration: Experienced in conducting interviews and working closely with internal SMEs to capture authentic insights and ensure accuracy. Generative AI Integration: I leverage generative AI tools thoughtfully to enhance research, improve tone, and increase efficiency without losing essential warmth and verve. Cross-Functional Teamwork: Adept at partnering with marketing, product, sales, and executive teams to create unified messaging that supports sales enablement and brand positioning. Key Projects and Accomplishments Cologix AI Infrastructure White Paper: Authored a 10-page white paper outlining Cologix’s edge data center strategy for AI workloads. Conducted multiple SME interviews and integrated real-time insights to position the company’s GPU-as-a-Service launch and hyperscale cloud connectivity as distinct market advantages. Used generative AI strategically to accelerate content development while preserving a sharp, candid voice. Splunk Perspectives Articles: Ghostwrote several thought leadership pieces focusing on regulatory compliance, financial crime, and the evolving role of AI in cybersecurity. These articles combine technical detail with compelling narratives to engage industry professionals and influence market conversations. Cisco Outshift (AI Incubation): Developed executive blogs, product messaging, and web content for Cisco’s innovation arm focused on AI. Wrote UI and marketing copy for Motific, a new product designed to help teams safely deploy generative AI. Equinix Global Marketing Support: Created white papers, case studies, and digital content highlighting Equinix’s interconnection services and cloud infrastructure. Helped distill complex technical features into customer benefits that support global marketing campaigns. Education and Professional Development Bachelor’s degree in English Literature with extensive continuing education in technical writing, content marketing, and AI tools. Ongoing training and certifications related to AI content strategy and digital marketing trends. Strong background in editorial standards, style guides, and quality assurance. I’m passionate about helping companies tell stories that communicate value, build trust, and drive business success. If you’re looking for a collaborative, reliable content partner who combines strategic insight with craftsmanship, let’s connect.