Creative Director / Video Editor
VARUN KAMMANNI
I'm a Creative Director and Video Editor skilled in innovative design, storytelling, editing, and visual effects software.
MY PORTFOLIO
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Feature films and TV shows
Visual Effects Compositor at SOHO VFX
Nov-22 to Nov-23
Soho VFX is a world-class visual effects studio, producing high quality photo realistic effects for feature films and television projects.
As a Visual Effects Artist at Soho VFX, I work with a talented team of artists and supervisors to create stunning visual effects for feature films and television shows. I use my expertise in Nuke, Mocha Pro, Maya, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After effects, Resolve and other software to edit images, match color, blend layers, and add elements, ensuring the highest quality and realism.
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Clients
Senior Video Editor at Jellysmack
Dec-21 to Nov-22
Jellysmack is the global creator company that detects and develops the world’s most talented video creators like Nick DiGiovanni, Chandler's Wild Life, Mr. Beast, PewDiePie, Brad Mondo, Beauty Studio Startalk, Nas Daily and so on.
At Jellysmack, I was responsible in generating dynamic videos for Facebook, Instagram & Snapchat and adding editorial understanding to the production of each video. Using state of the art data analysis tool like Jellycore to maximize the video performance and finding the most effective ways to adapt content from YouTube to Facebook.
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Creative Director/Video Editor at
Retail Ecommerce Ventures
Brands
April-21 to Nov-21
Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) acquires and reimagines distressed retail brands and turns them into e-commerce success stories.
At REV, I was responsible for generating video ads for retail stalwarts such as Pier 1 Imports, Dressbarn, Radio Shack and so on. In addition, I worked closely with the Social media marketing team and assisted Copywriters to draft storyboards for commercials.
During this period, I worked on 22 ads for social media and TV, including formats for Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok reels, and Youtube.
We achieved an average of 3+ ROAS for Pier1 online ad. and built a strong social media and brand presence across all platforms.
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Video Editor as
a Freelancer
Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
Production companies based in Ealing, London.
Work
As a Freelancer, I worked for Paperfilm productions, and under my own production company VKproductions in London, UK. I worked as Creative Director, Video Editor, Production Assistant, and Script Supervisor. During this time, I edited over 120+ hours of raw footage to create teasers, Narrative shorts, Promotional videos, Informercials and more for Social Media platforms.
For "Housewarming (2020)", we won 20 awards & 10 Nominations.
Personal Projects
DEWED (2020)
PAPERFILM PRODUCTIONS, DMR PRODUCTIONS
JACK (2019)
METFILM PRODUCTIONS
WASTED (2018)
METFILM PRODUCTIONS
VFX