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I started my producer role on a start-up YouTube channel which we grew to a 6-figure business in less than half a year. From there, I moved to the flagship channel of the company, where I continued with my production role on a much bigger scale - with over 50 million monthly viewers.

As a video editor at Black Matter Design, I was able to learn from the best in the YouTube world. I worked with a team and founder of The Infographics Show with over 12M subscribers.We build a new channel from scratch, creating a whole franchise translated to over 10 languages with over 100M views and over 1M subscribers in course of a few months. How did we do this? These people know what they are doing, and working with them thought me more than I could ever imagine.Each video I edited was watched by millions of people (literally!) and the data I got from this helped me a lot at becoming even better at understanding viewers' behavior. That is especially helpful when editing videos for social platforms such as YouTube. Understanding the attention span and other components that play a role in the success of your videos is the key takeaway here.Another cool thing that happened? Official YouTube account commented under the video I edited, and these videos were commonly seen on the list of most popular in the United States and across the globe - remember, these videos are translated to 10 languages!

Slovenia

I started my freelancing journey back in 2015 and worked through different platforms as well as independently. I worked with hundreds of clients, mostly providing Video Editing and Graphic Design services.Just to name a few big clients:As a video editor, I worked with the masterminds behind The Infographic Show YouTube channel, where we worked on a channel under their brand, gaining 500K+ subscribers and over 100 million views within a few months.Revolut is an online bank with over 20 million users worldwide. I helped them revolutionize their mobile app banking user experience.Sneakertopia is a modern art museum in Los Angeles, and as a video editor and researcher, I helped Sneakertopia bring its VR experience to life with personalized videos for each item in the museum.Sometimes, my work goes beyond my safe zone of video editing and graphic design. For example, I made a successful online store for Australian abstract photographer and painter Ralph Kerle, selling prints in his gallery in Sidney and with my help - online. I also made an NFT collection for him, I'm definitely a modern freelancer now!

Gs Group D.O.O.

On an average day, I would push out about $2000 worth of ads on social media platforms, mostly Facebook and Instagram. With over $200k ad spent, I can say I know what I'm doing now.It might sound repeating at first, but I find it interesting to study the data and adapt to do better the next day. That's how we managed to stay profitable when a lot of our competition started to slow down.Marketing was on top of my "I need to learn this" list for a long time, and here I finally had a chance to not only learn it but master it.

Ljubljana, Slovenia

I started working here as a video editor and online store manager. I was mostly editing ads for paid advertisements on social media platforms. I was also an in-house graphic designer, providing my graphic design knowledge for things like product and packaging design, as well as day-to-day needs such as online store picture editing and graphic designs with a focus on maximizing the number of sales.That was also a great way for me to get an overview and knowledge of how to run a business as a whole because the team was not that big and I had a chance to try everything that running an online store has to offer.

Gs Group D.O.O.

I designed multiple products and their packaging. Once our bulk order came in, it was amazing seeing thousands of these products with my design on them, ready to be shipped all across Europe!One of these product designs is attached under this description - with an influencer holding it.

Ljubljana, Slovenia

I was working at Radio Antena, the biggest and most listened-to radio in Slovenia. I was working there as a video producer on terrain and as a video editor and photographer in the studio.I also edited media for social platforms and in the first place thought them how important social media is for company growth - that was back in 2017! I started implementing social media strategies which they still use up to this day.It was exciting to work on many different projects in a team full of good vibes.

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Delo is a leading and most influential news media company on the Slovenian media market.I was working there as a graphic designer for their daily newspaper, creating different infographics and other newspaper illustrations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Graphic Design

High School Diploma, Graphic Design