Francis Valdez
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Audio Editor
Student Po
Singapore
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Reduced editing turnaround time by implementing efficient workflows and organization techniques.
- Assisted colleagues in troubleshooting technical issues encountered during the editing process, fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Implemented noise reduction methods to clean up recordings, improving clarity and intelligibility for listeners.
- Delivered polished final products by diligently addressing feedback from clients and team members during the editing process.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery without compromising quality standards.
- Streamlined the post-production process through effective communication with team members and stakeholders.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, software updates, and new equipment options for continuous improvement in work outputs.
- Enhanced audio quality by skillfully editing and mixing various sound elements for diverse multimedia projects.
- Worked closely with video editors to synchronize visuals with audio tracks, creating seamless multimedia presentations.
- Optimized audio levels and balanced frequencies to ensure consistent sound quality across all platforms and devices.
- Set up and tested equipment prior to events, broadcasts, and recordings.
- Set up, maintained and operated audio recording equipment and performed troubleshooting and audio system breakdown for broadcasts.
- Recorded speech and music in digital formats.
- Mixed and mastered vocal arrangements and music compositions,, and optimized songs, and albums.
- Worked with video editors to synchronize audio with video segments.
- Provided valuable input during pre-production meetings, offering suggestions on ways to enhance the project''s overall sound design.
- Transformed video and audio recordings into digital formats for editing and archiving.
Video Editor
Student Film
Singapore
06.2024 - 01.2025
- Organized and worked with raw footage from multiple cameras and sources.
- Delivered edits with multiple camera angle choices, titles, graphics, audio, and special effects.
- Conceived, crafted and executed dynamic video edits to captivate target audiences and accomplish project objectives.
- Enhanced video quality by applying color correction, grading, and special effects techniques.
- Maintained organized digital archives of raw footage, final edits, and other assets for easy access and retrieval.
- Edited together video, audio still imagery and motion graphics for creative and informational multimedia projects.
- Worked tight deadlines with team or independently and made quick creative editing decisions to maintain high quality of work.
- Increased viewer engagement through skillful use of pacing, rhythm, and transitions in video edits.
- Created and reformatted content across various social media and digital platforms.
- Worked with graphic templates and seamlessly inserted into videos.
- Saw concepts through to completion by working to develop final edits, color and other elements in post-production process.
- Combined text, video and other composited elements onscreen to create logical, coherent layouts.
- Developed creative solutions for complex editing challenges, enhancing the overall narrative impact of videos.
- Understood director's artistic vision and maintained alignment with vision throughout editing process.
- Collaborated with production teams to ensure cohesive storytelling and visual continuity across multiple projects.
- Assisted with operating equipment to capture footage in studio and on location.
- Argued and defended creative decisions with directors and producers.
- Worked with producers and other team members to meet deadlines.
- Collaborated with directors to create and maintain consistent visual style across all projects.
- Researched and obtained music rights and video clips for projects.
- Monitored footage throughout editing process to maintain quality control.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines.
- Trained and mentored junior editors on team.
Digital Artist
Student
Singapore
01.2017 - 01.2025
- Collaborated with creative teams to develop engaging multimedia content
- Created visually appealing presentations using advanced graphic design skills, enhancing corporate communications efforts.
- Built upon existing character designs and stories to develop over 2 new stories.
- Developed storyboards outlining a script that was made to help provide a visual reference with the Director for student project film.
School Radio Jockey
Student
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Enhanced listener engagement by curating diverse and relevant playlists for daily radio shows.
- Boosted audience interaction by managing live call-ins and engaging listeners on social media platforms.
- Effectively balanced humor with substantive commentary during on-air segments which kept listeners entertained without sacrificing quality.
- Researched topics for comment and discussion.
- Operated studio equipment and produced mock advertisements.
- Read prepared scripts for radio.
- Played music tracks from playlists provided by station management.
- Introduced upcoming broadcasts and guided audience through entertainment.
- Read prepared scripts for radio.
- Interviewed show guests and moderated discussions.
- Operated studio equipment
- Found, researched, fact-checked and wrote scripts for relevant topics in local news.
- Played songs fitting station's format and monitored each song's length to avoid dead air.
Education
No Degree - Diploma in Media And Communications
PSB Academy
6 Raffles Blvd, #03-200, Singapore 03959401-2025
No Degree - Digital Animation
ITE College Central
2 Ang Mo Kio Dr, Singapore 56772012-2017
Skills
- Adobe premiere
- Creative thinking
- Pre-production planning
- Digital sound editing
- Illustration
- Telecommunications and media
Timeline
Video Editor
Student Film
06.2024 - 01.2025
Audio Editor
Student Po
01.2024 - 01.2025
Digital Artist
Student
01.2017 - 01.2025
School Radio Jockey
Student
01.2016 - 01.2017
No Degree - Diploma in Media And Communications
PSB Academy
No Degree - Digital Animation
ITE College Central