A 90-minute, no-fluff recording of my first live masterclass. It is not a "how to use Premiere" tutorial (those are free everywhere). It is the part nobody teaches: how to actually get paid as a video editor, how to find and keep clients, and how to build a real career, not just a skill.
1. The Roadmap
What to learn first (hint: it is not editing software), the one toolset you actually need, and how to find the editing niche that fits you.
2. The Job of a Video Editor: the 3 Goals
Every paid edit does one of three things, make them look good, make a sale, or make them watch longer. Learn which one your clients are really paying for, and how to deliver it.
3. Live Client Projects
Real paid projects broken down from brief to final delivery, so you can see exactly how professional work gets made.
4. Skill Stacking
The 5 hard skills and 5 soft skills that separate a 20K-a-month editor from a 2L-a-month editor, and the order to learn them in.
5. Why You Are Not Getting Hired
The real reason talented editors stay broke (it is not your editing), good vs bad portfolios broken down, and the Reach, Conversion, Retention framework for landing and keeping clients.
6. AI for Editors
How the workflow is changing, the one AI studio to focus on, and a live demo of building a video without opening any editing software, plus what AI still cannot replace.
7. Live Q&A
Real questions from 300 editors, answered.