I'm Slaven Istuk, a video and film post-production specialist based in Sarajevo. I started my career as an editor for news, music videos, and documentaries and gradually broadened my interests toward compositing and motion design. I have built strong expertise in The Foundry Nuke, After Effects, and Premiere Pro, and I'm proficient with Photoshop, Mocha, Illustrator, and Final Cut Pro. I'm versatile and collaborative, capable of fitting into any pipeline while delivering polished videos across broadcast, online, and social media channels.

Slaven Istuk

I'm Slaven Istuk, a video and film post-production specialist based in Sarajevo. I started my career as an editor for news, music videos, and documentaries and gradually broadened my interests toward compositing and motion design. I have built strong expertise in The Foundry Nuke, After Effects, and Premiere Pro, and I'm proficient with Photoshop, Mocha, Illustrator, and Final Cut Pro. I'm versatile and collaborative, capable of fitting into any pipeline while delivering polished videos across broadcast, online, and social media channels.

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I’m Slaven Istuk, a video and film post-production specialist based in Sarajevo. I started my career as an editor for news, music videos, and documentaries and gradually broadened my interests toward compositing and motion design.

I have built strong expertise in The Foundry Nuke, After Effects, and Premiere Pro, and I’m proficient with Photoshop, Mocha, Illustrator, and Final Cut Pro. I’m versatile and collaborative, capable of fitting into any pipeline while delivering polished videos across broadcast, online, and social media channels.

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Fluent

Work Experience

Video Post-production Specialist at Freelancer
September 1, 2015 - Present
Helping clients from different companies and marketing agencies turn their video and graphic content into professional, polished videos for different media channels; Video/audio editing, color grading, motion graphics.
Motion Designer at PETROL Advertising
August 1, 2018 - September 30, 2025
Translating high-level design concepts from clients into effective video solutions using motion graphics and animation; Motion design of title cards and end-slates for game trailers and other promotional videos; Key art motion design; Creation of loop-able animations or cinema-graphs; Motion design of promotional videos and banners; Optimization for use on different social platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, IMDB.
Head of Digital Compositing at Prime Time
September 1, 2015 - September 30, 2025
Lead compositor in compositing department. Created pipeline for compositing department, assigning tasks among the team and ensuring timely completion. Motion tracking, rotoscoping, keying, live footage & 3D integration, set extensions, camera projections, relighting, VFX. Extensive experience with Mental Ray, VRay and Arnold passes. On-set supervision and collaboration with Director of Photography and his crew to save time in post-production.
Editor, Motion graphics & Compositing artist at Concept Media
January 1, 2009 - September 30, 2025
Post-production work on numerous commercials, documentaries, short movies, industrial movies and more than 25 music videos. Motion graphic openings, titles, end-credit rolls. On-set supervision.
Audio/Video Editor at TV Visoko
April 1, 2006 - September 30, 2025
Video/audio editor of news, tv shows, tourist & industrial films. Motion designer creating intros for in house TV shows and promo videos.

Education

German language for foreigners at Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt GmbH
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
German language for foreigners at Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt GmbH
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
German language course at Internationale Sprachschule “Bachschule Frankfurt am Main”
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025

Qualifications

German language for foreigners
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
CG Society workshop: Nuke 3D compositing
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Network Manager
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Nuke 3D compositing workshop
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025
Network Manager
January 11, 2030 - September 30, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Other