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Hi! I'm Kara Lawson, a passionate film editor with over five years of experience specializing in video editing, motion graphics, sound design, and color grading. I love bringing stories to life through creative and technical expertise, working primarily with tools like Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, and After Effects. I enjoy collaborating with creative teams to produce engaging content across various platforms, from short form social media videos to documentaries. I’m always eager to learn new techniques and stay on top of industry trends to deliver high-quality and impactful visual stories.…Hi! I'm Kara Lawson, a passionate film editor with over five years of experience specializing in video editing, motion graphics, sound design, and color grading. I love bringing stories to life through creative and technical expertise, working primarily with tools like Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, and After Effects. I enjoy collaborating with creative teams to produce engaging content across various platforms, from short form social media videos to documentaries. I’m always eager to learn new techniques and stay on top of industry trends to deliver high-quality and impactful visual stories.

Kara Lawson

Video Editor, Sound Designer, Assistant Editor, +2

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Hi! I'm Kara Lawson, a passionate film editor with over five years of experience specializing in video editing, motion graphics, sound design, and color grading. I love bringing stories to life through creative and technical expertise, working primarily with tools like Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, and After Effects. I enjoy collaborating with creative teams to produce engaging content across various platforms, from short form social media videos to documentaries. I’m always eager to learn new techniques and stay on top of industry trends to deliver high-quality and impactful visual stories.…Hi! I'm Kara Lawson, a passionate film editor with over five years of experience specializing in video editing, motion graphics, sound design, and color grading. I love bringing stories to life through creative and technical expertise, working primarily with tools like Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, and After Effects. I enjoy collaborating with creative teams to produce engaging content across various platforms, from short form social media videos to documentaries. I’m always eager to learn new techniques and stay on top of industry trends to deliver high-quality and impactful visual stories.

Available to hire

Hi! I’m Kara Lawson, a passionate film editor with over five years of experience specializing in video editing, motion graphics, sound design, and color grading. I love bringing stories to life through creative and technical expertise, working primarily with tools like Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, and After Effects.

I enjoy collaborating with creative teams to produce engaging content across various platforms, from short form social media videos to documentaries. I’m always eager to learn new techniques and stay on top of industry trends to deliver high-quality and impactful visual stories.

Skills

Adobe Premiere Pro

Davinci Resolve Studio

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Avid media composer

Experience Level

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

Davinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Intermediate

Work Experience

Freelance Editor at Social Jump

April 1, 2025 - June 15, 2025

Edited engaging short form content for YouTube Reels and utilized AI driven workflow to generate captions and motion graphics.

Video Production Intern at The Traveling Black Women Network

February 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025

Produced several long and short form videos for social media platforms to showcase brand objectives and researched marketing trends and content strategies.

Editing Apprentice at John Schmidt Films LLC

August 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Utilized a cloud-based workflow system, researched material for software and relevant online tools, logged director and producer notes, and utilized spreadsheets to track assets and manage post-production tasks.

Editing Teaching Assistant at Snyder School of Cinema and Media Arts

August 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Assisted in class instruction and lesson planning for beginner and intermediate editing labs, provided resources and support to students, answered relevant questions, and researched innovations in various editing software.

Visual Marketing Intern at Torrey Honors College

March 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Collaborated with a creative team to develop and produce video content for promotional advertisements and ingested raw media from a digital archive to develop completed videos.

Lead Editor at Outspoken Narrative

June 1, 2021 - February 28, 2023

Lead Editor for short-form documentaries to bring awareness to global, social, and environmental issues, creating deliverables across social media platforms.

Visual Arts Intern at Davis Unlimited Information Technologies, Inc.

June 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023

Filmed, produced, and edited a short form marketing video to recruit new hires, conducted phone calls and scheduled interviews with potential job candidates, led team meetings for professional skills development, and created weekly presentations for executives to track progress and productivity.