Jaffar Haider
Jaffar Haider — Video Editor
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★★★★★

Edit like it
matters. Every frame.

Long-form, shorts, sports edits, podcasts and animation for creators and brands who need retention, not just polish.
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YouTube long-form  •  Shorts & reels  •  Sports films  •  Podcast edits  •  2D animation  •  Colour & sound  • 
YouTube long-form  •  Shorts & reels  •  Sports films  •  Podcast edits  •  2D animation  •  Colour & sound  • 
Who's Jaffar

Eight years cutting long-form, shorts, sports films, podcasts and animation — built around one thing: keeping people watching to the last frame.

412M+
Views on edits
1,800+
Videos delivered
48 hrs
Standard turnaround
8 yrs
In the timeline

Selected
work

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YouTube
32:04

The 14-Day Build

32-minute documentary cut for a 1.2M-sub build channel. Structured around three tension beats.
4.1M views
62% retention
Sports
06:12

Matchday: Final Whistle

Season-recap film for a club side. Handheld, sound-led, cut to the crowd.
Club film
Sound design
Podcast
1:24:00

Signal / Noise Ep. 88

Four-camera podcast edit with dynamic reframing and clean b-roll inserts.
4-cam
Weekly retainer
Animation
03:48

How Rankings Work

Explainer with typographic motion and 2D character beats. Built in After Effects.
2D + type
Storyboarded
Shorts
0:38 avg

Gym Series — 12 cuts

A month of vertical content from one shoot day. Hook-first, caption-timed.
9.4M views
12 deliverables
Brand
02:10

Field Notes — Brand Film

Two-minute brand film for a DTC launch. Colour graded, licensed score.
Brand film
Grade + mix

Vertical
that lands

Hook in the first 1.2 seconds, captions timed to the beat, no dead frames. Scroll the wall.
Cold open, 1.2s hook
2.4M views
Match highlight
880K views
Podcast clip
1.1M views
Kinetic captions
640K views
Gym series 04
3.2M views
Product teaser
410K views
Services

What you get
in the drive

01

YouTube long-form

Story structure, pacing pass, b-roll, motion graphics and a retention-first first minute.
Master + thumbnail frames
02

Shorts & reels

Vertical cuts from your existing raws or long-form. Hook-first, caption-timed, platform-safe.
4–12 per batch
03

Sports films

Match recaps, athlete features and hype edits. Sound design that carries the moment.
Film + socials cutdowns
04

Podcast edits

Multicam sync, dynamic reframing, filler removal, chapters and clip pulls.
Full ep + 5 clips
05

Animation & motion

2D explainer sequences, kinetic type, lower thirds and channel branding packs.
AE project files
06

Colour & sound

Grade, LUT build, dialogue clean-up, levelling and licensed music selection.
Delivery-ready master
Process

Four steps,
48-hour
turnaround

Standard cuts land in two working days. Shorts same-day. Two rounds of revisions built in.
01

Brief & raws

Drop the footage and a short brief. I confirm scope, style references and deadline.
Day 0
02

Assembly cut

Story spine first — structure, pacing and selects before any polish goes in.
Day 1
03

Polish pass

Graphics, sound design, grade and captions. You get a review link with timestamps.
Day 2
04

Revisions & delivery

Two rounds included. Masters, verticals and source files land in your drive.
Day 3
Trusted by channels, teams and studios
“
Retention on our long-form went up 18% in two months. He cuts for the audience, not for the edit.
Client name
YouTube creator, 1.2M subs
“
Turned a whole match day into a film that made the players emotional. Fast, and never needs chasing.
Client name
Head of media, football club
“
Weekly episodes plus five clips, delivered every Monday without fail. The clips do most of our growth.
Client name
Podcast producer
Cut on
Premiere Pro
After Effects
DaVinci Resolve
Audition
Cinema 4D
Frame.io

Simple
packages

Per-video or monthly retainer. Everything includes two revision rounds and source files.
Per video
£450
from, per long-form edit
/ Up to 20 min runtime
/ Motion graphics + captions
/ Colour and sound pass
/ 2 revision rounds
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Shorts batch
Popular
£600
per batch of 8 verticals
/ Cut from your raws or long-form
/ Hook-first structure
/ Kinetic captions
/ Platform-ready exports
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Retainer
Best value
£2,400
per month, rolling
/ 4 long-form + 12 shorts
/ Priority 48-hour turnaround
/ Shared project board
/ Quarterly channel review
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Got footage?
Let's cut it.

Send the brief and a link to the raws. You'll get a first cut back inside 48 hours.