300+delivered
Thumbnail Design
The click comes first. Concept, face grade, type hierarchy and contrast, built to win the impression against everything else on the page.
★★★★★
“Excellent ideas, strong graphic skills, speedy delivery. Working with him is effortless.”
Madeline MannSelf Made Millennial
2
Years in
the work
Video Editor · Thumbnail Designer · AI Ad Creative
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Services
Three things,
done properly.
The impression, the retention, and the ad that sells. Every engagement is measured against one number that the client already cares about.
8–15min long-form
Video Editing
Long-form talking head cut for retention — structure, pacing, b-roll, motion graphics and sound. Vertical cutdowns are rebuilt around a single hook, never trimmed from the original.
Zerofootage needed
AI Short-Form Video Ads
Ad creative built end to end with no filmed footage — script, storyboard, generated shots and the edit, through a production pipeline I wrote myself.
Selected work
The work
Thumbnails, edits and ad creative. Pick a lane.
Two finished spec spots, each built end to end with no filmed footage — script, storyboard, generated shots and the edit.
Long-form edits for career, business and social-media channels. These play right here.
Twelve of more than three hundred. Every one built to win the click before the video has to earn the watch.
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Reviews
What clients say
Unedited, from the people who pay for the work.
Ahmad has excellent ideas, strong graphic skills, and speedy delivery. Working with him is effortless and a weight off of my shoulders.
Madeline MannSelf Made Millennial · Career coach
Working with you has been the best. Our work together has paid off and I’ve never had a video take off like this. Thank you for being amazing at what you do!
Michelle J RaymondB2B Growth Co · LinkedIn strategist
Working with Ahmad has been a game changer for my YouTube channel growth. My channel is generating more clicks, watch time and new subscribers — both channels are now in the YouTube Partner Program. Highly recommend.
Keegan Edward, MBADigital agency owner & creator
About
Retention is the
measure of the work.
I’m Ahmad — a video editor and thumbnail designer working out of Kaduna, Nigeria with YouTube creators in the career, business and social-media space since early 2025.
Long-form talking-head content, vertical repurposes for TikTok and Shorts, and the thumbnails that earn the click. Alongside client editing I build AI-native ad creative end to end using a production pipeline I wrote myself — no filmed footage required.
Tools
- DaVinci Resolve Edit & finish
- Photoshop Thumbnail design
- Google Veo & Gemini Video & image generation
- gpt-image-2 Image generation
My track record
- Aug 2025 — now Madeline Mann · Self Made Millennial 451K subs Long-form editing, Shorts & TikTok cutdowns, thumbnails
- Apr 2026 Ellen Mackenzie · Dishing up Digital 50K+ subs Social-media strategy long-form, cut for retention
- Feb 2025 — Mar 2026 Keegan Edwards 3 channels · 10K+ combined Thirteen months of thumbnail design — longest-running engagement
- Feb 2025 — now Michelle J Raymond 7K+ subs Ongoing thumbnail design against an established brand system
- Mar — May 2026 Erika Thomas Career & salary-negotiation long-form, graphics and thumbnails
- Oct 2025 — Apr 2026 The Content Bosses Thumbnail design