Wilmar Ruiz · Sídney, NSW

Video Editor. Filmmaker. Both Hands On.

Four years of end-to-end commercial work in Sydney. I plan the shot, run the camera, fly the CASA-licensed drone, and finish the whole thing in DaVinci Resolve: colour, Fusion, Fairlight. One person, the full content function.

Wilmar Ruiz on set in his Campsie studio, Sydney
Campsie Studio · Sydney

Work rights

Australian Permanent Resident. Full unrestricted work rights. No sponsorship required.

Availability

Immediate. Full-time, contract or freelance. On-site, hybrid or remote.

Base

Campsie, Inner West. Shoots across Greater Sydney. Editing remote, Australia-wide.

Languages

English professional working proficiency. Spanish native. Bilingual productions welcome.

Selected work

The Cut

Real briefs, real clients, shot and finished by me. Pick any frame to play it.

Who I've worked with

Impact

Every quote below is published by the client on their own account. Tap the brand to verify.

Food & FMCG

Productos La Receta

Branded content, social campaign

Spectacular content that really connects with our audience. Highly recommended for premium brands.

Luz Elena Chacón Luz Elena ChacónMarketing director
Events & brand

Astylez Events

Video editing, brand content

Exceptional video editing. Sincere, professional, and a highly creative approach to our brand.

Angie Pfister Angie PfisterBrand manager
Retail pharmacy

Droguería Santo Domingo

Brand video, social content

WORLD CREATIVE RESOURCES understands business growth, not just cameras. The high-end video was an absolute game changer.

Guillermo Ruiz Guillermo RuizOwner
Music & live events

DJ U'NEEK

Event filmmaking, after-movies, social content

Professional filmmaking at its best. Captured the energy of my sets perfectly.

Antoine Finianos Antoine FinianosDJ & event producer
Automotive

SWS Automotive

Drone cinematography, brand video

The drone videography gave our brand a scale we didn't think possible in the Sydney market.

What I actually run

Capabilities

Tools I use on paid work, not a list of things I have opened once.

Post-production

DaVinci Resolve 21: primary and secondary colour correction, custom LUT workflows, Fusion node compositing, Fairlight audio mixing. CapCut Pro for fast social turnarounds.

Production

Panasonic Lumix S5II, professional lighting and audio, multi-location shoots. Comfortable working solo in live venues, restaurants and occupied properties.

Aerial

CASA-licensed drone operator. Commercial aerial cinematography across Greater Sydney for real estate, venues and brand work.

Photography

Commercial, product, venue, real estate and brand portraiture. Adobe Lightroom. Delivered web-sized, named and ready to upload.

Content & copy

Short-form vertical built for retention, brand storytelling, platform-native captions. I write the title, description and hashtag set that ships with each piece.

Production management

Planning backwards from the delivery date, scoping costs before quoting, scheduling around client trading hours, structured revision rounds, versioned and backed-up media library.

AI-assisted workflow

Runway, ElevenLabs, Midjourney and Kling for previsualisation, concept boards and asset generation. Used to shorten timelines, never to replace the shoot.

Track record

Experience

Published here in full, so there is nothing to download. Need a PDF for your system? Ask below and I'll send it.

2024 — Present

Video Editor, Filmmaker & Content Producer

World Creative Resources · Sydney NSW

  • Cinematic colour grading and full post-production in DaVinci Resolve 21 for hospitality, events, retail, automotive and real estate clients: primary and secondary correction, custom LUT workflows, Fusion node compositing and Fairlight audio mixing.
  • Full-production cinematography for events, real estate walkthroughs and brand content, including CASA-licensed aerial drone coverage across Greater Sydney.
  • Hook-driven short-form content for Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, engineered for watch-time retention and clear CTA conversion in vertical 9:16, delivered alongside 16:9 versions.
  • Write the caption, title, description and hashtag set that ships with every deliverable, so content arrives ready to publish rather than needing a separate copywriter.
  • Manage end-to-end production: creative brief, shot planning, shoot scheduling around client trading hours, structured revision rounds and final delivery.
  • Plan each production backwards from the delivery date, scope costs accurately before quoting, and maintain a fully versioned and backed-up media asset library.

2022 — 2024

Freelance Filmmaker & Video Editor

Commercial freelance contracts · Sydney & remote

  • Filmed and edited commercial video and photography for hospitality, retail and live-event clients across Sydney, delivering consistent quality on schedule.
  • Built and deployed a full production stack, camera, lighting, audio and post-production, still in active commercial use today.

Earlier

Qualified Accountant

Colombia & Australia · 10 years

  • High-volume accounts payable and full procure-to-pay cycle, month-end close, general ledger and bank reconciliations, with a clean audit history.
  • The reason production schedules, cost scoping and asset management are handled properly on every job I run today.

Licence

CASA-licensed drone operator

Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Australia

Licence

NSW driver licence

Full, manual transmission

2026

Music Video Direction — Advanced Specialisation

BRACH

2025

Google Prompting Essentials — Generative AI

Google Career Certificates

2024

Sound Design for Filmmaking

Niklas Christl

2024

Photography — Geographic & Commercial

Chris Bray, Australian Geographic

2024

Advanced Video Editing — CapCut Pro

Dave Ying

2010

Bachelor of Science — Accounting

Instituto Universitario CESMAG, Pasto, Colombia

Languages

English professional · Spanish native

Available for bilingual productions

Wilmar Ruiz on set in his Campsie studio, Sydney
Fly HighThe philosophy

Behind the lens

If You Grow,
I Grow.

I came to filmmaking the long way round. Ten years as a qualified accountant, running high-volume accounts payable and month-end close, before I moved to Sydney and started building WORLD CREATIVE RESOURCES out of Campsie.

That background is not a detour, it is the reason clients keep me. I plan a production backwards from the delivery date. I scope the cost before I quote it. I keep a versioned, backed-up media library. The creative side is why people call. The other side is why they call again.

What I actually do is cover the whole content function on my own: the concept, the camera, the drone, the stills, the grade, and the words that ship with it. Most businesses juggle four freelancers to get there. I would rather bring all of it in-house to one brand.

How a job runs

Process

Planned backwards from the delivery date, so nothing lands late.

00:00

Brief & shot plan

A short call about the actual goal: more bookings, more visibility, more trust. You leave with a shot list and a delivery date before anything is filmed, and a cost that is scoped, not guessed.

00:01

Shoot day

Camera, lighting, audio and drone on location, scheduled around your trading hours. I work fast and stay out of the way of your customers and staff. Already have footage? This step is skipped.

00:02

Post & grade

Assembly, pacing, colour, Fusion where it earns its place, and a Fairlight audio mix. You get one structured revision round with notes collected in one pass, not a drip feed.

00:03

Delivery

16:9 for web and 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, plus the title, description and hashtag set written for your niche. Short-form in 3 to 5 business days, longer pieces in 1 to 2 weeks.

For businesses

Services

Hiring instead? The Experience section above covers it.

Social content, done for you
Most requested

Vertical Reels built for watch time, not for the portfolio. Filmed, cut and handed back with the caption, title and hashtags already written for your niche. No blank caption box, no guessing what to post next.

Events & DJ filmmaking
Filming a live DJ set in Sydney
Sells the next booking

From touring with DJs to covering a corporate night, I shoot the room as it actually feels and cut it into an after-movie, delivered in 16:9 and 9:16 with the caption ready. The clip is the pitch for the next gig.

Drone cinematography
CASA licensed & insured

4K aerial coverage across Greater Sydney, flown legally and insured. The kind of scale that makes a listing, a venue or a launch impossible to scroll past.

Commercial photography
Menus, listings, products, people

Stills that earn trust before anyone reads a word. Delivered web-ready and social-ready, correctly sized and named so they load fast and get found.

Editing only
Remote, Australia-wide

Sitting on footage you never posted? Send it. Full grade, pacing built on retention, audio cleaned up, and it comes back with the titles and tags done. Phone footage included.

Straight answers

Questions

Are you available for full-time or contract roles?

Yes. I'm an Australian Permanent Resident with full unrestricted work rights, so no sponsorship is required, and I'm available immediately. On-site, hybrid or remote across Sydney, and freelance or contract Australia-wide.

Can I get a copy of your CV?

The full experience, capabilities, education and certifications are published on this page, so there is nothing to download and nothing gets out of date. If your application system needs a PDF, say so through the form below and I'll send it straight to you.

What does end-to-end actually mean in your case?

Concept and shot planning, cinematography, CASA-licensed aerial drone, stills photography, and complete post in DaVinci Resolve: colour, Fusion, Fairlight. I also write the caption, title and hashtag set that ships with each piece, so nothing needs a separate copywriter.

I need video but have no idea what to post or how to edit.

That's the normal starting point. I bring the concept, film it, cut it, and hand it back with the caption, title, description and hashtags already written for your niche and the Sydney market. You just post it.

Will the shoot disrupt my business?

No. We agree the shot list beforehand so I know exactly what I'm there for. On the day I work quickly and quietly, whether that's an office, a restaurant mid-service or a live DJ set. If you already have footage, we skip the shoot entirely.

I hate being on camera. Do I have to appear?

Not at all. We can build the whole thing around your products, your team, the space and the atmosphere. If you do decide to speak, I'll direct you through it so it plays like a conversation rather than a performance.

How long does delivery take?

Short-form such as Reels or TikToks lands in 3 to 5 business days. Longer brand pieces and event after-movies take 1 to 2 weeks so the edit and the grade get the time they need. The date is agreed before we start, and I plan the schedule backwards from it.

Do you work across all of Sydney?

My base is Campsie in the Inner West and I travel across Greater Sydney for shoots, from the Inner West out to the South West and beyond. Editing-only work is fully remote, Australia-wide.

Get in touch

Let's Talk.

Hiring, briefing a project, or you just want someone to look at the raw files. Tell me what you need and I'll come back with something useful either way.

Recruiters: the full experience is on this page. If your system needs a CV as a PDF, tick “CV request” and I'll email it directly.

Campsie, Sydney NSW · Serving all of Greater Sydney

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