client · flow31Flow31 · V2 Event Aftermovie
creative direction, shot list, cut, colour, sound and motion graphics built to their brand system.
creative director & content operator
Patrick Putzker
long-form and short-form. courses, documentary, YouTube, podcasts, reels. four years as lead editor and creative director at Story Hero Academy, the education business of YouTuber Niklas Christl.
- available immediately
- full-time or contract
- remote, timezone flexible
Premiere Pro · After Effects · Adobe Creative Cloud
91course lessons produced over the last four years - one to two hours each, documentary style
2.8Mtotal views across my short-form, 121 posts
2.1Mviews on a long-form video I edited and packaged for Niklas Christl
28% → 46%3-second retention, improved across 126 reels
Niklas on working with me
four years inside his operation. in his words.
"I was always the person who looked over everybody's shoulder. With Patrick, I never had to."
Niklas ChristlYouTuber · 990K subscribers · Founder of Story Hero Academy
01 / long-form
Courses, documentary and event film
structure, pacing, colour and sound - cut so people actually finish watching. 91 course lessons produced end to end across the last four years for Story Hero Academy, alongside work on Niklas Christl's channel, client films, and my own documentary work on my YouTube.
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my own channel
I Left My Home Country. Alone.
documentary, 30 minutes, a year in the making. written, shot, cut, graded and sound-designed solo.
niklas christl · youtube
2.1M views
section edits, packaging and the full repurposing cut for short-form.
story hero academy
Course Lesson 6.12
scripted, cut, colour, sound and story-developed end to end.
client · flow31
niklas christl · youtube
409K views
editing, packaging and repurposing for short-form.
story hero academy
Course Lesson 6.8
cut, colour and sound to an existing brand system - his voice, not mine.
client · flow31Flow31 · V1 Event Film
the first edition of the same event. shot run-and-gun over two days and cut into a narrative film.
niklas christl · youtube
308K views
editing, packaging and repurposing for short-form.
story hero academy
Course Lesson 7.7
one of 91 in the library, produced across four years.
02 / short-form
Reels, talking head and cinematic
after Story Hero I started my own channel from zero and took it to 14K followers. most of the work below is from it - shot, cut, graded and sound-designed by me, so the numbers are mine rather than shared credit. the client and brand-channel pieces are tagged as such.
screenshots from Instagram insights
Took Me 30 Years To Want Less
more shares than saves - people sent it to each other rather than keeping it.
800Kviews
55%held past 3s
9,440shares
Calm Is A Skill
three shots underwater, one line on screen, no voiceover. the sound design carries the whole cut.
486Kviews
8,621saves
3,790shares
In The Lab
fast-cut training piece. music, SFX and pace built to carry ten seconds without a word spoken.
558Kviews
10savg watch
49%held past 3s
The Curse Of Discipline
one continuous take, no cuts to hide behind. the hook has to come from the writing and the hold.
280Kviews
56%held past 3s
3,474shares
Same Script, Five Cuts
I cut this script five ways and posted them the same day. two broke out - this one and the other curse of discipline example in this section that did 280K. hook testing, not luck.
33.1Kviews
56%held past 3s
585saves
Story Hero · Brand Channel
built and run end to end inside Niklas's brand - his voice, his motion treatments, nothing like my own feed.
0 → 1Kin 3 weeks
100sof leads
Motionanimated text
Niklas Christl · Instagram
short-form assets cut for his personal brand on Instagram - again in his voice, not mine.
172Kfollowers
Assetscut to his brand
The Mood Podcast · Repurpose
a full episode cut down to a short-form clip with animated text - finding the moment that stands alone is most of the job.
Repurposefrom full episode
Motionanimated text
Work Ethic, Allegedly
locked-off top-down of one desk, a whole day in fifteen seconds. small reach, strongest engagement rate on the account.
7.4%engagement
55%held past 3s
4,803views
Spent Years Hoping Things Would Change
slower storytelling cut with cinematic music. people stayed for the whole thing rather than bouncing off the opening.
54%held past 3s
8.7savg watch
5,079views
Life Is Felt, Not Explained
landscape cinematic with voiceover. shot, graded and scored for feel rather than for the hook.
8.2savg watch
29shares
34saves
3-second retention
it's not luck
the share of viewers who stay past the first three seconds, averaged across every reel I posted in six months while I deliberately changed how I build openings. 28% in March, 46% in August - and the volume went from 9 reels that month to 55, so retention climbed while the output tripled.
Monthly average across 126 reels, March-August 2026 · Source: Instagram insights · more on my Instagram
03 / systems
And I'm organised about it
folder structures, file naming, documented workflows, trackers and content calendars - built once, then everything runs through them. nobody has to ask where something is or what's coming next.
inside the systems
Leading A Team
briefed and reviewed five editors and animators, kept the look consistent across 91 lessons, and wrote the SOPs down rather than carrying them in my head.
Project Structure
consistent folders, naming and bin structure on every project. hand it to anyone and they'd find their way around it in a minute.
AI Where It Saves Hours
I work with AI daily and keep up with the latest models. Video generation, AI-assisted editing tools that fix audio, dialogue or shots without a reshoot, on-brand graphics from a design system, batch processing and my own custom tooling. Everything around the edit, faster.
Where I Don't Use AI
story, pacing, colour and sound stay human. AI speeds up the work around the edit, never the judgment inside it.
From collaborators and clients
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"Patrick is a powerhouse. Technical skills in every step of pre-production, production and post-production for making world class videos." "He has the work ethic and the people skills to actually deliver on projects on time, at the quality standards creators have."
Ali YounessiYouTuber · AI Business Operator · Founder of Flow31
"Patrick understands rhythm, pacing, and how to translate emotions into film - which is a very rare skill when it comes to video editors."
Niklas ChristlYouTuber · 990K subscribers
"Patrick killed it on our recent project. He moved fast, efficient and did exactly what I was hoping for."
Jacob DunnContent creator
"Being the lead editor is not an easy job, but Patrick was responsible for creating all of the video lessons that helped other people learn storytelling and filmmaking."
Story Hero AcademyOnline Education Platform · 6-figure launch
"We're so happy with the results! Patrick produced multiple music videos for us including Creative Direction, Scripting, Filming, Editing. Together with our vocalist, he made our visions come to life."
BreakwatersBand · 1K monthly listeners
who you'd be hiring
Four years of running content for creators
I'm Patrick. German, based in Chiang Mai. for the last four years I was the person running the content function inside Story Hero Academy - Niklas Christl's education business - producing 91 course lessons, managing a team of five editors and animators, and building the systems the whole operation ran on through a launch that did $400K in two weeks.
alongside that I shoot and cut my own films on YouTube, run event work for Flow31, and built my own short-form channel to 14K - which is where the retention numbers further up came from. colour grading is the part I love most. before diving into filmmaking 8 years ago, I spent a decade as a professional musician, so rhythm, pacing and sound design are a close second.
contracts and NDAs both fine, and I work to your timezone.
in the field
I shoot and run full productions too.
I have years of experience in shoots, events and run-and-gun. if a role needs someone who can also hold the camera or direct on set, I've got you covered.
CV and contact
full history, selected productions and skills in three pages. available immediately, full-time or contract, invoiced through SoulFrame LLC, my US company.