ertu muslu

Curriculum vitae

Ertu Muslu

Filmmaker · Video Editor · Motion Designer

ertumuslu@gmail.com · LinkedIn · Motion reel

Profile

I’m a filmmaker, video editor and motion designer with a background in sound engineering. I’ve worked freelance since 2014, alongside roles at TMP Worldwide and Fidelity International, where I was Senior Video Editor and Motion Designer from 2019 to 2024. I co-founded Act Creative in 2012. My independent work includes Ikigai Daily and Rebuild, with Documni in development.

Experience

Freelance Editor, Director and Motion Designer

Independent

2014 to present

  • Direction, filming, editing and motion design for campaigns and social media.
  • Edit, motion graphics, sound design, colour and final mix, with versions for each platform.
  • From 2017, social, commercial, fashion and music films in the UK.
  • ‘FIDTEL Capability Teaser’: 3D animation in Blender and motion in After Effects.
  • ‘Vcast Fundamentals’ for Fidelity International (2025): edit and motion graphics.

Apps and Games

Independent

Ongoing

  • Concept, product design, UX, visual identity and development direction for my own apps and games.
  • Ikigai Daily (iPhone and Android): an illustrated reading app with facts, true stories and quotations in English and Turkish. I developed the concept, identity, interface and content system, and handled its release, monetisation and marketing.
  • Rebuild: free browser-based PDF tools for editing, organising, converting and signing documents, with on-device processing and no account.
  • Documni (in development): a document studio for writing, layout, spreadsheets, presentations and PDFs, including planned tools for turning scans into editable documents. I lead the product, design its interface and workflows, write specifications and coordinate development and testing.

Senior Video Editor and Motion Designer

Fidelity International

February 2019 to July 2024

  • Video and motion for international campaigns, social channels, internal communications, live events and brand films.
  • Created motion templates and video guidelines used by internal teams and external agencies.
  • Explained financial subjects through editing, motion graphics, kinetic typography, animated data and sound design.
  • Worked with senior leaders and marketing, HR, editorial, brand and content teams from the first idea to the finished film.
  • Shaped stories, wrote scripts and developed visual systems for campaigns across multiple channels.
  • Directed studio and remote shoots, and managed voiceover, music licensing and audio post-production.
  • Mentored junior creatives, set up Frame.io reviews and improved the organisation of files, versions and handovers.
  • ‘Fidelity in 59’, produced by Charlie Humphreys: concept, edit and motion design.
  • ‘Analyst Survey 2024’: concept, edit, motion, colour and sound.
  • ‘Testing Bioacoustics in the Borneo Rainforest’ (2023): direction, edit, motion design, colour grade, sound design and mix.

Filmmaker and Motion Designer

TMP Worldwide

Full time, then freelance

  • Helped establish in-house video production, covering filming, editing, motion graphics, animation, sound and final delivery.
  • Wrote scripts and storyboards, worked on casting, coordinated shoots and led small crews.
  • Directed and filmed in the studio and on location, handling camera and lighting, directing contributors and capturing short-form material for social media.
  • Created recruitment, employer-brand and social films, including paid adverts for Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • ‘Unsung’, Greater Manchester nursing recruitment campaign (2018): directed, produced and shot.
  • ‘I’m in Charge’, Kent Teach (2018): one-person crew for production, cinematography, location sound, editing and final mix.
  • Films and motion for Transport for London, Sainsbury’s, The AA, the Royal College of Nursing, Arcadia Group and Highways England.
  • Continued working with the agency as a freelancer, including the Civil Service Fast Stream brand film (2024: editing, compositing and motion design) and four films for HM Prison and Probation Service’s Future Prison Leaders Programme (2025: editing, motion graphics, subtitles and finishing).

Co-founder and Creative Director

Act Creative

2012 to 2016

  • Led the studio’s design, film and motion work for businesses, publishers and artists.
  • Led a small creative team and managed client relationships and the day-to-day running of the studio.
  • Designed every Can Yayınları book cover during our collaboration or directed the team producing it. Also designed or directed the publisher’s advertising, catalogues and print work.
  • Campaigns, logos and visual identities, publishing, posters, photography and music.
  • Logos for Karafırın, gn International, ERA LED Light, FUAR, Promeka, Yapı Artı and Flats in İstanbul.
  • The Hyatt Concierge brochure and the Karafırın menu.
  • Independently created ‘Weekend Wonderland’, an educational adventure game for children with learning difficulties, for the Erasmus+ project ISG4Competence.

Sound Engineer and Audio Designer

Stüdyo 101, Babajim Istanbul Studios and Istanbul Jazz Center

2008 to 2012

  • Assistant to engineer Alp Turaç at Stüdyo 101 from 2008, then sound engineer and audio designer at Babajim Istanbul Studios.
  • Worked as a main-room recording engineer at Babajim, choosing the setup for each artist and specialising in rock bands.
  • Worked on sessions with mor ve ötesi, Yüksek Sadakat, Tan Taşçı, Mustafa Ceceli and Petek Dinçöz, including an album with Yüksek Sadakat.
  • Recording producer, engineer and mix on Multitap, ‘Özel Birisin’ (2011), with Sertaç Özgümüş.
  • Recording and mixing for broadcast, including live streams for international music channels such as Mezzo TV.
  • Credits on records by Şebnem Ferah, Serdar Barçın, Model, Jülide Özçelik, Gece, Gökçe and Helicopria, and on the compilation ‘Live At Nardis Jazz Club’, 2009 to 2012.
  • Front of house at Istanbul Jazz Center, including performances by Ron Carter and Victor Wooten.
  • Live mixes for 110, Kreş, Multitap and Ceylan Ertem, live concert recording and live television.

Selected clients

BBC · Sainsbury's · Transport for London · NHS · RBS · The AA · Fidelity International · WWF · Royal College of Nursing · Arcadia Group · Highways England · Kent County Council · YO! Sushi · PMI Science · Auto Trader · Gymshark · Samsung · Wise · Sky · Youth Group · Sony Music Turkey · UK government departments · Can Yayınları

Recognition

  • Telly Award 2023: ‘Fidelity in 59’ for Fidelity International, with Charlie Humphreys
  • Recruitment Marketing Awards 2019: Best Video for ‘Unsung’
  • Recruitment Marketing Awards 2019: Grand Prix for the Greater Manchester nursing campaign, including ‘Unsung’
  • PPMA Awards 2019: Best Creative Concept Recruitment Campaign, won by Manchester University NHS Trust through TMP Worldwide for the Greater Manchester nursing campaign
  • ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition 2022: Quarterfinalist, ‘Country Girl’
  • 69th Cannes Film Festival, 2016: ‘Inside’ presented through the Short Film Corner
  • Bozcaada International Ecological Documentary Festival 2014: ‘Sourdough’ in the local films screening selection

Skills and tools

Motion and video
After Effects, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator and Audition; Blender and Cinema 4D for 3D
Animation
Kinetic typography, animated data and maps, character animation, compositing, titles, transitions and motion templates
AI
Claude, Codex, ElevenLabs, OpenArt, Kling, Seedance, Adobe Firefly and Adobe AI tools for concept development, images, voice, video and versioning
Identity and print
Logos and identities, book covers, advertising, catalogues, posters, menus and brochures
Design and collaboration
Figma for app prototypes, Canva, Frame.io, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams
Concept and story
Concept development, creative strategy, campaign ideas and planning, scripting, storyboarding, story structure and tone of voice
Direction
Creative direction, art direction, casting, directing talent and contributors, mentoring junior members of the creative team and working closely with clients and senior leaders
Production
Production planning, shoot coordination, feedback rounds, deadlines, file and asset management, version control and handovers
Filming
Camera operation, lighting and location sound, in the studio and on location, including short-form filming for social media
Sound
Studio recording and mixing, live front of house, live concert recording, live television and broadcast sound, sound design, voiceover direction, music and sound effects editing, music licensing and audio finishing for broadcast
Formats
Campaign, brand and recruitment films, explainers, interviews, documentaries, music videos, press videos, internal communications and live event content
Platforms
Platform specifications for Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, display and email; paid and organic social; captions, subtitles and accessibility; test variants, format adaptations and shorter social edits

Education

Audio Arts Design studies | Yıldız Technical University | 2007 to 2011

Links

Portfolio: ertumuslu.com · Motion reel: vimeo.com/1131440322 · Vimeo: vimeo.com/ertumuslu · LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ertumuslu

References available on request.