Graphic designer & video editor
Nova Reyes
“Nova turned forty hours of rushes into a film that made our whole crew cry at the premiere. Calm under deadline, ruthless in the edit.”
Selected work
Work
Five projects across film, identity, motion and print, each with the story of how it was made.
Experience
The story so far
Graphic designer and video editor with twelve years of brand identity, editorial and motion work. I build visual systems that hold up in print and on screen, then cut and grade the films that bring them to life.
Framing the shot since 2014
Twelve years across studios, agencies and my own freelance practice, moving between the drawing board and the edit suite.
A design degree, a semester obsessing over type, and the certifications that keep the technical side sharp.
A few moments where the work found a wider audience.
By the numbers
12 yrs
In the craft
From a first freelance gig poster in 2014 to leading a studio's motion team.
140+
Identities
Brand systems for bakeries, record labels, festivals and fragrance houses.
600+
Edits delivered
Documentaries, music videos, commercials and the social cutdowns that follow.
Skills
What I do
Six disciplines, one eye. Tap a card to see what each one covers and the tools behind it.
How I work
The same three steps whether it is a logo or a feature length edit. Open one up to see what is included.
Toolkit
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
- Figma
- After Effects
- Premiere Pro
- DaVinci Resolve
- Cinema 4D
- Blender
- Frame.io
01DiscoverWe pin down what the work needs to do before anything gets made.
- A short call to talk goals, audience, deadlines and budget.
- A written brief back to you within two working days, so we agree on the target.
- Mood boards or a reference reel to settle the look early.
- A clear quote and schedule with every milestone dated.
02Design and editRounds of work you can see and comment on, never a black box.
- Two or three directions for identity work, one rough cut for film.
- Feedback gathered in one place, frame by frame for video.
- Two rounds of revisions included in every project.
- Weekly check-ins on longer projects, even when there is nothing to show yet.
03DeliverEvery file, format and cutdown you need, labeled and ready to use.
- Masters plus 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16 cutdowns for every platform.
- Brand guidelines and source files, organized so your team can pick them up.
- Captions and subtitle files on every video delivery.
- A handover call so nothing gets lost after launch.
About
Hi, I'm Nova
I grew up between my father's photo lab and my mother's print shop in Porto, so I learned early that an image is only half finished until it is set on a page or cut into a sequence.
Today I split my time between identity work and the edit suite. Clients bring me in when they want one person to own the look of a brand from the logo to the launch film, so nothing gets lost between the designer and the editor.
- 01
Clarity first
If it does not say the right thing in two seconds, it is not finished yet.
- 02
Every frame is a layout
The same rules of balance and contrast that make a poster work decide where a cut lands.
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Built to last
Systems your team can keep using long after the launch, not one-off pieces.
- Based in
- Lisbon, PT
- Languages
- EN, PT, ES
- Works
- Remote & on set
Contact
Let's make something
Tell me about your project, whether it is a brand, a film or something in between. I reply to every message within two working days.
Booking projects from January 2027
A reply in 48 hours
Every message gets a personal answer within two working days.
A short call
Twenty minutes to understand the project and see if we are a fit.
A clear quote
Scope, schedule and price in writing, with no surprises later.