Clients and hiring managers read a videographer resume for what you shot, for whom and how often, then check your cameras and editing software against the reel.
The six examples cover in-house marketing, freelance, weddings, real estate and drone work, a new graduate and a team lead, and each one counts a different kind of output.
In-house videographer resume with the reel in the header
Lucia Ferreira's resume is built for an in-house marketing or university video job. Her reel link sits in the header beside her phone number, and her summary gives her yearly output, about 60 videos, before it names any software.
Each bullet ties a camera, an editing tool or a delivery time to a real piece of work, such as commencement recaps delivered within 48 hours. Copy this layout if you shoot and edit for one organization and your work goes to the website, social channels and live events.
Videographer resumes by shoot type and career stage
Each example is built around a different kind of shoot, so the numbers change too: clients for a freelancer, weddings per season for an event shooter, listings per week for a real estate pilot. Pick the one closest to the work on your reel.
Freelance videographer resume
Hollis Brandt has no employer to lead with, so the resume lists his business, Brandt Field Video, as the job and names three clients inside the bullets. It counts more than 40 clients, gives the share of revenue from repeat clients and states a five-day first-cut turnaround. Use it if you work alone or subcontract for agencies and grade your own footage in DaVinci Resolve.
Business name as the employer, with clients named in bullets
Repeat-client share and five-day first cut
Canon C70, Sony A7S III and an owned lighting and audio kit
Wedding videographer resume
Noelle Achterberg's resume leads with wedding volume, about 45 a year, and puts weekend availability from March through November in the summary. Bullets give her lens choices, the highlight film delivery time and her review average, and one bullet covers weekday corporate galas. Use it if you run a wedding business or want a lead shooter role with a studio that books most Saturdays.
45 weddings a year over five seasons as lead
Three-week highlight film delivery
f/1.4 primes and f/2.8 zooms named with the camera bodies
Entry-level videographer resume
Imani Castellanos graduated in 2026, so the reel link comes first in her header and her freelance shoots sit above two internships. Bullets name clients by type, such as restaurants and a dance studio, and separate the camera she owns from the department kits she checked out. Use it if your experience is student films, internships and paid work for small businesses.
Freelance shoots listed above internships
Owned Sony FX30 plus Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
Studio camera work from a public media internship
Real estate and drone videographer resume
Rhett Szymanski's resume pairs a listing count, about 320 a year, with the FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107) and the year of his latest recurrent training. Bullets name the drone, the gimbal camera and the LAANC authorization he requests to fly in controlled airspace near airports. Use it if you sell listing video to brokerages or fly aerials for builders and can promise a 48-hour turnaround.
FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107) with recurrent training year
About 320 listings a year for 14 brokerages
DJI Mavic 3 Classic and Sony A7 IV with 48-hour delivery
Senior videographer resume
Yasmin Haddad leads a three-person team, so her bullets count people, productions and dollars: two videographers and an editor, 8 to 10 freelance productions a month and a $180,000 yearly budget. The resume also covers a shared edit server and patient privacy rules on set. Use it if you direct crews or manage a video team inside a hospital, college or large company.
Team size, freelancer volume and budget in numbers
Shared 120 TB edit server with a proxy workflow
Camera history from Sony FS7 to FX6
List freelance work under your business name, then name clients in the bullets
Treat your freelance business as the employer. Put your business name, or "Self-employed" if you work under your own name, as the job entry with your title and the years you have run it. Clients then go inside the bullets, so a reader sees one steady six-year role instead of 40 short jobs.
Name a client when the work is public and easy to find, such as a brewery whose release videos sit on its Instagram. Describe the rest by type and count: "Film brand stories and taproom events for 40-plus clients, including 12 breweries and 5 outdoor brands." Readers learn more from the mix of clients than from a long list of names they do not recognize.
If you shoot as a subcontractor for an agency, say so and give the number of shoot days a year. Agency days tell an in-house hiring manager you can follow someone else's shot list, brand rules and delivery specs.
Add the business numbers a client or employer can weigh against your reel: the share of work from repeat clients, the days from shoot to first cut and the jobs you handle yourself, such as scouting, sound and color grading. If freelance work runs alongside a part-time or staff job, give each its own entry with real dates so the overlap is clear.
Put the reel link beside your phone number and match it to your bullets
The reel link goes in the header, next to your phone number and email, so it is the first thing a reader can click. Use a short link on your own domain or video page, and label it "Reel" so nobody has to guess what it opens.
Keep the reel to one or two minutes and open with the shoot type the job is about. A wedding studio wants ceremony and dance-floor footage in the first 20 seconds. A university marketing office wants interviews, campus b-roll and an event recap.
Then make the resume match the reel. Every project on the reel should appear in a bullet with its client type, camera and editing tool, so a reader who likes a shot can see what it took to make. If you also have a full portfolio, add it as a second link labeled "Portfolio" and keep the reel first.
New graduates can build the reel from student and small-business shoots. Cut it to about 60 seconds of finished work and leave out class exercises such as lighting tests.
Name the camera bodies and editing software your reel was made with
Name exact camera bodies, editing and color software and any specialty kit you used on the work you are showing. "Sony FX6" tells a hiring manager you can run a cinema camera, while "professional video cameras" tells them nothing. Where the job posting names a camera or editor you have used, write it the same way.
The table shows what to name for each kind of resume on this page.
Resume type
Cameras and lenses to name
Software to name
Other kit worth listing
In-house marketing
Cinema bodies such as Sony FX6 or FX3
Premiere Pro, plus After Effects if you build titles and graphics
Drone model, such as DJI Mavic 3 Classic, and the gimbal camera
Your video editor plus Lightroom if you deliver stills
FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107) under credentials
Entry-level
The camera you own or used most, such as Sony FX30
Every editor you have finished a project in
School kits only when you used them on a named project
Senior or lead
The team's main camera and the one it replaced
Finishing tool and proxy workflow
Shared storage, edit server, asset management system
Count videos, clients and turnaround days in every role
Give each role a number a reader can picture: videos per year, events per season, listings per week or clients served. Then add the delivery time, because turnaround is what marketing teams, couples and brokerages ask about first.
Use views or sales only when you can name where they came from, such as "a 90-second launch video with 210,000 YouTube views in its first month." Without a source, a delivery count and turnaround are easier to trust. Senior candidates should add team size and budget, since those show the scale of what they run.
Volume, channels and turnaround
Shot and edited 58 videos in 2025 for the website, YouTube and campus events, and delivered each event recap within two days.
Duty line with no count
Shot and edited videos for various departments and events using professional equipment.
Add the FAA Part 107 certificate with the year of your last recurrent training
Yes, list it if you fly a drone for paid work. In the US, flying a drone for work requires an FAA Remote Pilot Certificate under Part 107, which you earn by passing the FAA's UAG knowledge test. The minimum age is 16, so student shooters can hold one too.
The certificate stays current only with online recurrent training every 24 calendar months. Write the year you earned it and the year of your latest recurrent training, as in "FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107), Federal Aviation Administration, 2022, recurrent training 2026." A reader can then see it is current without asking.
Then show the flying in your bullets: the drone model, the shots you fly (orbits, reveals, roof passes), how many listings or events include aerials and how you get LAANC authorization to fly in controlled airspace near an airport. List drone work only once you hold the certificate.
Aerials matter most for real estate, construction, tourism and outdoor brands. For a wedding or in-house role, one line under credentials is enough unless the posting asks for drone footage.
