Creative Strategist
& Video Producer

KUSH SWAMI

University of Toronto · Bachelor of Architectural Studies

Architectural design portfolio

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About me Creative Strategist &
Video Producer
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Portrait of Kush Swami

I’m Kush Swami, a creative strategist and video producer with a passion for turning ambitious ideas into clear, expressive, and culturally relevant creative work. I work across brand identity, campaigns, editorial, and digital, building visual systems that feel as bold as the ideas behind them — and work just as hard.

By the numbers

40+videos created, written, shot, and edited end to end

50+weekly client calls explaining a software platform

50+original songs across 12+ years of music production

UofT + GBCdesign undergrad from UofT and marketing management (digital media) grad from George Brown

What I do

  1. Brand identity & strategy

    Positioning, voice, and visual direction that give a brand something distinct to say and a system to say it with.

  2. Campaigns

    Campaignable concepts that travel across video, social, digital, and print, backed by the channel and performance know-how of a working marketer.

  3. Video production

    Scripting, storyboarding, filming, directing talent, editing, and sound, from a full home studio with the lighting and equipment to turn lessons and ads around fast.

  4. Editorial & education

    Training videos, tutorials, and short-form content that explain complicated things in plain language.

  5. Sound

    Music producer, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist, so tone of voice and brand sound are part of the idea from the start.

Work experience 2018 — Present

  1. Apr 2026 — Present

    Digital Marketing Consultant

    WSI World · Franchise agency · Toronto, ON

    • Launched and co-run a digital marketing agency as a WSI franchisee, with access to WSI’s network of specialist suppliers for delivery.
    • Bring clients in through outreach, Chamber of Commerce events and government RFP responses, focused on manufacturing and distribution businesses.
    • Beginning to work with clients across paid media, websites and CRM implementation, bringing AI into the work wherever it helps.
    • Helping companies with AI adoption, with the aim of growing that into AI-enabled marketing work. Certified in digital marketing, AI consulting and business strategy.
  2. Apr 2024 — Sep 2024

    Marketing Co-op — Social & Video

    George Brown College · Toronto

    • Produced video content featuring students and ambassadors that grew visibility across LinkedIn and TikTok.
    • Wrote short-form content strategies to brand guidelines, wrote copy, and directed on-camera talent for multi-platform distribution.
  3. Feb 2023 — Present

    Corporate & Personal Content Creator

    Self-employed · Freelance · Toronto

    • Script, shoot, and edit video ads, tutorials, voiceovers, and violin soundtracks for brands and independent artists, from storyboard to final delivery.
    • Corporate clients include Sid Lee, Circle.so, and Decoherence; created example ad campaigns for Maple Leaf Foods and VinFast.
    • Music production, songwriting, and mixing and mastering for 30+ independent Toronto artists.
  4. Jan 2022 — Feb 2023

    Sales Development Representative

    Circle · New York, NY (Remote)

    • Explained and sold Circle’s community platform to creators, brands, and companies on 50+ weekly Zoom calls, partnering with AEs on high-value accounts.
    • Helped build a lead-scoring matrix in HubSpot CRM, improving pipeline quality and conversion forecasting.
  5. Jun 2018 — Dec 2018

    Video Content Developer

    WSP Global Inc. · Toronto

    • Produced six 30-minute corporate training videos for the WSP Marketing Team, researching, scripting, filming, and editing each end to end.

Education

  • Postgrad Certificate · Marketing Management (Digital Media) 2024

    George Brown College · Toronto · 4.0 GPA

  • Honours BA · Architecture, Minor in Digital Humanities 2020

    University of Toronto · Toronto

  • Entrepreneurship Fellowship Program 2022

    Venture for Canada · Toronto

Awards

  • Python’s Pit · 1st Place · $2,500 Grant 2016

    RBC & MNP LLP / University of Toronto. Indoor aquaponic food-growing system; built two working prototypes.

  • Python’s Pit · 2nd Place · $1,000 Grant 2015

    RBC & MNP LLP / University of Toronto. Indoor vape-smoke detection alarm system.

Toolkit

Creative

  • Brand storytelling
  • Campaign concepting
  • Art direction
  • Copywriting
  • Storyboarding

Production

  • Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Descript
  • Logic Pro X
  • Audio engineering
  • Mixing & mastering

Marketing

  • Social strategy
  • Paid media
  • SEO & SEM
  • Content marketing
  • HubSpot CRM

AI & tools

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Runway
  • Perplexity
  • Notion AI
  • Softr
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