A 10,000-person livestream audience
Live camera work for a creator stream with an audience of 10,000. A moment with the cosplay community, captured on location.
Video editing / Social media management
Austin, TX — WorldwideSWIIIKA — Connor Johnson, video editor and social media manager
Connor Johnson aka SWIIIKA
Creative instinct.
Real-world results.
I help creators and brands find their voice, make better videos, and build an audience. From the first idea to the final upload.
Explore the work//
LET’SSocial media manager
Marketing head
Video editorFilm and Camera Tech
MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
@swiiika
Strategy + Scripts + Filming + Editing
2.3 billion
All-time recorded views
On videos I’ve written, scripted, appeared in, filmed, or edited.
6+ years
From strategy to upload
Video editing, social media management, marketing, SEO, scriptwriting, and filming.
I don’t just make the edit.
I own the process.
01The channel I helped build
FilianShort-form production · 2021–2025From first upload
to a global audience.
≈1,600,000,000 Views
1.6 billion · rounded channel total
Sole short-form editor. Channel manager.
Content lead from idea to upload.
1.43Brecorded viewsTotal through 2025–26Five reporting periods. One growing audience.
4.9×views in the second
reporting period vs. the first
1 billion+cumulative short-form views
by the third reporting period
Period-end totals from the supplied short-form exports; a subset of the channel-wide headline.
The work behind the reach
A daily edit became
a global movement.
I found the moments inside 3+ hour livestreams, built them into fresh short-form stories, and took them all the way through packaging, uploading, and publishing.
1,294
Consistent uploads
Fresh short-form videos, edited and uploaded.
316+
Videos with over a million views
Repeatable reach across the archive.
0
Missed deadlines
Schedules evolved. Delivery stayed consistent.
Breakout after breakout
Million-view moments.
Hundreds of them.
316+
videos with 1M+ views
1–5M5–10M10M+
50+ videos over 5 million views
17+ videos over 10 million views
The discipline behind the reach
Fresh ideas.
Reliable delivery.
1,294consistent
uploads
uploads
Clip selection, original edits, packaging, and publishing. I delivered fresh videos across changing upload schedules and never missed a deadline.
We tested the schedule. The commitment to every upload stayed the same.
A library built one fresh edit at a time.
Cumulative documented uploads · 2021–20251,294 distinct short-form videos, counted once by original upload date. Records run from July 2021 through December 2025.
An industry benchmark
In the company
of the biggest names.
COVER, the company behind hololive, included Filian in its global VTuber YouTube subscriber comparison.
#4in the ranking shown
2.6 million subscribers
2.6 million subscribers
Ranking as of April 30, 2024.
From idea to audience
One owner.
Every stage.
As the sole short-form editor, channel manager, and content lead, I shaped livestream ideas and wrote short-form scripts. I owned the daily edit and upload, while collaborating with long-form editors on the wider channel.
SelectEditPackagePublish
0 → 3.3 millionYouTube subscribers
Launched the channel and helped it grow.
1 million+TikTok followers
Built the channel’s short-form audience.
1.1 millionTwitch followers
Supported growth through short-form reach.
The original receipts
Real videos. Real analytics.
Counts are minimums from five YouTube Studio exports. The three featured videos are now private; screenshots retain their original recorded figures.
02Teaching the next wave
Good editing scales.
Good mentorship multiplies.
I founded LOOPD to turn interested fans into skilled clippers—and build communities that help creators and brands reach new audiences.
TwitchCon San Diego · 2025Sharing the process, on stage.
1.3 billion+
Views generated by mentored clippers
Across LOOPD communities and client campaigns since 2024.
- Teach the craft
Weekly classes, practical feedback, and mentorship in short-form storytelling.
- Lead the operation
Community leadership, client relationships, negotiations, and workflows built with technical teams.
- Share what works
In 2025, I taught a class at TwitchCon San Diego on helping creators go viral with short-form content.
Clipping campaigns for
Atari PFL Filian
TwitchCon San Diego · 2025
Helping creators take
the first step.
On stage at TwitchCon 2025, I encouraged people to put themselves out there and get started. Watch the moment below.
Click the video to hear it
03In front of the camera
IN FRONT.
IN YOUR FEED.
Hosting, storytelling, and the moments that keep people watching. Explore every category in one player.
Explore the full on-camera portfolioCHOOSE A CATEGORY39 VIDEOS / 5 CATEGORIES
NOW SHOWING Talking head & green screens / 01 OF 11
TIKTOK / ORIGINAL CONTENT
12.5MVIEWS
This ones as secret as Jada smiths love life.
Original concepts, scripts, filming, on-camera performance, editing, and publishing.
View count supplied from the original portfolio archive.
UP NEXT 6.8M views
Talking head & green screensHighest → lowest views · Select a clip
04Freelance & brand editing
Different personalities.
Same instinct for a great clip.
Short-form edits that sound, feel, and land like the creator behind them. Selected collaborations, 2021–2024.
Combined verified platform counts, rounded down.
A few edits that found their audience
View counts are from the supplied screenshots. Creator portraits open their YouTube channels; the Sykkuno edit links to the original video.
05Building a brand from zero
Blerp2020 — 2022New account.
A million reasons
to keep watching.
I launched, edited, and managed Blerp’s TikTok from zero through 2022, growing it to 1 million followers in one year.
Original concepts, scripts, filming, on-camera performances, editing, SEO, and publishing. I took the ideas all the way from premise to upload.
Visit Blerp on TikTokScripted. Filmed. Watched by millions.
Selected original videos06Film & Camera Tech
Behind the camera.
Anywhere in the world.
I’ve traveled around the world filming content and livestreams, and setting up live broadcasts for influencers, streamers, and companies.
My work spans professional filming for solar panel companies and creator broadcasts on location, including multiple livestream trips through Japan.
Japan · Amsterdam · Hawaii · San Diego · San Jose
On set & on location
Behind the broadcast.
A 10,000-person livestream audience
Live camera work for a creator stream with an audience of 10,000. A moment with the cosplay community, captured on location.
Real Salt Lake documentary
Filmed a documentary at Real Salt Lake’s MLS soccer field.
Complete Solaria goes public
A one-person broadcast team for Complete Solaria’s announcement that it was going public. I handled the entire livestream production myself.
On set at Utah’s Channel 4
Video work for an education company at Utah’s Channel 4 news station during its 75th anniversary celebration.
Let’s make something worth watching
Austin, Texas · Working worldwideReady to grow
your audience?
Need a social media manager, a marketing head, or an editor who sees the whole picture? Tell me what you’re building.
