Press & Media Kit
Press & media kit.
Covering Mark Studios or interviewing founder Mark Santos? Copy-ready boilerplate, fast facts, bios, story angles, logos and a direct line.
About Mark Studios.
Boilerplate in two lengths. Use either one as written.
Short · about 50 words
Mark Studios is a creative studio founded in February 2021 by Mark Santos and based in Palm Beach County, Florida. Built around a video-editing core, it also designs thumbnails and brands, builds websites and apps, and advises on YouTube strategy. Mark Studios has delivered 8,000+ projects and earned 4,500+ reviews on Fiverr.
Long · about 120 words
Mark Studios LLC is a full creative studio with a video-editing core, founded in February 2021 by Mark Santos and based in Palm Beach County, Florida. The studio edits YouTube videos, podcasts, short-form content, weddings and ads, and designs thumbnails, channel art and brand identities. It also builds websites and apps, advises creators on YouTube strategy, and films and photographs on location in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties. Santos opened a Fiverr account as a University of South Florida computer science student during the pandemic. Today Mark Studios is a Top Rated seller on Fiverr, and it has delivered 8,000+ projects and earned 4,500+ reviews. Clients include Logitech, Morgan & Morgan and World Poker Tour.
Fast facts.
The details reporters ask for most, in one place.
- Legal name
- Mark Studios LLC
- Founded
- February 2021
- Headquarters
- Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
- Founder & CEO
- Mark Santos
- What it does
- A full creative studio with a video-editing core: YouTube, podcast, short-form, wedding and ad editing; thumbnails, channel art and branding; websites and apps; YouTube strategy
- On location
- Filming and photography in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties, Florida
- Projects delivered
- 8,000+
- Reviews
- 4,500+ reviews; Top Rated seller on Fiverr
- Notable clients
- Logitech, Morgan & Morgan, World Poker Tour
- Research and data
- Video statistics pages, a fact-check of widely quoted video statistics, free charts and open datasets (charts and data under CC BY 4.0)
- Website
- markstudios.com
Founder: Mark Santos.
Short and long bios, plus the milestones behind them. Full profile at About Mark and on his personal site, markksantos.com.
Short bio · about 55 words
Mark Santos is the founder and CEO of Mark Studios, a creative studio in Palm Beach County, Florida. He started making YouTube videos in April 2011, at age 10, and grew his channel past 200,000 subscribers. He opened a Fiverr account while studying computer science at the University of South Florida and formed Mark Studios in February 2021.
Long bio · about 145 words
Mark Santos is the founder and CEO of Mark Studios, a creative studio with a video-editing core based in Palm Beach County, Florida.
He started making YouTube videos in April 2011, at age 10. His channel, @markksantos, has grown past 200,000 subscribers and earned YouTube's Silver Play Button. In high school he won the Congressional App Challenge.
While studying computer science at the University of South Florida, Santos opened a Fiverr account during the pandemic, offering video editing. He formed Mark Studios LLC in February 2021. The studio has since delivered 8,000+ projects, earned 4,500+ reviews and become a Top Rated seller on Fiverr. In February 2025 Santos rang the New York Stock Exchange opening bell with Fiverr.
He also builds software at night: ArtificialWatch (artificialwatch.com), which alerts people when new AI models go live, and NoSleepLab (nosleeplab.com), home of his Mac, iPhone and web apps. His personal site is markksantos.com.
Milestones
- April 2011Starts making YouTube videos at age 10. The channel, @markksantos, later passes 200,000 subscribers and earns a Silver Play Button.
- High schoolWins the Congressional App Challenge.
- CollegeStudies computer science at the University of South Florida.
- 2020Opens a Fiverr account during the pandemic, offering video editing.
- February 2021Forms Mark Studios LLC in Palm Beach County, Florida.
- February 2025Rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell with Fiverr.
- TodayRuns Mark Studios and builds ArtificialWatch and NoSleepLab at night.
Story angles.
Starting points for an article, segment or podcast episode. Mark is available for interviews.
From kid YouTuber to studio founder
Mark started making YouTube videos at 10 and grew his channel past 200,000 subscribers. The editing skills behind that channel became Mark Studios, now a full-service studio.
A college Fiverr account that led to the NYSE bell
He opened a Fiverr account as a computer science student during the pandemic. In February 2025 he rang the New York Stock Exchange opening bell with Fiverr.
Building a studio on a marketplace
Mark Studios grew from one person's Fiverr account into a Top Rated studio with 8,000+ projects delivered and 4,500+ reviews on Fiverr. How client service and quality scale on a freelance platform.
A software builder running a video business
A Congressional App Challenge winner who studied computer science, Mark runs a video-first studio by day and ships Mac, iPhone and web apps under NoSleepLab at night.
Press coverage.
Where Mark and Mark Studios have appeared.
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3 Gen Zers on deciding to become full-time freelancers: ‘I wouldn't go back’ to a corporate job
Profiles Mark among three Gen Z freelancers, from his YouTube channel to editing on Fiverr while at the University of South Florida.
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Founder essay by Mark Santos
Mark's first-person account of going from making videos to building Mark Studios.
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YouTube Channel Branding: How to Create a Consistent Visual Identity with Templates
Cites Mark Studios on why channels that grow steadily have an identity viewers can spot at thumbnail size, linking our channel branding guide.
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Music Video Color Grading: A Practical Workflow
Links Mark Studios' 2026 color grading guide in its music-video grading workflow.
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Fiverr Video Editing For YouTube And Social Media Massive Growth
Features Mark among its picks of Fiverr video editors for YouTube and social media.
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6 Creative Ways to Repurpose Live Videos For Instagram
Links Mark Studios' research on where the "80% prefer live video" figure comes from.
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Mark Santos — Mark Studios
Founder interview with Mark about building Mark Studios in Palm Beach County.
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From One Fiverr Gig to 8,000+ Orders: The Intake, QA and Delivery Habits That Had to Change
Guest article by Mark on the intake, quality-control and delivery habits behind 8,000+ orders.
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Improve Website Conversion by Fixing Customer Friction
Expert Q&A with Mark among the contributing marketers.
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Online Course Video Statistics [Santos]
Daniel S. Christian's education blog cites Mark Studios' online course video statistics.
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Video Marketing Statistics: What You Need To Know
A video marketing statistics roundup that cites Mark Studios' stat fact-check.
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Short Form Video Marketing: The Complete Strategy Guide
Links Mark Studios' short-form video statistics for the platform audience milestones.
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7 Open House Ad Examples for Real Estate
Links Mark Studios' real estate video statistics in its open-house ad examples.
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YouTube copyright statistics 2025: what the transparency report actually says
Links Mark Studios' YouTube copyright statistics for the difference between disputes and false claims.
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Cutting a trailer people actually finish: what YouTube retention teaches indie filmmakers
Mark's guest article for the Raindance film school blog, drawing on Mark Studios' video captions statistics.
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My SEO Journey with Mark Santos from markstudios.com
Episode #175 of the "My SEO Journey" series: Mark on growing markstudios.com with first-party research, free tools and links people chose to give.
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Unique Selling Propositions: Lessons from Successful Entrepreneurs
Founder roundup quoting Mark on what set Mark Studios apart: repeat clients came back because they trusted him with their channel, not for a process.
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Editing for Clients Between Your Own Films: How to Scope, Price and Protect Your Time
Mark's second guest article for the Raindance film school blog, on taking paid editing work without losing your own films, linking Mark Studios' guide to editing turnaround times.
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Who Actually Hires Drone Operators? What the FAA's Survey Shows, and What It Doesn't
Mark's guest article for the commercial drone industry publication, reading the FAA's operator surveys alongside Mark Studios' drone video statistics.
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No Investors, Just One Skill: Mark Santos on Building a Business
Founder story: Mark on building Mark Studios without investors, plus the free tools and original research it publishes.
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Normalize the Loudness of a Folder of Videos with PowerShell and FFmpeg
Mark's guest article for the PowerShell community site: a script that measures every video in a folder and brings it to one loudness target with FFmpeg's two-pass loudnorm.
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Search Inside Your Videos: Indexing WebVTT Captions in Solr
The Apache Solr blog features Mark's tutorial on indexing WebVTT caption files so a search finds the exact second a phrase is spoken. The full tutorial is on the Mark Studios blog.
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Gating Video Renders on Loudness and Format in a Jenkins Pipeline
Mark's guest article on the Jenkins project blog: a pipeline stage that fails the build when a rendered video misses its loudness target or delivery format.
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Video interview: Mark Santos on Fiverr, recurring clients and building Mark Studios
An hour with host Elijah Bilel on why Mark still uses Fiverr as a lead source while growing Mark Studios outside it: first clients, raising prices, recurring clients, using AI tools, and when to build a team.
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Can They Read It in Time? Subtitle Timing Checks to Run Before a Festival or Distributor Sees Your Film
Mark's third guest article for the Raindance film school blog, on checking subtitle reading speed before a festival or distributor watches, using Mark Studios' caption reading speed study of 339,521 captions.
Some Fiverr links on this page are affiliate links: Mark Studios may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no cost to you.
Listed in.
Directories and developer registries that list Mark Studios, its open data and its free tools.
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Mark Studios
Listed as a local production company in Palm Beach County.
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Mark Studios company profile
Profile in TechBehemoths' directory of IT and digital service companies.
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Mark Studios Data
Tests the keyless endpoints of Mark Studios' open research data every day.
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caption-checker
Lists the open-source caption checker as an agent skill.
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caption-checker
Indexes the caption checker's source repository alongside similar projects.
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Caption Checker MCP Server
Setup guide for the caption checker's MCP server.
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caption-checker
Documents the caption checker's three agent skills: check, fix, and convert or retime.
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Mark Santos
Listed in Remotion's experts directory. Mark Studios uses Remotion for the captions and graphics in clients' YouTube videos.
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Acessibilidade (Accessibility), 2025
Mark translated the Web Almanac's 2025 Accessibility chapter into Brazilian Portuguese and is credited on the contributors page.
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Mark Studios
Listed in Viesearch's community-curated web directory.
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caption-checker
Lists the open-source caption checker among small, free tools.
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Mark Studios open data
Lists the open research data API with its OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and feed.
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Mark Studios
Listed under video editing in MemberGig's creator services directory.
Brand assets.
Official logos, the founder headshot, brand color and typeface. Click a file to download it.
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WordmarkFilm-strip M · PNG, 111 × 48Download PNG -
Wordmark, plainSVG, scales to any sizeDownload SVG -
Icon, blackTransparent PNG, 512 × 512Download PNG -
Icon, whiteTransparent PNG, 512 × 512 · for dark backgroundsDownload PNG -
App iconPNG, 512 × 512Download PNG -
Founder headshotMark Santos · PNG, 812 × 872Download PNG
Showreels
Three 15-second reels built from real client work. Download the MP4 to use in coverage.
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Showreel16:9 · 15 s · motion design with real client thumbnails and footageDownload MP4
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Look closer16:9 · 15 s · one continuous zoom through real client workDownload MP4
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Stop the scroll9:16 · 15 s · for Reels, TikTok and ShortsDownload MP4
Brand blueHEX #3385FF · RGB 51, 133, 255
Instrument SansHeadline typeface · Google Fonts
Please use the logos as supplied, without recoloring, stretching or redrawing them. Need a different format or size? Ask Mark.