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Certification-First Skilling · Certiport Authorized PartnerBecome a Video Design Freelancer, certified on the tools the industry runs on.
Anyone can open the app. Few master it. Fewer can prove it. The Video Design Freelancer pathway proves you can tell the story and run the business behind it: Adobe video and design mastery plus entrepreneurship, in one certification pathway.
Training for all three certifications is included with your bundle. Learn at your own pace, then certify when you're ready.
A video design freelancer tells the story, and runs the business behind it.
Editing well is only half the job. Freelancers who last are the ones who deliver on brief, on time and on budget, then quote, invoice and manage clients like a real business. The Video Design Freelancer pathway certifies both sides of that work.
It's a Certiport My Pathway credential built from three certifications: Entrepreneurship & Small Business, Adobe Premiere Pro, and either Photoshop or After Effects. Earn all three and you receive the layered Video Design Freelancer credential on top of each individual certification.
Cut it
Premiere Pro: professional editing, sequencing and delivery of video projects.
Design it
Photoshop for graphics and stills, or After Effects for motion and visual effects.
Sell it
Entrepreneurship & Small Business: planning, pricing, marketing and running the business.
Build your pathway: one credential per slot.
One slot is fixed; the other two let you choose the exam version that matches the software you train on. Any valid combination completes the pathway, the bundle is always $349, and exams can be taken in any order.
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
The business foundation for running a freelance practice: planning, pricing, marketing and operations.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Your video editing credential. Choose the exam version that matches the software you work on.
Photoshop or After Effects
Your design or motion credential. Photoshop for graphics and stills, After Effects for motion and effects.
Five problems graduates face, and how proof of skill fixes them.
A showreel shows what you made. A certification proves you can do it again, on any brief.
“Creative” isn't a job title
Every applicant says they can edit video.
Interns kept off real briefs
Production houses won't hand client footage to an untested trainee.
Great designers, unpaid invoices
Many freelancers can edit but can't quote, invoice or run the business.
Knowing the tools, not the craft
Tutorials teach buttons, not the principles behind good design.
Local talent, invisible abroad
Remote clients need a standard they recognize.
Two ways to learn. One proof of skill.
Learn on your own with OneSkillAway or with a trainer at EdgePoint. Both paths lead to OneCertificationAway.
Self-paced bundle
LearnKey training for all three certifications, plus vouchers, Adobe retakes and CertPrep practice tests.
EdgePoint Guided
The same pathway with a trainer and career coaching. Cohorts start 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October, with a minimum of 10 candidates. Switch from self-paced by paying the difference.
Certify all three
Sit the official exams in any order at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, or online where there's no center nearby, and become a certified graduate.
Book your exam →Both paths lead to OneCertificationAway, and both unlock SkillUp Pro. Not every pathway runs as a guided class, so check available classes first.
Everything in, one price.
Video Design Freelancer · Self-paced
Planning to certify well beyond this pathway?
SkillUp Pro has no annual fee. Buying any pathway bundle (self-paced or guided) or any Mastery Challenge unlocks it automatically; à -la-carte purchases don't. Once you're a member, every additional à -la-carte voucher you buy that year is 25% off. It doesn't discount the bundles themselves, and discounts don't stack.
Available in 10 countries.
Sit your exams at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, or online if there's no center near you.
At a testing center
Sit your exams at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center (CATC) near you, with the workstation and connection provided.
Live online exam
Available only where there's no Certiport Authorized Testing Center nearby. Exams are live-proctored through Certiport Compass Cloud, and you need a full workstation with a webcam and a fast, stable connection. You earn the same certificate and badge.
Before you start
Which Premiere and Step 2 versions should I pick?
Pick the version closest to the software you train and work on. The current versions are the safest default; the 2018 and legacy options are there for learners on older software. Any valid combination completes the pathway.
Can I take the exams in any order?
Yes. The three certifications have no required sequence, so sit them in whatever order suits your preparation.
Which exams include a retake?
The bundle includes a retake on each Adobe exam: Premiere Pro, and Photoshop or After Effects.
Where can I take the exams?
At a Certiport Authorized Testing Center in any of the 10 countries above, or online only where there's no testing center nearby. Questions? WhatsApp +263 781 004 008 or email info@edgepoint.africa.
Stop editing in private. Prove it in public.
Get the bundle today. Train all three certifications on OneSkillAway or with an EdgePoint trainer, then certify when you're ready to prove it.
Your Video Design Certifications Are Your Way Into EPCON 2027
EPCON is Zimbabwe's National Student Technology Skills Championship. Certification is the first stage: get certified, build a capstone project, then pitch it.
Registrations open 1 November 2026, and the national finals take place on 3–4 December 2027.
Qualifies you for
Your Premiere Pro, Photoshop or After Effects certification qualifies you for the Adobe Certified Professional track (one category per student, and the top 3 qualify for the 2028 Adobe Certified Professional World Championship). ESB qualifies you for the Entrepreneurship track.